Wearable personal information system
First Claim
1. A personal information system, comprising:
- a portable information device having;
a housing including a top surface defined at least partially by a display, a bottom surface in which an electrical connector and data connector are positioned, the housing enclosing an internal volume in which a processor is provided, the top surface and bottom surface being coupled by a perimeter side edge extending therebetween; and
a mounting structure formed on a surface of the housing and including a protrusion extending from the housing;
a band having a frame surrounding a void in the band, the frame having a complementary shape configured to surround the perimeter side edge of the housing and being configured to receive the mounting structure, the frame including a concavity formed in a side of the frame and having an opening that opens into the void, the frame and mounting structure being releasably securable via engagement and disengagement of the protrusion and the concavity based on at least a force applied such that when the frame is secured to the mounting structure the housing and the mounting structure are coupled to the frame in an orientation in which the housing and the mounting structure extend into the void and the display of the portable information device is positioned within the frame so as to occupy and face upward from the void, wherein ingress of the housing and mounting structure into the void are stopped by contact of a laterally extending surface of the housing with a surface of the frame.
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Abstract
A personal information system is provided. The system may include a portable information device having a housing including a top surface defined at least partially by a display, a bottom surface configured with a central region in which an optical sensor, electrical connector, and data connector are positioned, the housing enclosing an internal volume in which a processor is provided, the top surface and bottom surface being coupled by a perimeter side edge extending therebetween, and a mounting structure formed at least partially around the perimeter side edge of the housing. The system may further include a frame, which may be connected to a band, the frame surrounding a void and configured to receive the mounting structure, the frame and mounting structure being releasably securable via a tongue and groove connection. The system may further comprise a dock to which the information device may be connected.
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26 Claims
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1. A personal information system, comprising:
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a portable information device having; a housing including a top surface defined at least partially by a display, a bottom surface in which an electrical connector and data connector are positioned, the housing enclosing an internal volume in which a processor is provided, the top surface and bottom surface being coupled by a perimeter side edge extending therebetween; and a mounting structure formed on a surface of the housing and including a protrusion extending from the housing; a band having a frame surrounding a void in the band, the frame having a complementary shape configured to surround the perimeter side edge of the housing and being configured to receive the mounting structure, the frame including a concavity formed in a side of the frame and having an opening that opens into the void, the frame and mounting structure being releasably securable via engagement and disengagement of the protrusion and the concavity based on at least a force applied such that when the frame is secured to the mounting structure the housing and the mounting structure are coupled to the frame in an orientation in which the housing and the mounting structure extend into the void and the display of the portable information device is positioned within the frame so as to occupy and face upward from the void, wherein ingress of the housing and mounting structure into the void are stopped by contact of a laterally extending surface of the housing with a surface of the frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for use with a wearable personal information system, comprising:
inserting a portable information device having a housing and mounting structure into a void in a frame coupled with a band, the frame having a complementary shape configured to surround a perimeter side edge of the housing of the portable information device, until ingress of the housing and mounting structure into the void are stopped by contact of the housing and mounting structure with a surface of the frame, and a tongue and groove connection is established between a protrusion on the mounting structure and a concavity formed in a surface of the frame and having an opening that opens into the void, such that when the frame is secured to the mounting structure by engagement and disengagement of the protrusion and the concavity based on at least a force applied such that when the frame is secured to the mounting structure the portable information device and the mounting structure are coupled to the frame in an orientation in which the portable information device and the mounting structure extend into the void and the display of the portable information device is positioned within the frame so as to occupy and face upward from the void, to thereby releasably secure the portable information device to the frame coupled to the band, wherein ingress of the housing and mounting structure into the void are stopped by contact of a laterally extending surface of the housing with a surface of the frame. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A personal information system, comprising:
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an information device having; a housing including a top surface defined at least partially by a display, a bottom surface configured with a central region in which an optical sensor, electrical connector, and data connector are positioned, the housing enclosing an internal volume in which a processor is provided, the top surface and bottom surface being coupled by a perimeter side edge extending therebetween, the optical sensor being configured to measure a biometric parameter of a user of the device when the device is worn by the user, and the data connector and electrical connector being configured to connect to corresponding connectors on a dock to charge the portable information device and transmit data; and a mounting structure formed on a surface of the housing, the mounting structure including a protrusion; a band with a frame coupled thereto, the frame surrounding a void and having a complementary shape configured to surround the perimeter side edge of the housing, the frame including a concavity having an opening that opens to the void, the frame being configured to receive the mounting structure, the frame and mounting structure being releasably securable via a tongue and groove connection by engagement and disengagement of the protrusion and the concavity based on at least a force applied such that when the frame is secured to the mounting structure, the housing and the mounting structure are coupled to the frame in an orientation in which the housing and the mounting structure extend into the void and the display of the information device is positioned within the frame occupying and facing upward from the void, wherein ingress of the housing and mounting structure into the void are stopped by contact of a laterally extending surface of the housing with a surface of the frame; wherein the mounting structure includes a lip as the laterally extending surface formed at least partially around the perimeter of the frame, a reduced perimeter wall of the mounting structure extending upwardly from the lip to the top surface and extending at least partially around the perimeter of the frame, the reduced perimeter wall having a shape that corresponds to the shape of an inside perimeter wall of the frame and the lip contacting a bottom surface of the frame when the mounting structure is engaged with the frame to stop ingress thereof. - View Dependent Claims (23, 25, 26)
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24. A personal information system, comprising:
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a portable information device having; a housing including a top surface defined at least partially by a display, a bottom surface in which an electrical connector and data connector are positioned, the housing enclosing an internal volume in which a processor is provided, the top surface and bottom surface being coupled by a perimeter side edge extending therebetween; and a mounting structure formed on a surface of the housing and including a concavity formed in the housing; and a band having a frame surrounding a void in the band, the frame having a complementary shape configured to surround the perimeter side edge of the housing and being configured to receive the mounting structure, the frame including a protrusion formed in a side of the frame, the frame and mounting structure being releasably securable via engagement of the protrusion and the concavity such that when the frame is secured to the mounting structure the housing and the mounting structure are coupled to the frame in an orientation in which the housing and the mounting structure extend into the void and the display of the portable information device is positioned within the frame so as to occupy and face upward from the void, wherein ingress of the housing and mounting structure into the void are stopped by contact of a laterally extending surface of the housing with a surface of the frame.
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