Adding peripheral devices to mobile devices via smart interchangeable cover
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. An interchangeable cover comprising:
- a cover body adapted to mate with a mobile device, and to serve as a cover of the mobile device, the mobile device having an extension interface;
an input/output (I/O) interface disposed on the cover body, and adapted to engage with the extension interface of the mobile device;
at least one peripheral device disposed on an exterior surface of the cover body; and
an electronic component, disposed on an interior surface of the cover body, coupled to the peripheral device and the I/O interface, the electronic component being separate and distinct from the at least one peripheral device and configured to facilitate adding the at least one peripheral device to the mobile device mated with the cover body, through said I/O and extension interfaces, as peripheral device(s) of the mobile device.
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Abstract
An interchangeable cover is endowed with one or more peripherals complementary electronics to add the one or more peripherals to a mobile device, to which the interchangeable cover is attached. In various embodiments, the peripherals may be a credit card reader, add on non-volatile storage, an ASIC, and so forth. In various embodiments, the complementary electronics are packaged in an ASIC with output pins similar to that of a SIM chip, which may include a properly equipped protocol processor for de-packaging and packaging data being inputted/outputted in accordance with selected protocols. In one embodiment, the cover is U-shaped. In a wireless mobile phone embodiment, the cover is attached to a rotabable sub-section of a pivotable section.
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30 Claims
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1. An interchangeable cover comprising:
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a cover body adapted to mate with a mobile device, and to serve as a cover of the mobile device, the mobile device having an extension interface; an input/output (I/O) interface disposed on the cover body, and adapted to engage with the extension interface of the mobile device; at least one peripheral device disposed on an exterior surface of the cover body; and an electronic component, disposed on an interior surface of the cover body, coupled to the peripheral device and the I/O interface, the electronic component being separate and distinct from the at least one peripheral device and configured to facilitate adding the at least one peripheral device to the mobile device mated with the cover body, through said I/O and extension interfaces, as peripheral device(s) of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile device comprising
a core unit including at least one extension interface; - and
an interchangeable cover removably attached to the core unit to serve as a cover of the core unit, the interchangeable cover having at least one peripheral device, an input/output (I/O) interface, and an electronic component, coupled to each other, with the at least one peripheral device disposed on an exterior surface of the cover and the electronic component disposed on an interior surface of the cover, the at least one peripheral device and the electronic component being separate and distinct from each other, and the I/O interface adapted to mate with the extension interface of the core unit to facilitate exchange of data between the core unit and the interchangeable cover, and at least one aspect of the electronic component designed to add the at least one peripheral device to the core unit, as peripheral device(s) of the core unit. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A wireless mobile phone comprising:
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a core wireless telephony unit including a first and a second section with the second section having a first and a second sub-section where the second-sub-section is rotatable relative to the first sub-section; and a cover including at least one peripheral device, removably mated with the second sub-section. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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