Patent ID: 7580257

Claim:
Apparatus comprising an electronic portable appliance and a data input appliance adapted to deliver information to said portable electronic appliance, wherein the portable electronic appliance comprises an electronic central unit, a rechargeable electrical battery, a recharging interface adapted to be connected to an external electricity source for recharging the battery, and a detector circuit connected to the central unit and adapted to detect the presence of said source of electricity connected to the recharging interface; wherein the data input appliance comprises an output interface adapted to be connected to the recharging interface of the portable electrical appliance, and a device for generating encoded signals adapted to generate encoded electrical signals representative of information and to apply the encoded electrical signals to the output interface, which encoded electrical signals are received by the recharging interface of the portable electronic appliance when said recharging interface is connected to the output interface of the data input appliance; wherein the detector circuit of the portable electronic appliance is adapted to pick up said encoded electrical signals; wherein the central unit of the portable electronic appliance is adapted to decode the encoded electrical signals picked up by the detection circuit and thereby receive the information represented by said encoded electrical signals; wherein the portable electronic appliance includes a screen controlled by the central unit of said portable electronic appliance, the central unit being adapted to cause at least a portion of the information delivered to the portable electronic appliance by the data input appliance to be displayed on the screen; and wherein the portable electronic appliance includes a keypad and the support of the data input appliance includes at least one wall adapted to mask at least part of the keypad of the portable electronic appliance when said portable electronic appliance is engaged on the support.