Patent ID: 8250278

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: determining that a mobile computing device has electrically coupled by physical contact with a docking system that is adapted to supply electrical power for charging the mobile computing device; determining that the docking system is a first type of docking system from a plurality of types of docking systems; selecting a first user interface profile that corresponds to the first type of docking system from among a plurality of user interface profiles, each of the plurality of user interface profiles corresponding to a respective type of docking system from the plurality of types of docking systems; presenting, by the mobile computing device for display, the first user interface profile in response to selecting the first user interface profile; and presenting, by the mobile computing device for display, a first configuration user interface as part of the first user interface profile, wherein the first configuration user interface is a user interface with which a user of the mobile computing device is able to select one or more settings that cause the mobile computing device to (i) transmit to the docking system audio signals that a particular application program on the mobile computing device generates while the mobile computing device is electrically coupled with the docking system, and (ii) mute audio signals that one or more other application programs on the mobile computing device generate while the mobile computing device is electrically coupled with the docking station, wherein the mobile computing device is configured to audibly output audio signals that the one or more other application programs on the mobile computing device generate while the mobile computing device is not electrically coupled with the docking station.