Patent ID: 7272420
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: B60R,G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: an adapter designed to attach to a mobile device, the adapter having one or more electrical contacts to interface with one or more electrical contacts of the mobile device when the adapter is attached to the mobile device to allow information to be passed between the adapter and the mobile device, the adapter further having a connector portion that is electrically coupled to the one or more electrical contacts of the adapter; a host device having a connector portion that is a mate to the connector portion of the adapter, wherein the connector portion of the host device has one or more electrical contacts to interface with one or more electrical contacts of the connector portion of the adapter when the adapter and host device are connected using the connector portions of the adapter and host device; a latching mechanism that locks together the connector portions of the adapter and the host device, wherein the adapter is designed to remain continually attached to the mobile device, including when the adapter is not attached to the host device.