Patent ID: 8092251
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: B65D,G06F,G08C,H02J,H03K,H04B

Abstract:
1. An encasing for a portable electronic media device having a display, a processor, a first electronic connector, front and back surfaces and first and second pairs of opposing side surfaces that extend between the front and back surfaces, the encasing comprising: a body that defines a receptacle for housing the portable media device, the body having a back surface sized to cover the back surface of the portable electronic media device and a front surface that partially covers the front surface of the portable electronic media device; electrical circuitry embedded within the body and operable to receive data from a source external to the encasing; and a second electronic connector integrated within the body and coupled to the electrical circuitry embedded within the body, the second electronic connector including first and second data contacts and extending from the body in an orientation that, when the portable electronic media device is housed in the receptacle, allows the second electronic connector to mate with the first electronic connector in the portable electronic media device allowing data received from the source external to the encasing to be transmitted to the processor of the portable media device over the first and second data contacts; wherein when the first and second electronic connectors are mated, the back surface of the body is parallel to the back surface of the portable electronic device and the display is not covered by the body enabling the display to be readily viewed.