Wireless communicator jacket with multiple operational stages
US8249656B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 11, 2010 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/0283
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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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