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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2010
Xingwen Chen, Beijing, CN;
Dayong Gan, Beijing, CN;
Ping Tian, Beijing, CN;
Deming Chen, Beijing, CN;
Wei Liu, Beijing, CN;
Zhifeng Xin, Beijing, CN;
Xiangyang LI, Beijing, CN;
Xingwen Chen, Beijing, CN;
Dayong Gan, Beijing, CN;
Ping Tian, Beijing, CN;
Deming Chen, Beijing, CN;
Wei Liu, Beijing, CN;
Zhifeng Xin, Beijing, CN;
Xiangyang Li, Beijing, CN;
Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Beijing, CN;
Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Beijing, CN;
Abstract
A portable terminal is provided, which comprises: a master device and a slave device, the master device includes a master detection unit, a master notification unit and a master control unit, and the slave device includes a slave detection unit, a slave notification unit and a slave control unit; the master detection unit and the slave detection unit are used to detect whether the second interface of the slave device is connected to the first interface of the master device, respectively; when the second interface is connected to the first interface, the master notification unit is used to transmit a first notification instruction to the master device, the slave notification unit is used to transmit the first notification instruction to the slave device; and the master control unit and the slave control unit are used to control the first hardware system and the second hardware system to compose a third hardware system, respectively, after the master device and the slave device connect with each other according to the first notification instruction, and the first OS and/or the second OS run(s) on the third hardware system. The master device and the slave device of the portable terminal in the present application may compose a hybrid system architecture to cooperate or separate as two different device to operate individually.