Remote smart battery
First Claim
1. A remote smart battery for supplying a cellular telephone, comprising:
- an electric energy storage section;
a set of supply contacts connected to the storage section for supplying electric energy from the storage section to the cellular telephone;
a first connector having a plurality of contacts arranged to be respectively connected to a plurality of contacts of a second connector of the cellular telephone;
a card reading device; and
an interface circuit for interconnecting the card reading device and the contacts of the first connector.
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Abstract
A remote smart battery for supplying a cellular telephone comprises a series of electric energy storage cells, a set of supply contacts connected to the storage cells for supplying electric energy from the storage cells to the cellular telephone, a connector having a plurality of female contacts arranged to be respectively connected to the male contacts of an IC card connector already provided on the cellular telephone. The smart battery further comprises a magnetic stripe reading device, an IC card reading device, and a PCMCIA card reading device. Finally, a microcontroller interfaces the cellular telephone with the reading devices. The microcontroller provides the cellular telephone with a supplement of programming to enable use of the cellular telephone for at least one additional function. Use of the cellular telephone for at least one additional function will be authorized in response to information read on a card by the microcontroller through one of the reading devices. As a first example of additional function, a universal remote control device can be connected to the microcontroller to enable the use of the keyboard of the cellular telephone to control operation of the universal remote control device. As another example of additional function, the microcontroller will be capable of transmitting information toward a remote central processor through the cellular telephone.
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1. A remote smart battery for supplying a cellular telephone, comprising:
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an electric energy storage section; a set of supply contacts connected to the storage section for supplying electric energy from the storage section to the cellular telephone; a first connector having a plurality of contacts arranged to be respectively connected to a plurality of contacts of a second connector of the cellular telephone; a card reading device; and an interface circuit for interconnecting the card reading device and the contacts of the first connector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A cellular telephone/smart battery combination comprising:
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a cellular telephone including an electronic circuit and a housing; a first set of supply contacts mounted on the cellular telephone for supplying said cellular telephone with electric energy; a first connector including a plurality of contacts in communication with the cellular telephone; a smart battery including; an electric energy storage section; a second set of supply contacts connected to both the storage section and the supply contacts of the first set for supplying electric energy from the storage section to the cellular telephone; a second connector having a plurality of contacts respectively connected to the contacts of the first connector; a card reading device; and an interface circuit for interconnecting the card reading device and the contacts of the second connector. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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