UNIFIED DESKTOP DOCKING BEHAVIOR WITH DEVICE AS MASTER
Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface or “desktop” across two devices are provided. More particularly, a unified desktop is presented across a device and a computer system that comprise a unified system. The unified desktop acts as a single user interface that presents data and receives user interaction in a seamless environment that emulates a personal computing environment. To function within the personal computing environment, the unified desktop includes a process for docking and undocking the device with the computer system. The unified desktop presents a unified system where the device is the master.
1 . A method, comprising:
providing a device;
providing a computer system;
docking the device to the computer system to form a unified system;
generating a unified desktop for the unified system, wherein the unified desktop includes at least a first user interface associated with the device and a second user interface associated with the computer system, wherein the unified desktop emulates a personal computer environment, and wherein the device is master and the computer system is subordinated;
while docked, receiving a first event at the device, wherein the first event is associated with the computer system; and
the device processing the first event for the computer system; and
the device sending output associated with the first event to the computer system for display.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first event is received at the device.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first event is a user interface input on the computer system.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the computer system sends the first event to the device.
5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising the computer system displaying the output on the second user interface.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the first event is intercepted in a memory stack for an operating system of the computer system.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the first event is received at computer system interface and processed by a second operating system executing on the device.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the output is sent from the second operating system.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the output is injected into the memory stack of the operating system of the computer system to direct the computer system to display the output.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first event is a user interface input that crosses the computer system and the device.
11 . A unified system, comprising:
a computer system comprising:
a second screen;
a second memory;
a second processor;
a device comprising:
a first screen;
a first memory;
a first processor, wherein the device is docked with the computer system to form the unified system, the first processor is configured to:
execute a first and a second operating system;
wherein the first operating system processes events for the computer system; and
wherein the second operating system processes events for the device.
12 . The unified system 11 , wherein the device further comprises a computer system interface, the computer system interface configured to receive events associated with the compute system.
13 . The unified system of claim 12 , wherein the computer system interface is further configured to send output to the computer system.
14 . The unified system of claim 13 , wherein the first operating system is master over functions on the computer system.
15 . The unified system of claim 14 , wherein, after undocking, the first operating system stops executing.
16 . A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer executable instructions causing a processor to execute a method for providing a unified desktop, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
upon docking a device with a computer system, instructions to generate a unified desktop for the unified system, wherein the unified desktop includes a first user interface associated with the device and a second user interface associated with the computer system, and wherein the unified desktop emulates a personal computer environment;
while docked, instructions to receive a first event at the device, wherein the first event is associated with the computer system; and
instructions to process the first event for the computer system; and
instructions to send output associated with the first event to the computer system for display.
17 . The computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the first event was received on the device.
18 . The computer readable medium of claim 16 , further comprising instructions to execute a second operating system, the second operating system configured to receive the first event from a computer system interface in communication with the computer system.
19 . The computer readable medium of claim 18 , further comprising instructions to send the output from the computer system interface to the computer system.
20 . The computer readable medium of claim 19 , further comprising instructions to execute a first operating system to process events associated with the device.