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Apparatus, a method and a computer program

US8819296B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 17, 2011
Grant dateAug 26, 2014
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Expiry dateAug 5, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2370/16
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus includes one local input/output device; and an interface configured to interface between an application hosted by the apparatus and the local input/output device and is configured to interface between the application hosted by the apparatus and a remote input/output device hosted by another apparatus; wherein the interface has a first state in which the interface is configured to couple the application and the local input/output device but not couple the application and the remote input/output device hosted by the another apparatus; wherein the interface has a second state in which the interface is configured to couple the application and the local input/output device and to couple the application and the remote input/output device hosted by another apparatus; and wherein the interface is configured to be responsive to a proximity detection trigger.

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