Mobile handheld electronic device with a removable cellphone

• US 20070004450A1
• Filed: 06/30/2005
• Published: 01/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jay Parikh
• Original Assignee: Jay Parikh
• Inventors: Parikh, Jay
• Application Number:
  US11/172,081
• Publication Number:
  US 20070004450A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0256 wherein the modules are operable in the detached state, e.g. one module for the user interface and one module for the transceiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60

Abstract

A mobile handheld electronic device having a given form factor includes a detachable cellular telephone carried within the mobile handheld electronic device, such that when the cellular telephone is positioned within the mobile handheld electronic device the form factor is unaltered. The mobile electronic device includes structure for establishing and maintaining a mechanical connection between the cellular telephone and the mobile handheld electronic device when the cellular telephone is carried within the mobile handheld electronic device, and structure for establishing an electrical connection between the cellular telephone and the mobile handheld electronic device when the cellular telephone is carried within the mobile handheld electronic device. Preferably, the cellular telephone has a battery distinct from a battery in the mobile handheld electronic device, and the cellular telephone battery is recharged when the cellular telephone is carried within the mobile handheld electronic device. When the cellular telephone is docked within the larger device, given data on the cellular telephone is synchronized with given data stored in the mobile handheld electronic device.

Claims

1. In a mobile handheld electronic device having a form factor, the improvement comprising:

a detachable cellular telephone carried within the mobile handheld electronic device, such that when the cellular telephone is positioned within the mobile handheld electronic device the form factor is unaltered;

structure for establishing and maintaining a mechanical connection between the cellular telephone and the mobile handheld electronic device when the cellular telephone is carried within the mobile handheld electronic device; and

circuitry for establishing an electrical connection between the cellular telephone and the mobile handheld electronic device when the cellular telephone is carried within the mobile handheld electronic device.

2. The mobile handheld electronic device as described in claim 1 wherein the cellular telephone is detached for use.

3. The mobile handheld electronic device as described in claim 1 wherein the cellular telephone has a battery distinct from a battery in the mobile handheld electronic device.

4. The mobile handheld electronic device as described in claim 3 wherein the cellular telephone battery is recharged when the cellular telephone is carried within the mobile handheld electronic device.

5. The mobile handheld electronic device as described in claim 1 wherein the circuitry synchronizes given data on the cellular telephone with given data stored in the mobile handheld electronic device.

6. The mobile handheld electronic device as described in claim 1 wherein the electronic device is a personal digital assistant (PDA).

7. The mobile handheld electronic device as described in claim 1 wherein the electronic device is a music player.

8. The mobile handheld electronic device as described in claim 1 wherein the electronic device is a portable game player.

9. The mobile handheld electronic device as described in claim 1 wherein the electronic device is a portable e-mail client device.

10. The mobile handheld electronic device as described in claim 1 wherein the electronic device is a portable digital camera.