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Customized hardware selection for a mobile phone

  • US 9,077,815 B1
  • Filed: 02/26/2015
  • Issued: 07/07/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile handheld-device platform comprising:

  • a generally rigid structure or housing configured to be grasped by a human user and including a plurality of hardware component receivers;

    the plurality of hardware component receivers each configured to removably receive and electrically couple with a respective interchangeable hardware module selected from at least two interchangeable hardware modules; and

    processing electronics including a communication module configured to communicate with an interchangeable hardware module removably received and electrically coupled with a respective hardware component receiver of the plurality of hardware component receivers,wherein the plurality of hardware component receivers and the processing electronics have a bus modular architecture allowing the number and locations of interchangeable hardware modules electrically coupled with the plurality of hardware component receivers to vary,wherein the generally rigid structure or housing forms a generally rectangular parallelepiped with a handheld form factor and having at least two hardware component receivers of the plurality of hardware component receivers located on a surface of a major side of the rectangular parallelepiped, andwherein another at least two hardware component receivers of the plurality of hardware component receivers are located on a surface of another major side of the rectangular parallelepiped.

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