Patent ID: 8991704
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06F,G06K,H01P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A modular device comprising: a mobile device that includes a body and a processing unit housed within the body for running at least one application, wherein the body includes a forward end and a rearward end, and wherein the rearward end includes an electronic interface that is operably coupled to the processing unit; a snap-on module that electronically and physically engages to the electronic interface at the rearward end of the mobile device, wherein engagement establishes a communication path between the snap-on module and the processing unit of the mobile device; one or more antennas or sensors that (i) are assembled externally to the body of the mobile device and (ii) are located proximate to the forward end of the mobile device; and one or more media routing conduits each comprising an end and positioned externally alongside the body of the mobile device, the one or more media routing conduits (i) interconnecting the one or more antennas or sensors, respectively, to the snap-on module and (ii) providing one or more communication pathways that facilitate the exchange of signals between the one or more antennas or sensors, respectively, to the snap-on module; wherein the snap-on module comprises connectors configured to frictionally engage, physically couple with, and electronically interface to the ends of the one or more media routing conduits.