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Enhanced detachable sensory-interface device for a wireless personal communication device and method

  • US 9,122,456 B2
  • Filed: 04/23/2013
  • Issued: 09/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for implementing and using a first sensory-interface device, the method comprising:

  • providing a protective touch-sensor case having plurality of touch-sensitive surfaces that each have a plurality of touch-sensitive sensors;

    attaching the protective touch-sensor case to a first user'"'"'s mobile device to form the first sensory-interface device, wherein the mobile device has a display visible on a front face of the first sensory-interface device, wherein the plurality of the touch-sensitive surfaces includes a first touch-sensitive surface on a back face of the first sensory-interface device, and wherein the first sensory-interface device is one of a plurality of sensory-interface devices each having a respective user;

    exchanging data between the protective touch-sensor case and the first user'"'"'s mobile device;

    sensing touch of the first user on the protective touch-sensor case;

    training the first sensory-interface device to recognize a first gesture of the first user by having the first user trace the first gesture a plurality of times on the back face of the first sensory-interface device and developing a first set of reference information from a parameterized model of the first gesture;

    sensing and capturing a gesture made by the first user on the first touch-sensitive surface on the back face of the first sensory-interface device;

    comparing the captured gesture to the first set of reference information and, if the comparison is sufficiently matching, then generating a first personal authentication code that is personal to the first user based on the captured gesture;

    gathering data input from each respective user into each one of the plurality of sensory-interface devices for compilation into at least one of the plurality of sensory-interface devices;

    wirelessly sending the gathered data input among the plurality of sensory-interface devices based on personal authentication codes of the respective users of the plurality of sensory-interface devices;

    storing the gathered data input in a searchable database that is internal to the first sensory-interface device; and

    accessing and searching the database that is internal to the first sensory-interface device through a communications network.

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