microsoft patent with idea's from this list

[Helge Hafting]

arne anka wrote:
>> (http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/description?CC=WO&NR=2009012344A2&KC=A2&FT=D&date=20090122&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_US)
> 
> i didn't read it fully, but how does that differ from a simple hub or the  
> common docking station well known to notebook users? and it what respect  
> exactly is it not obvious?

Yeah, it is jsut like the docking stations used for laptops.
Doing exactly the same with a *phone*, now that phones almost are 
notebooks - wasn't obvious to microsoft or that patent office, it seems.

Helge Hafting