Wearable electronic device with multiple detachable components

• US 10,706,111 B1
• Filed: 03/30/2017
• Issued: 07/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Enorcom Corporation
• Original Assignee: Enorcom Corporation
• Inventors: Nasserbakht, Gitty N., Nasserbakht, Mitra
• Primary Examiner(s): Taylor, Barry W
• Application Number:
  US15/474,721
• Time in Patent Office: 1,195 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/7807 System on chip, i.e. computer system on a single chip; System in package, i.e. computer system on one or more chips in a single package
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/116 Details of conversion of file system types or formats
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1873 Versioning file systems, temporal file systems, e.g. file system supporting different historic versions of files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/219 Managing data history or versioning querying versioned data G06F16/2474; querying temporal data G06F16/2477
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/335 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles filtering in web context G06F16/9535, G06F16/9536
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1635 Stackable modules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0611 in relation to response time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0631 by allocating resources to storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0643 Management of files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0659 Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0683 Plurality of storage devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0254 comprising one or a plurality of mechanically detachable modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724094 Interfacing with a device worn on the user's body to provide access to telephonic functionalities, e.g. accepting a call, reading or composing a message
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724095 Worn on the wrist, hand or arm
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 : using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 : using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 : Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 : Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an electronic device with multiple independently functional components capable of sharing information through a connector channel that in one embodiment is worn on the body of the user with automatic attachment and detachment capability including via external communication or command.

Claims

1. A wearable electronic device comprising:

a core engine including a processing element and a memory element operably connected to said processing element,

two or more components each including a processing element and a memory element operably connected to said processing element,

a data exchange block,

one or more wearable mechanisms,

wherein each of said components is independently functional

and dedicated to perform a designated functionality,

wherein said device is configured to be worn on the body of the user of said device through a wearable mechanism,

wherein said components and said core engine electrically connect through said wearable mechanism, wherein one or more of said components is detachable from said wearable mechanism and is independently operable,

wherein said core engine coordinates the operation of said device through communicating with said components solely through control bits,

wherein said core engine through said control bits enables direct component to component transfer of data among two or more of said components with different data interface characteristics by facilitating assembling or disassembling of data at the component interface of one of said components to match the other component'"'"'s data bit width and timing, and

wherein data transfer occurs among said two or more components in attached mode through said data exchange block without transfer of data to or from said core engine.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein said components are swappable with other components to change functionality or form factor of said device.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein at least one of said components provides wireless connectivity to a cellular or wide-area network, and is removable, enabling an upgrade to wireless communication technology or a change in wireless service provider without modification to the mobile device or any other components of the device.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein one of said components provides data and voice communication capability including microphone and speaker, and is detachable from said wearable mechanism and is independently operable.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein at least one component has a battery and can charge the wearable device or another component.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the memory element of one or more of said components includes data and tags, wherein said tags are content metadata for data elements within said components, wherein said core engine receives said tag information from said components.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein said core engine keeps track of the components with displays that are presently attached to said wearable mechanism and wherein said core engine sends the appropriate control signals to the circuitry for resizing the image appropriately to resize the screen so said device has a larger display in attached mode comprised of said smaller displays.

8. An electronic device comprising:

a core engine including a processing element and a memory element operably connected to said processing element,

two or more components each including a processing element and a memory element operably connected to said processing element,

one or more detached displays,

a data exchange block,

wherein each of said components are independently functional

and dedicated to perform a designated functionality,

wherein said device is further comprised of a housing unit,

wherein said components and said core engine electrically connect through said housing unit, wherein said core engine coordinates the operation of said device through communicating with said components and said one or more displays solely through control bits,

wherein said core engine through said control bits enables direct component to component transfer of data among two or more of said components with different data interface characteristics by facilitating assembling or disassembling of data at the component interface of one of said components to match the other component'"'"'s data bit width and timing,

wherein one or more of said components are detachable from said housing unit, wherein data is transferred among two or more of said components in attached mode, through said data exchange block, without data being transferred to or from said core engine.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein said components are swappable with other components to change functionality or form factor of said device.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein at least one of said components provides wireless connectivity to a cellular or wide-area network, and is removable, enabling an upgrade to wireless communication technology or a change in wireless service provider without modification to the mobile device or any other components of the device.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein one of said components provides data and voice communication capability including microphone and speaker, and is detachable from the housing and is independently operable.

12. The device of claim 8, wherein the memory element of one or more of said components includes data and tags, wherein said tags are content metadata for data elements within said components, wherein said core engine receives said tag information from said components.

13. The device of claim 8, wherein said core engine keeps track of the components with displays and individual display units that are presently attached to said housing and sends the appropriate control signals to the circuitry for resizing the image appropriately to resize the screen so said device has a larger display in attached mode comprised of said smaller displays.

14. A method for an electronic device comprising:

said device comprising of two or more functionally independent components, one or more wearable mechanisms, a data exchange block, a core engine,

wherein, said wearable mechanism electrically connecting said components and said core engine,

wherein one or more of said components detaching from said wearable mechanism are independently operable and designated to perform a specific functionality,

wherein said two or more components comprising of a processing element and a memory element operably connected to said processing element,

wherein said core engine coordinating the operation of said device,

wherein said core engine communicating with said components solely through control bits,

wherein said core engine'"'"'s control bits enabling direct component to component transfer of data among two or more of said components with different data interface characteristics by facilitating assembling or disassembling of data at the component interface of one of said components to match the other component'"'"'s data bit width and timing,

wherein two or more of said components in attached mode, transferring data directly to each other through said data exchange block without data being transferred to or from said core engine.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said housing unit includes a wearable mechanism capable of attaching to the body of a user.

16. A method for an electronic device comprising:

said device comprising of two or more functionally independent components, a housing unit, a data exchange block, a core engine, one or more detached displays,

wherein, said housing unit electrically connecting said components and said core engine,

wherein one or more of said components detaching from said housing unit is independently operable and designated to performing a specific functionality,

wherein two or more of said components comprising of a processing element and a memory element,

said core engine coordinating the operation of said device,

said core engine communicating with said components solely through control bits,

wherein said core engine enabling direct component to component transfer of data among two or more of said components with different data interface characteristics by facilitating assembling or disassembling of data at the component interface of one of said components to match the other component'"'"'s data bit width and timing,

wherein two or more of said components in attached mode, transferring data directly to each other through said data exchange block without data being transferred to or from said core engine.