Personalizing electronic devices and smart covering
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- an electronic device;
an interchangeable covering designed to at least partially cover the electronic device, including an electronic component embedded within the interchangeable covering, the electronic component having data encoded thereon; and
a coupler to facilitate exchange of said data between the electronic device and the embedded electronic component in the interchangeable covering.
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Abstract
An electronic device such as a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, a palm sized personal computer, a media player or a game console, is provided with an interchangeable covering having visual representation of a theme, and an electronic component embedded therein having data and/or programming instructions for non-visual representation of the theme. Additionally, a coupler, such as a contact or a contactless, facilitates exchange of the data and/or programming instructions between the electronic device and the electronic component embedded within the interchangeable covering. The exchanged data personalizes the electronic devices to the predetermined theme. As a result, personalization of electronic devices to a theme may be accomplished more efficiently.
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59 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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an electronic device;
an interchangeable covering designed to at least partially cover the electronic device, including an electronic component embedded within the interchangeable covering, the electronic component having data encoded thereon; and
a coupler to facilitate exchange of said data between the electronic device and the embedded electronic component in the interchangeable covering. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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a cover to cover an electronic device; and
an electronic component embedded within the cover, the electronic component including a medium encoded with data, and an interface to facilitate provision of said data to the covered electronic device.
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25. A method comprising:
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facilitating an exchange of data between an interchangeable covering, having an embedded electronic component, and an electronic device, the data being stored in said embedded electronic component; and
executing instructions in the electronic device based on the exchanged data.
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39. An article comprising
a machine accessible medium having instructions encoded therein, the instructions, when executed on an electronic device, facilitate an exchange of data between an interchangeable covering, having an embedded electronic component containing the exchanged data, and the electronic device, and thereafter, tailor the execution of the instructions on the electronic device based on the exchanged data.
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46. An apparatus comprising:
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cover means to cover an electronic device; and
data provision means embedded within the cover, the data provision means including medium means encoded with data, and interface means to facilitate provision of said data to the covered electronic device.
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52. An electronic device comprising:
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first electronic components;
a body encasing the first electronic components, the body having physical attributes designed to facilitate reception of a cover to cover the body; and
an interface disposed on said body designed to mate with an interface of a second electronic component embedded within said cover, to facilitate receipt of data encoded in a medium of said second embedded electronic component. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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