Patent ID: 9055166
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04B,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A handheld-device platform comprising: a generally rigid structure or housing configured to be grasped by a human user and including a plurality of hardware component receivers; the plurality of hardware component receivers each configured to removably receive and electrically couple with a respective interchangeable hardware module selected from at least two interchangeable hardware modules; and a processing electronics including a communication module configured to communicate with an interchangeable hardware module, the interchangeable hardware module removably received and electrically coupled with a hardware component receiver of the plurality of hardware component receivers, wherein a first hardware component receiver of the plurality of hardware component receivers includes a first dimensional or structural configuration allowing it to removably receive and electrically couple with one of a first group of the at least two interchangeable hardware modules but not with a second group of the at least two interchangeable hardware modules, and a second hardware component receiver of the plurality of hardware component receivers includes a second dimensional or structural configuration allowing it to removably receive and electrically couple with one of the second group of interchangeable hardware modules but not with the first group of interchangeable hardware modules.