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Connection by securing device with integrated circuitry layer

US9471102B2 · kind B2 · utility

18Cited by

6References

30Claims

0Family size

Assignee

PEBBLE TECHNOLOGY, INC. · US

Inventors

Marcus M. Townsend · San Francisco, US
Mark C. Solomon · Cypress, US
Steven William Johns · Vancouver, CA
Andrew James Witte · Palo Alto, US
Eric B. Migicovsky · Palo Alto, US
Aaron A. Oro · Palo Alto, US
Alexis De Stasio · Stanford, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 14, 2015
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 14, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG09G2370/16
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A wearable device is disclosed that includes circuitry in both the display device and the securing device, for example a watch and watch band. The circuitry in the securing device is electrically connected to the display device electrical circuitry and may be used to extend the functionality of the display device or create additional display space for use by the display device. These are but two examples of possible uses.

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