Method and system for active chip in a battery

• US 9,544,420 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2012
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harris Corporation (L3Harris Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Harris Corporation (L3Harris Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wyatt, Michael A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, David Q
• Application Number:
  US13/606,368
• Publication Number:
  US 20140073297A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,586 Days
• Field of Search: 455/569.2, 455/577, 455/404.1, 455/519, 342/357.1, 340/539.13
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/656 for recording conversations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7246 by connection of exchangeable housing parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means

Abstract

Methods and systems provide an active chip configured for connection to the battery or other component of a host mobile communication device, such as a cellular phone, to thereby add functionality to the host mobile communication device. The system may be installed and used for covert operations (i.e. military and/or law enforcement), adding features such as location tracking and voice recognition and recording to monitor the movement and use of the host mobile device covertly. The system may be used to communicate with other locally enabled systems on a local network instead of communicating through the cellular network, or operate as a radio transceiver or “push-to-talk” device such as a “walkie-talkie.” It may be used as a “kid tracker” location tracking device, to find a lost host mobile device, lost person carrying the host mobile device, or track locations where a host mobile device has been.

Claims

1. A data processing system for augmenting functionality of a mobile communication device, comprising:

a removable battery configured to power the mobile communication device; and

an integrated circuit attached to the removable battery, detachable from the removable battery and configured to add one or more additional functions to the mobile communication device,

wherein the one or more additional functions comprises providing voice recognition to recognize any human voice and recording voice on the mobile communication device only when one or more human voices are recognized, wherein the integrated circuit is detachable from the removable battery.

2. A data processing system for augmenting functionality of a mobile communication device, comprising:

a removable battery configured to power the mobile communication device; and

an integrated circuit attached to the removable battery, detachable from the removable battery and configured to add one or more additional functions to the mobile communication device;

wherein the integrated circuit further comprises a GPS circuit, and wherein the location of the mobile communication device is tracked using GPS, and

wherein the one or more additional functions comprises providing the location of the mobile communication device and recording locations of the mobile communication device as the mobile communication device moves.

3. A data processing system for augmenting functionality of a mobile communication device, comprising:

an integrated circuit attachable to and detachable from a removable battery configured to power the mobile communication device, wherein the integrated circuit is configured to add one or more additional functions to the mobile communication device,

wherein the one or more additional functions comprises providing voice recognition to recognize a any human voice and recording voice on the mobile communication device only when one or more human voices are recognized.

4. A method in a data processing system for augmenting functionality of a mobile communication device, comprising:

attaching an integrated circuit to a removable battery and configured to add one or more additional functions to the mobile communication device, wherein the integrated circuit is detachable from the removable battery; and

plugging the removable battery configured to power the mobile communication device into the mobile communication device,

wherein the one or more additional functions comprises providing voice recognition to recognize any human voice and recording voice on the mobile communication device only when one or more human voices are recognized.