WEARABLE COMPUTER WITH EXPANDABLE LINK CAPABILITIES

• US 20150378938A1
• Filed: 06/30/2014
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Lyman, Nate L.
• Application Number:
  US14/320,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20150378938A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2289 by configuration test
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3051 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the configuration of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring the presence of processing resources, peripherals, I/O links, software programs verification or detection of system hardware configuration G06F11/2247

Abstract

A wearable computer system comprising one or more processors, memory, and an attachment accessory is disclosed. The wearable computer system that includes one or more removable link components, the attachment accessory operatively to secure the system to the person of a user, the wearable computer system being configured such that the removable link components can be added to or removed from the attachment band and the capabilities of the wearable computer system change as components are added or removed.

Claims

1. A wearable computer system comprising one or more processors, memory, and an attachment accessory that includes one or more removable link components, the attachment accessory operatively to secure the system to the person of a user, the wearable computer system being configured such that the removable link components can be added to or removed from the attachment band and the capabilities of the wearable computer system change as components are added or removed.

2. A computerized wristwatch comprising:

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs stored in the memory, the one or more programs comprising instructions for;

storing a list of current link components of a wristband communicatively coupled to the computerized wristwatch, each of the removable link components being a removable link component that is currently part of a customizable wristband;

determining that a further removable link component has been added to the customizable wristband;

sending a component identification request to the further removable link component;

receiving component identification information from the further removable link component; and

updating the list of current link components to include the further removable link component.

3. The system of claim 2 further including one or more removable link components in the configurable wristband.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the instructions for determining that a further removable link component has been added to the customizable wristband further include instructions for:

periodically polling removable link components in the list of current link components to determine whether a further removable link component has been added to the wristband.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the instructions for determining that a further removable link component has been added further include instructions for:

receiving a notification from a removable link component indicating that a further removable link component has been added to the wristband associated with the computerized wristwatch.

6. The system of claim 2, further including instructions for:

determining that a removable link component has been removed from the one or more removable link components currently included in the wristband; and

updating the list of current link components to remove the removable link component that has been removed from the customizable wristband.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein each of the one or more removable link components has one or more associated capabilities.

8. The system of claim 2, further including instructions for storing a list of current link component capabilities.

9. The system of claim 8, further including instructions for updating the list of current link component capabilities based on any further link components.

10. The system of claim 2, further including displaying one or more symbols on a user interface of the computerized wristwatch, wherein a symbol represents a capability currently available to the smart watch based on the list of current link components.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein, after the list of current link components has been updated, updating the user interface to add one or more symbols associated with added removable link components.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the component identification information identifies the capabilities of the removable link component with which it is associated.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein, after the list of current link components has been updated, updating the user interface to reflect the changes to the list of current link components.

14. The system of claim 2, wherein a removable link component is from a list including an additional memory capacity component, an additional battery capacity component, an additional processing capacity component, a step counter, a fitness tracker, a GPS tracker, a compass component, a blood glucose monitor, a camera component, a voice recording component, an RFID tag component, a Bluetooth component, a proximity sensor component, an infrared sensor, a remote control component, an environment measuring component, or a wireless communication component.

15. A method comprising:

storing a list of current link components of a wristband communicatively coupled to the computerized wristwatch, each of the removable link components being a removable link component that is currently part of a customizable wristband;

determining, by a central component with one or more processors, that a further removable link component has been added to the customizable wristband;

sending a component identification request to the further removable link component;

receiving component identification information from the further removable link component; and

updating the list of current link components to include the further removable link component.

16. The method of claim 15 further including one or more removable link components in the configurable wristband.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the instructions for determining that a further removable link component has been added to the customizable wristband further include instructions for:

periodically polling removable link components in the list of current link components to determine whether a further removable link component has been added to the wristband.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the instructions for determining that a further removable link component has been added further include instructions for:

receiving a notification from a removable link component indicating that a further removable link component has been added to the wristband associated with the computerized wristwatch.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein each of the one or more removable link components has one or more associated capabilities.

20. The method of claim 15, including displaying one or more symbols on a user interface of the computerized wristwatch, wherein a symbol represents a capability currently available to the smart watch based on the list of current link components.