Patent ID: 6595780
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A method for determining a functional behavior of a base of an electronic device as a function of at least one of a plurality of different modules that is coupled to the base, comprising the steps of:(a) enabling a user to couple a selected module from among the plurality of different modules to the base, wherein the selected module comprises only mechanical elements including a housing and a plurality of separately actuatable elements that are each movable relative to the housing; (b) detecting which module from among the plurality of different modules has been coupled to the base, as a function of a state of at least one switch disposed in the base, the state of said at least one switch being determined by a configuration of the selected module; and (c) enabling a set of functions to be performed by the base, each function being performed in response to movement of one of the plurality of separately actuatable elements of the selected module, a different set of functions being enabled for each of the plurality of different modules in response to the module that was detected, so that the functional behavior of the base is dependent upon the module that is coupled to the base by the user.