TECHNIQUES AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO COMPONENTS OF A PERSONAL COMMUNICATION STRUCTURE (PCS)
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Abstract
Techniques and apparatus for controlling access to a personal communication structure (PCS) are described. The PCS may include independently accessible compartments at least partially enclosing respective subsystems of the PCS. The independently accessible compartments include an electronics compartment, a communications compartment, and a display compartment. The electronics, communications, and display compartments at least partially enclose a power distribution subsystem, a communications subsystem, and a display subsystem, respectively. The PCS also includes an access controller operable to provide access independently to respective interiors of at least a subset of the compartments to authorized users.
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31. A personal communication structure (PCS) comprising:
a plurality of independently accessible compartments at least partially enclosing respective subsystems of the PCS, the plurality of independently accessible compartments comprising; an electronics compartment disposed along a lower portion of the PCS, the electronics compartment at least partially enclosing a power distribution subsystem, a communications compartment located proximate a top of the PCS, the communications compartment at least partially enclosing a communications subsystem, and a display compartment disposed along an upper portion of the PCS, the display compartment at least partially enclosing a display subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. An access-control method for a personal communication structure (PCS), the method comprising:
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performing, by one or more processing devices; receiving authentication data via an interface of the PCS, wherein the PCS includes a plurality of independently accessible compartments at least partially enclosing respective subsystems of the PCS, and wherein the plurality of independently accessible compartments includes an electronics compartment disposed along a lower portion of the PCS, the electronics compartment at least partially enclosing a power distribution subsystem, a communications compartment located proximate a top of the PCS, the communications compartment at least partially enclosing a communications subsystem, and a display compartment disposed along an upper portion of the PCS, the display compartment at least partially enclosing a display subsystem; and based, at least in part, on a determination that the authentication data meets authentication requirements associated with a first of the independently accessible compartments, providing access to an interior of the first compartment without providing access to interiors of the other independently accessible compartments. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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