Patent ID: 8892864

Claim:
A method for separating a dividable computer device into multiple sub-computers, comprising: receiving, by the dividable computer device, a command to separate a sub-computer from the dividable computer device; presenting a feature on a display of the dividable computer device for selecting which sub-computer is to be separated from the dividable computer device in response to receiving the command to separate the sub-computer from the dividable computer device; selecting a particular one of the multiple sub-computers to be separated from the dividable computer device; presenting a plurality of options for selection for association with the particular sub-computer to be separated in response to selecting the particular sub-computer to be separated from the dividable computer device; loading a set of predetermined features and functionality on the particular sub-computer to be separated based on the options selected, the set of predetermined features and functionality being load on the particular sub-computer after the particular sub-computer is selected to be separated from the dividable computer device and before the selected sub-computer is separated from the dividable computer device, a notification being presented to a user that the selected sub-computer is ready to be separated from the dividable computer device; detecting by the dividable computer device separation of the sub-computer; and reconfiguring the dividable computer device for operation without the separated sub-computer in response to the sub-computer being separated.