Functional cover for use with a wireless terminal
First Claim
1. A method of operating an electric circuitry included in an exchangeable cover part for supporting a user interface of a wireless terminal, said wireless communication terminal and said user exchangeable cover part are electrically interconnected by means of an electrical connector having a plurality of pins, said method comprises:
- identifying the type of said user exchangeable cover part;
operating at least one of said connector pins in an identification means; and
afterwards in an operation state for operating the electric circuitry of said user exchangeable cover part; and
mapping to one or more keys connected to said electric circuitry of said user exchangeable cover a set of tones and/or sound effects.
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Abstract
A wireless communication terminal has a user exchangeable cover part. The wireless communication terminal and user exchangeable cover part are electrically interconnected by means of an electrical connector. The user exchangeable cover part comprises identification means. The user exchangeable cover part has an electric circuitry for supporting a user interface of the wireless terminal. The wireless terminal identifies the user exchangeable cover part by detecting the identification means. The wireless terminal operates the electric circuitry of the user exchangeable cover part independently of the identification of user exchangeable cover part.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of operating an electric circuitry included in an exchangeable cover part for supporting a user interface of a wireless terminal, said wireless communication terminal and said user exchangeable cover part are electrically interconnected by means of an electrical connector having a plurality of pins, said method comprises:
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identifying the type of said user exchangeable cover part;
operating at least one of said connector pins in an identification means; and
afterwards in an operation state for operating the electric circuitry of said user exchangeable cover part; and
mapping to one or more keys connected to said electric circuitry of said user exchangeable cover a set of tones and/or sound effects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A wireless communication terminal having a user exchangeable cover part, wherein the wireless communication terminal and user exchangeable cover part are electronically interconnected by means of an electrical connector;
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said user exchangeable cover part comprises identification means;
said user exchangeable cover part including an electric circuitry for supporting a user interface of said wireless terminal;
said connector includes a plurality of connector pins, where at least one of said connector pins is adapted to allow said wireless terminal to operate said user exchangeable cover in an identification state for sensing a value included in the identification means, and afterwards in an operation state for operating the electric circuitry of said user exchangeable cover part; and
said user exchangeable cover part comprises one or more keys connected to said electric circuitry of said user exchangeable cover and adapted to map to a set of tones and/or sound effects. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A user exchangeable cover for releasable attachment to a wireless communication terminal, wherein the user exchangeable cover part and wireless communication terminal in attached position are electrically interconnected by means of an electrical connector, wherein
said user exchangeable cover comprises identification means; -
said user exchangeable cover includes an electric circuitry for supporting a user interface of said wireless terminal; and
said user exchangeable cover part comprises one or more keys connected to said electric circuitry of said user exchangeable cover and adapted to map to a set of tones and/or sound effects; and
said connector includes a plurality of connector pins, where at least one of said connector pins is adapted to allow said wireless terminal to operate said user exchangeable cover in an identification state for sensing a value included in the identification means, and afterwards in an operation state for operating the electric circuitry of said user exchangeable cover part. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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