Method and apparatus for automatically configuring a control program for a mobile radio communication device
First Claim
1. A re-configurable mobile radio communication device comprising:
- a) a housing having an interchangeable component,b) a programmable controller contained in said housing for controlling the operation of said mobile radio communication device according to a configurable control program having a plurality of selectable program configurations;
c) a program selector attached to said interchangeable component of said housing, said program selector including one or more selector elements for indicating a selected program configuration; and
d) a detection circuit for detecting the selector elements when said component is attached to said device, and for generating a configuration signal indicative of the selected program configuration, said programmable controller being responsive to the configuration signal to automatically configure the control program according to the selected program configuration.
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Abstract
A mobile telephone has a programmable controller for controlling the operation of the mobile telephone. The programmable controller has a plurality of selectable program configurations. An interchangeable component of the mobile telephone, such as the front cover of the housing, includes a program selector for indicating a selected program configuration. A detection circuit detects the program selector and generates a configuration signal representing the selected program configuration. The programmable controller is responsive to the configuration signal generated by the detection circuit to configure the control program according to the selected program configuration.
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24 Claims
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1. A re-configurable mobile radio communication device comprising:
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a) a housing having an interchangeable component, b) a programmable controller contained in said housing for controlling the operation of said mobile radio communication device according to a configurable control program having a plurality of selectable program configurations; c) a program selector attached to said interchangeable component of said housing, said program selector including one or more selector elements for indicating a selected program configuration; and d) a detection circuit for detecting the selector elements when said component is attached to said device, and for generating a configuration signal indicative of the selected program configuration, said programmable controller being responsive to the configuration signal to automatically configure the control program according to the selected program configuration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A mobile radio communication device capable of automatic configuration comprising:
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a) a housing having a removable cover; b) a programmable controller for controlling the operation of said mobile radio communication device according to a configurable control program, said control program including a plurality of selectable program configurations; c) a memory device operatively coupled to said programmable controller for storing said control program; d) a program selector mounted to the cover of said housing, said program selector having one or more selector elements representative of a selected program configuration; and e) a detection circuit operatively coupled to said programmable controller for detecting the selector elements on said program selector elements when said housing is attached to said device, and for generating a configuration signal representing the selected program configuration, said programmable controller being responsive to said configuration signal from said detection circuit to automatically configure the control program according to the selected program configuration. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A configurable controller for a mobile radio communication device comprising:
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a) a housing having an interchangeable component; b) program storage means for storing a control program which controls the operation of said mobile telephone, said control program including a plurality of selectable program configurations; c) configuration data storage means for storing configuration data for said plurality of different program configurations; d) selector means having an identifying characteristic attached to said interchangeable component for selecting one of said plurality of program configurations; e) detecting means for detecting said identifying characteristic of said selector means which is indicative of a selected program configuration and for generating a configuration signal representing the selected program configuration; and f) a programmable controller for controlling the operation of said mobile radio communication device, said programmable controller being responsive to the configuration signal to automatically configure said control program without user input using configuration data corresponding to the selected program configuration. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for automatically configuring a control program for a mobile radio communication device having a plurality of program configurations comprising:
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a) attaching a selector element to a removable housing component, wherein said selector element has a unique characteristic indicative of one of said program configurations, b) installing said housing component onto said mobile radio communication device; c) detecting said selector element on said installed housing component; d) generating a configuration signal representing the selected program configuration in response to the detection of said selector element; e) inputting the configuration signal to a programmable controller; and f) configuring said control program by said programmable controller according to the selected program configuration. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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