Modular mobile telephone apparatus
First Claim
1. A mobile telephone comprising:
- a core functional module, said core functional module including one or more of a group of functional components necessary for operation as a mobile telephone, said group including logic circuitry, radio transmitting and receiving circuitry and audio transmitting and receiving circuitry, and a casing module which can be combined with the core functional module, wherein circuitry is associated with the casing module and wherein when the core functional module is combined with the casing module, the circuitry of the core functional module will be connected to circuitry associated with the casing module, and wherein the appearance of the mobile telephone is dictated by the appearance of the casing module, and wherein the functionality of the mobile telephone is dictated by the circuitry of the core module and the circuitry associated with the casing module.
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Abstract
A mobile telephone is provided that comprises: a core functional module, which includes one or more of a group of functional components necessary for operation as a mobile telephone, the group including logic circuitry, radio transmitting and receiving circuitry and audio transmitting and receiving circuitry, and a casing module which can be combined with the core functional module, wherein circuitry is associated with the casing module and wherein when the core functional module is combined with the casing module, the circuitry of the core functional module will be connected to circuitry associated with the casing module. The mobile telephone is characterised in that the appearance of the mobile phone is dictated by the appearance of the casing module, and the functionality of the mobile phone is dictated by the circuitry of the core module and the circuitry associated with the casing module.
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35 Claims
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1. A mobile telephone comprising:
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a core functional module, said core functional module including one or more of a group of functional components necessary for operation as a mobile telephone, said group including logic circuitry, radio transmitting and receiving circuitry and audio transmitting and receiving circuitry, and a casing module which can be combined with the core functional module, wherein circuitry is associated with the casing module and wherein when the core functional module is combined with the casing module, the circuitry of the core functional module will be connected to circuitry associated with the casing module, and wherein the appearance of the mobile telephone is dictated by the appearance of the casing module, and wherein the functionality of the mobile telephone is dictated by the circuitry of the core module and the circuitry associated with the casing module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A casing module for a mobile telephone, the casing module being adapted to cooperate with a core functional module, the core functional module including one or more of a group of functional components necessary for operation as a mobile telephone, said group including logic circuitry, radio transmitting and receiving circuitry and audio transmitting and receiving circuitry, wherein circuitry is associated with the casing module and wherein the casing module can be combined with the core functional module to create a mobile telephone, and wherein when the casing module is combined with the core functional module the circuitry associated with the casing module will be connected to circuitry of the core module, and wherein the appearance of the mobile telephone is dictated by the appearance of the casing module, and the functionality of the mobile phone is dictated by the circuitry of the core module and the circuitry associated with the casing module.
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24. A core functional module for a mobile telephone, the core functional module including one or more of a group of functional components necessary for operation as a mobile telephone, said group including logic circuitry, radio transmitting and receiving circuitry and audio transmitting and receiving circuitry, wherein the core functional module can be combined with a casing module to create a mobile telephone, and wherein when the core functional module is combined with the casing module, the circuitry of the core functional module will be connected to circuitry associated with the casing module, and wherein the appearance of the mobile telephone is dictated by the appearance of the casing module, and the functionality of the mobile phone is dictated by the circuitry of the core module and the circuitry associated with the casing module.
- 25. An interconnect mechanism comprising a first member and a second member, the first member and/or second member being movable in a respective direction with respect to the other to an interconnected position wherein the first member is interconnected with the second member and then subsequently to a release position wherein the first and second members are releasable from each other.
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26. An interconnect mechanism according to claim 26 wherein, in use, the first member and/or second member move directly to the interconnected position without moving beyond the interconnected position.
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32. A mobile telephone comprising a core functional module which includes the functional components necessary for operation as a mobile telephone including logic circuitry, radio transmitting and receiving circuitry and audio transmitting and receiving circuitry, and a removable casing module in which the core functional module is received, characterised in that circuitry is associated with the casing module and is connected to circuitry of the core module, so that the appearance of the mobile phone is dictated by the appearance of the casing module, and the functionality of the mobile phone is dictated by the circuitry of the core module and the circuitry associated with the casing module.
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33. A method for creating a mobile telephone in which a core functional module is provided which includes the functional components necessary for operation as a mobile telephone including logic circuitry, radio transmitting and receiving circuitry and audio transmitting and receiving circuitry, and there is provided a casing module which is combined with the core functional module to create a complete mobile telephone, characterised in that circuitry is associated with the casing module and when the casing module is combined with the core functional module the circuitry associated with the casing module is connected to circuitry of the core module, so that the appearance of the mobile phone is dictated by the appearance of the casing module, and the functionality of the mobile phone is dictated by the circuitry of the core module and the circuitry associated with the casing module.
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34. A core functional module for a mobile telephone, the core functional module including functional components necessary for operation as a mobile telephone including logic circuitry, radio transmitting and receiving circuitry and audio transmitting and receiving circuitry, and the core functional module being adapted to cooperate with a casing module so that the casing module can be combined with the core functional module to create a complete mobile telephone, characterised in that circuitry in the core functional module is adapted to be connected to and to cooperate with circuitry associated with the casing module so that when the casing module is combined with the core functional module the functionality of the resultant mobile phone is dictated by the circuitry of the core module and the circuitry associated with the casing module.
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35. A casing module for a mobile telephone, the casing module being adapted to cooperate with a core functional module which includes the functional components necessary for operation as a mobile telephone including logic circuitry, radio transmitting and receiving circuitry and audio transmitting and receiving circuitry, so that the casing module can be combined with the core functional module to create a complete mobile telephone, characterised in that circuitry is associated with the casing module so that when the casing module is combined with the core functional module the circuitry associated with the casing module will be connected to circuitry of the core module, so that the appearance of the mobile phone is dictated by the appearance of the casing module, and the functionality of the mobile phone is dictated by the circuitry of the core module and the circuitry associated with the casing module.
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