Patent ID: 6276608
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A communication system, comprising:a disk-shaped device having a first and a second planar surface and having at least one universal contact symmetrically arranged about a center of each of said first and second planar surfaces of the disk-shaped device;at least one electrical component arranged in the disk-shaped device coupled in the same manner with each said at least one universal contact; andan interface device which receives the disk-shaped device and has at least one defined interface contact, said interface contact operatively coupling with the at least one universal contact regardless of the orientation of the disk-shaped device in the interface device, said interface device including a microprocessor in signal communication with the electrical component when the disk-shaped device is in the interface device, a memory coupled to the microprocessor, a display coupled to the microprocessor and a tuner and antenna system coupled to the microprocessor;wherein the electrical component of the disc-shaped device is a data storage device containing tuning data, said microprocessor operating the tuner and antenna system in accordance with the tuning data to obtain radio frequency information.