Patent ID: 8509863

Claim:
A housing of a mobile communication device comprising: a substantially planar base layer including provision to accommodate control circuitry associated with functioning of the mobile communication device; at least one component layer coupled communicatively on at least one of two substantially planar sides of the base layer to enable modification of a modular peripheral component integrated into the housing by sliding an entire length of the modular peripheral component therethrough; and a holding mechanism in the at least one component layer that enables the modular peripheral component to remain in a fixed position within the at least one component layer, the holding mechanism being secured to the at least one component layer at one of two bookends of a lateral dimension thereof perpendicular to a length thereof, the holding mechanism being a locking mechanism including a notch configured to latch onto an appropriate complementary receptor provided at the other of the two bookends when appropriately pressed such that a lateral dimension of the modular peripheral component inserted into the housing is completely covered by the holding mechanism in a secure state thereof, and the holding mechanism being leveled with a lateral dimensional surface of the mobile communication device in the secure state thereof, wherein the base layer also includes a provision to accommodate a modular peripheral component on the at least one of the two substantially planar sides thereof and to modify the modular peripheral component, wherein the at least one component layer is designed as a First In Last Out (FILO) shelf structure to secure the modular peripheral component such that the modular peripheral component is integratable and securable in the FILO shelf structure, wherein the modular peripheral component includes a daisy-chainable expansion port that enables an additional modular peripheral component integratable in the mobile communication device to be communicatively coupled with the housing, and wherein the at least one component layer further comprises a communication port on at least one of two substantially planar sides thereof to enable communication between the control circuitry and the modular peripheral component associated with both the base layer and the at least one component layer, and detection of the modification of the modular peripheral component through the control circuitry.