Removable housing cover for a portable radio communication device
First Claim
1. An electronic mobile communication/entertainment device capable of a plurality of modes of operation, comprising:
- a basic module having circuitry common to the operation of the device in said plurality of modes of operation, and one or more supplementary modules, each supplementary module being provided in the form of a housing cover for the device and including controller means configured to provide for a corresponding mode of operation, the supplementary modules being interchangeably attachable/detachable to the basic module so as to provide respective modes of operation, and the device only being operational when one of said plurality of supplementary modules is attached to the device.
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Abstract
The invention provides an electronic mobile communications/entertainment device capable of a plurality of modes of operation, comprising a basic module having circuitry common to the operation of the device in said plurality of modes of operation, and a plurality of supplementary modules, each supplementary module being provided in the form of a housing cover for the device and including controlling means configured to provide for a corresponding mode of operation when coupled to the basic module, the supplementary modules being interchangeably attachable/detachable to the basic module so as to provide respective modes of operation, and the device only being operational when one of said plurality of supplementary modules is attached to the device.
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16 Claims
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1. An electronic mobile communication/entertainment device capable of a plurality of modes of operation, comprising:
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a basic module having circuitry common to the operation of the device in said plurality of modes of operation, and one or more supplementary modules, each supplementary module being provided in the form of a housing cover for the device and including controller means configured to provide for a corresponding mode of operation, the supplementary modules being interchangeably attachable/detachable to the basic module so as to provide respective modes of operation, and the device only being operational when one of said plurality of supplementary modules is attached to the device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14)
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12. A housing cover for an electronic device,
the housing cover being adapted to be removably detachable with respect to the electronic device, the device having means for interfacing with the housing cover and being inoperative when a housing cover is not attached to it, said housing cover being a user selectable one of a range of different housing covers having different respective functionalities; each housing cover having a respective control means, such that when a housing cover is coupled to the electronic device the control means of the housing cover couples with means for interfacing of the electronic device, whereby the electronic device is caused to be operational in accordance with the functionality associated with the coupled housing cover. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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