Patent ID: 7926981

Claim:
A device cover, comprising: a removable faceplate including an interior surface that corresponds to an exterior surface of a portable device when the portable device is received within the faceplate, where the device cover is separate from the portable device; a detector to: sense at least one environmental condition, including ambient light levels, and sense at least one physical condition, including a touch of a user associated with the portable device; an interface coupled to the portable device to selectively receive power, from the portable device, when the portable device is received in the faceplate, where the interface receives the power from the portable device in response to: receiving, by the interface and from the portable device, a first indication, associated with the portable device detecting a connection between the interface and the portable device when the portable device is received within the faceplate, sensing, by the detector, the at least one environmental condition, sensing, by the detector, the at least one physical condition, and receiving, by the interface and from the portable device, a second indication, where the second indication corresponds to an occurrence, in the portable device, of at least one of a communication event or a device event associated with the portable device; a light source to: receive the power from the interface, and emit light using the power; and an optical fiber to: receive some of the light emitted from the light source, and illuminate based on the light received from the light source.