Patent ID: 7231481

Claim:
An intelligent docking station (IDS) system, comprising: a docking station having a co-processor capable of converting a hand held-based data element into a device enabled data element, where the device is not a docking station; a bus that couples the docking station to a handheld computer; the handheld computer having a processor operated by a first operating system; the co-processor being operated by a second operating system, the second operating system communicating with a top-level driver capable of formatting handheld-based data element into a device enabled data element, and also enabled to deliver the device enabled data element to a low level device driver, the top level driver translates and transfers data between the handheld computer and the docking station, and the low level driver translates data between the docking station and a device controlled by the low level device driver, the device coupled to the docking station; the first operating system communicates by using a first device driver to create a first device driver data, the first device driver data capable of animating a first device being converted by the second operating system to a second device driver data capable of animating a second device; and the second operating system directing the transfer of data from the handheld computer and to the docking station, and from the docking station and to the handheld computer.