Patent ID: 9658651
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04M

Claim:
1. A rim for protecting a handheld computing device, the rim comprising: a left edge sized and dimensioned to engage a left edge of the handheld computing device; a right edge sized and dimensioned to engage a right edge of the handheld computing device; a top edge sized and dimensioned to engage a top edge of the handheld computing device; a bottom edge sized and dimensioned to engage a bottom edge of the handheld computing device; and an electronic processor disposed within at least one of the left, right, top, and bottom edges, the processor communicatively connectable to the handheld computing device when the handheld computing device is engaged by the rim; a backplate positionable between the left and right edges of the rim and behind the handheld computing device when the handheld computing device is engaged by the rim, the backplate including an electronic device operative to communicate encoded identification information to the handheld computing device which is decodable by software executing upon the handheld computing device to identify the backplate; and the left, right, top, and bottom edges including a resilient material.