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Microsoft patent intelligent cradle to turn a smartphone into a PC
slashgear.com - 1/29/2009
Microsoft patent intelligent cradle to turn a smartphone into a PC
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Microsoft are attempting to patent a so-called Smart Interface System whereby a smartphone could be docked and used as a basic PC with full-size peripherals. The application , titled “Smart interface system for mobile communication devices”, describes an intelligent cradle that ...
Patent app reveals Microsoft's smart smartphone cradle • Register Hardware
reghardware.co.uk - 1/30/2009
Patent app reveals Microsoft's smart smartphone cradle • Register Hardware
— reghardware.co.uk — Microsoft_smart_cradle_01 Microsoft's smartphone cradle (more) Patent app reveals Microsoft's smart smartphone cradle • ...

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CrunchGear:  Microsoft patents ‘periperhal management system’ for smartphones

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Microsoft patents ‘periperhal management system’ for smartphones
CrunchGear — ... component for storing and executing an OS and an application in support of communications between the mobile phone, the peripheral devices, and the network.” So it looks like Microsoft would leverage its Windows Embedded platform to help offload a fair amount of the processing tasks from the phone. This patent was filed in late 2007 so it’ll probably still be a while before we’d see something materialize. Still, it looks like a pretty good idea. Patent [via SlashGear]

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The Register stumbled across a patent for the "Smart Interface System for Mobile Communication Devices", a smartphone extension dock that lets you easily plop your phone onto your home network and connect peripherals. The dock contains a processor and storage of its own to run its OS, but its ...