WIRELESS COMMUNICATOR JACKET WITH MULTIPLE OPERATIONAL STAGES
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Abstract
A method of communication between a modular wireless communicator and a jacket device that is connected to the modular wireless communicator via a connector a connector that connects a plurality of signal transmission lines, the jacket device including a keypad for operating the modular wireless communicator, including receiving a multi-bit signal over multiple signal transmission lines, one bit of which indicating whether the jacket device includes a serial NOR flash memory, if the jacket device includes a serial NOR flash memory, then reading a jacket ID from the serial NOR flash memory, if the jacket device does not include a serial NOR flash memory, then reading the jacket ID from other bits of the multi-bit signal, receiving jacket keypad signals over multiple signal transmission lines, and decoding the jacket keypad signals based on the jacket ID.
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26 Claims
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13. A communication system, comprising:
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a modular wireless communicator comprising; a connector for connecting the communicator to any one of a plurality jacket devices via a plurality of signal transmission lines; a controller, communicatively coupled with said connector, for receiving identification signals that identify a jacket device that is connected to the communicator, for receiving user input signals generated by input controls from the identified jacket device, and for decoding the received user input signals based on the received identification signals; and a modem, communicatively coupled with said controller, for transmitting data over the air in response to the decoded user input signals; and a plurality of jacket devices, each jacket device comprising; input controls for receiving user input and generating corresponding user input signals; and a connector, communicatively coupled with said input controls, for connecting the jacket device to said communicator via the plurality of signal transmission lines and for transmitting the identification signals and the user input signals to said communicator controller, wherein said communicator does not comprise input controls when a jacket device is not connected thereto. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A modular wireless communicator, comprising:
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a connector for connecting the communicator to any one of a plurality jacket devices via a plurality of signal transmission lines; a controller, communicatively coupled with said connector, for receiving identification signals that identify a jacket device that is connected to the communicator, for receiving user input signals generated by input controls from the identified jacket device, and for decoding the received user input signals based on the received identification signals; and a modem, communicatively coupled with said controller, for transmitting data over the air in response to the decoded user input signals, wherein the communicator does not comprise input controls when a jacket device is not connected thereto. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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