Patent ID: 8090890

Claim:
A handheld computing device comprising: a video camera for generating a local video signal; a handheld memory for storing at least one handheld application that includes a video application; a handheld processing module, coupled to the handheld memory, for executing the video application, based on the local video signal; a network interface, coupled to the handheld processing module, that sends the local video signal to a remote device via a network; a physical docking interface, coupled to the handheld processing module, that accesses at least one resource of an extended computer unit in a physical docked mode when the handheld computing unit is coupled to the extended computer unit via the physical docking interface; and a quasi docking interface, coupled to the handheld processing module, that accesses at least one resource of the extended computer unit in the quasi docked mode to direct a processor of the extended computing unit to perform a co-processing function associated with the least one hand-held application when the handheld computing unit is coupled to the extended computer unit via the quasi docking interface, wherein the quasi docking interface includes a transceiver that communicates with the extended computer unit in a 60 GHz frequency band handheld computing unit may direct the processing module of the extended computing unit to perform a remote co processing function.