Adding I/O ports to mobile device via smart interchangeable cover
First Claim
1. An interchangeable cover comprising:
- a cover body;
at least one input/output (I/O) port disposed on the cover body;
traces coupled to the at least one I/O port; and
an electronic component coupled to the traces, and equipped to add the at least one I/O port as I/O port(s) of a mobile device to which the interchangeable cover is attached.
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Abstract
An interchangeable cover is endowed with one or more I/O ports and complementary electronics to add the one or more I/O ports to a mobile device, to which the interchangeable cover is attached. In various embodiments, the I/O ports may comprise a PS/2 mouse port, a serial port, a parallel port, a serial bus port, and so forth. In various embodiments, the complementary electronics are packaged in an ASIC with output pins similar to that of a smart card, which may include a properly equipped protocol processor for de-packaging and packaging data being inputted/outputted in accordance with selected I/O protocols. In one embodiment, the cover is U-shaped. In a wireless mobile phone embodiment, the cover is attached to a rotabable sub-section of a pivotable section.
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29 Claims
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1. An interchangeable cover comprising:
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a cover body;
at least one input/output (I/O) port disposed on the cover body;
traces coupled to the at least one I/O port; and
an electronic component coupled to the traces, and equipped to add the at least one I/O port as I/O port(s) of a mobile device to which the interchangeable cover is attached. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A mobile device comprising
a core unit including at least one extension interface; - and
an interchangeable cover removably attached to the core unit, the interchangeable cover having at least one I/O port and electronics, coupled to each other, with at least one aspect of the electronics designed to mate with the at least one extension interface of the core unit to add the at least one I/O port to the core unit. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A wireless mobile phone comprising:
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a core wireless telephony unit including a first and a second section with the second section having a first and a second sub-section where the second-sub-section is rotatable relative to the first sub-section; and
a cover including at least one I/O port, removably mated with the second sub-section of the second section of the core wireless telephony unit. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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