Rendering on composite portable devices

摘要

Constituent electronic devices such as eBook reader devices may be combined to form a composite device. Resources such as power, data, processing capabilities, network interfaces, displays, and so forth may be shared between the constituent devices. Resources may also be allocated and transferred to increase operational time of depleted individual electronic devices. Content may be presented across the constituent devices of the composite device. A relative spatial arrangement of the composite devices may be determined to facilitate the presentation.

主权项

1. A portable device comprising:
one or more processors; a memory coupled to the one or more processors; and a one or more modules stored in the memory and executable on the one or more processors to: establish a composite device comprising the portable device and at least one other device attached to a backplane, wherein the backplane is a device separate from the portable device and the at least one other device and the backplane comprises multiple connection points; determine a spatial arrangement of the portable device and the at least one other device based at least in part on a first connection point on the backplane for the portable device and at least one other connection point for the at least one other device; and provide information to the at least one other device for presentation on the at least one other device based at least in part on the spatial arrangement between the portable device and the at least one other device.