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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Beatrice Dee Pipes, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710101 ; 710102 ; 710 10 ; 710 11 ; 710 16 ; 714 30 ; 36470801 ;
Abstract
A first computer is capable of being used with a second computer. The second computer has a second bus and a second central processing unit that runs a second operating system that provides a user interface. The first computer includes a first bus for connection to the second bus. The first computer also has a first central processing unit configured to run a first operating system that provides a user interface and configured to cooperate sometimes with the second central processing unit such that the first and second computers operate with one of the central processing units as a single computer when the first and second buses are connected.