Patent ID: 8704772

Claim:
A multimedia device, the multimedia device comprising: a stand alone first unit that comprises a first rechargeable battery, a low power processor, a low capacity memory, a display, a microphone, a camera and a first data bus, the first unit supporting audio, video and digital ink capturing functionality; a stand alone second unit that can be detached and reattached to the first unit, the second unit comprising a second rechargeable battery, a high power processor, a high capacity memory, an input interface and a second data bus and supporting optical character recognition functionality and voice recognition functionality, wherein the second unit runs an optical character recognition application and a voice recognition application on the captured digital ink and the captured audio respectively, and wherein the captured digital ink and the captured audio are received from the first unit via the communication pathway; a communication pathway that gets established between the first unit and the second unit when the first unit is physically attached to the second unit, the communication pathway enabling information flow between the first unit and the second unit when the first unit and the second unit are physically connected; the high power processor of the second unit overriding the low power processor of the first unit when the first unit is attached to the second unit by way of sending control information to the low power processor via the communication pathway; wherein the second unit directs the first unit to display input data from the second unit on the display of the first unit; and wherein the high power processor of the second unit directs the low power processor of the first unit to continue performing audio, video and digital ink capturing functionalities when the first unit is attached to the second unit.