Patent ID: 6999804
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: H01Q,H04B,H04M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a first set of at least one electronic component; a body encasing said first set of at least one electronic component; a display screen disposed on said body and coupled to said first set of at least one electronic component; a first plurality of input keys disposed on said body and coupled to said first set of at least one electronic component, each of said plurality of input keys having a default function, and designed to be used in a default input orientation complementary to a default display orientation for displaying information on the display screen, with the first input keys and the display screen having a first operational relative disposition; an interchangeable cover, designed to at least partially cover said body including at least one of said first plurality of input keys, the interchangeable cover having a second set of at least one electronic component embedded within said interchangeable cover, and at least data stored in said second set of at least one electronic component to at least facilitate in part, in redefining the function of at least one of said first input keys, and re-orienting the display of information on the display screen and the first input keys to a second complementary orientation, with the first input keys and the display screen having a second operational relative disposition that is different from the first operational relative disposition; and wherein either said first plurality of input keys comprise a numeric keypad including 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, *, 0, and # keys, effectively redefined and reoriented to be #, 0, * 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 keys after attachment of the interchangeable cover, or said first plurality of input keys comprise a first, a second, a third, and a fourth row of input keys implementing a “QWERT . . . ”, a “ASDF . . . ”, a “ZXCV . . . ” and a space bar row of a QWERTY keyboard, which are effectively redefined to implement the space bar row, the “ZXCV . . . ”, the “ASDF . . . ” and the “QWERT . . . ” row of the QWERTY keyboard after attachment of the interchangeable cover.