Adding peripherals to mobile device via smart interchangeable cover
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Jun 5, 2003
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Dec 31, 2002
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May 17, 2001
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An interchangeable cover is endowed with one or more peripherals complementary electronics to add the one or more peripherals to a mobile device, to which the interchangeable cover is attached. In various embodiments, the peripherals may be a PCMCIA card reader, a PC Card reader, a Compact Flash card reader, a barcode reader, a camera , and so forth. In various embodiments, the complementary electronics are packaged in an ASIC with output pins similar to that of a SIM chip, which may include a properly equipped protocol processor for de-packaging and packaging data being inputted/outputted in accordance with selected protocols. In one embodiment, the cover is U-shaped. In a wireless mobile phone embodiment, the cover is attached to a rotabable sub-section of a pivotable section.
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