ENHANCED DETACHABLE SENSORY-INTERFACE DEVICE FOR A WIRELESS PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD

摘要

A system and method that utilizes a protective sensor-interface apparatus, which removably connects and interfaces to a mobile electronic device, enabling users to more readily access and engage mobile content and data. The present invention provides a method and device wherein the user interfaces with digital content by using touch-sensitive areas on the back and sides of a protective case that interfaces with the mobile device, the software application and other users. This enables additional features that can be customized by users and developers for enhanced sensory experiences and digital rights management by creating components of a separate environment that exists in the case.

主权项

1. A method for implementing and using a first sensory-interface device, the method comprising:
providing a protective touch-sensor case having plurality of touch-sensitive surfaces that each have a plurality of touch-sensitive sensors; attaching the protective touch-sensor case to a first user's mobile device to form the first sensory-interface device, wherein the mobile device has a display visible on a front face of the first sensory-interface device, wherein the plurality of the touch-sensitive surfaces includes a first touch-sensitive surface on a back face of the first sensory-interface device, and wherein the first sensory-interface device is one of a plurality of sensory-interface devices each having a respective user; exchanging data between the protective touch-sensor case and the first user's mobile device; sensing touch of the first user on the protective touch-sensor case; training the first sensory-interface device to recognize a first gesture of the first user by having the first user trace the first gesture a plurality of times on the back face of the first sensory-interface device and developing a first set of reference information from a parameterized model of the first gesture; sensing and capturing a gesture made by the first user on the first touch-sensitive surface on the back face of the first sensory-interface device; comparing the captured gesture to the first set of reference information and, if the comparison is sufficiently matching, then generating a first personal authentication code that is personal to the first user based on the captured gesture; gathering data input from each respective user into each one of the plurality of sensory-interface devices for compilation into at least one of the plurality of sensory-interface devices; wirelessly sending the gathered data input among the plurality of sensory-interface devices based on personal authentication codes of the respective users of the plurality of sensory-interface devices; storing the gathered data input in a searchable database that is internal to the first sensory-interface device; and accessing and searching the database that is internal to the first sensory-interface device through a communications network.