Patent ID: 8249656
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of communication between a modular wireless communicator and any one of a plurality of jacket device devices, the method comprising: receiving, by the modular wireless communicator from a jacket device connected thereto, a one-bit signal over one of the signal transmission lines, the one-bit signal indicating whether the jacket device is of a simple type or of a complex type, wherein any one of a first and a second jacket device is connected to the modular wireless communicator via a connector that connects multiple signal transmission lines, wherein each of the first and second jacket devices include input controls for operating the modular wireless communicator, wherein the first jacket device includes a serial NOR (Not OR) flash memory, and wherein the second jacket device does not include a serial NOR flash memory; receiving, by the modular wireless communicator from the jacket device connected thereto, a multi-bit signal over plural ones of the multiple signal transmission lines, one bit of which indicating whether the jacket device includes a serial NOR flash memory; if the jacket device connected to the modular wireless communicator includes a serial NOR flash memory, then identifying, by the wireless communicator, a jacket ID from the serial NOR flash memory; if the jacket device connected to the modular wireless communicator does not include a serial NOR flash memory, then identifying, by the wireless communicator, the jacket ID from other bits of the multi-bit signal; receiving, by the wireless communicator from the jacket device connected thereto, jacket user input signals over plural ones of the multiple signal transmission lines; and decoding, by the wireless communicator, the jacket user input signals based on the jacket ID, wherein if the jacket device is of a complex type, then said decoding decodes the jacket user input signals based on a pre-designated protocol.