摘要 |
<p>An interchangeable cover (110) is endowed with one or more peripherals complementary electronics to add the one or more peripherals to a mobile device, to which the interchangeable cover (110) is attached. In various embodiments, the peripherals may be a credit card reade (102), add on non-volatile storage, an ASIC (104), and so forth. In various embodiments, the complementary electronics are packaged in an ASIC with output pins similar to that of a SIM chip, which may include a properly equipped protocol processor for de-packaging and packaging data being inputted/outputted in accordance with selected protocols. In one embodiment, the cover is (110) U-shaped. In a wireless mobile phone embodiment, the cover (110) is attached to a rotabable sub-section of a pivotable section.</p> |