Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Intrasystem connection – Bus expansion or extension
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-16
2009-12-15
Rinehart, Mark (Department: 2111)
Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/
Intrasystem connection
Bus expansion or extension
C710S304000, C700S066000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07634606
ABSTRACT:
An expandable system for mobile navigation facilitates a modular implementation of structural units to add desired functionality to a base navigation device. The system is embodied as a handheld mobile navigation device in one arrangement, including a base unit housing containing circuitry for determining a geographic location of the navigation device and a module unit housing containing circuitry for delivering additional functional activity. In particular, the base unit housing includes a primary interface for interconnecting with a secondary interface of the module unit housing, to enable signals generated or handled by a circuitry component of the module unit to be relayed to the circuitry of the base unit housing. Additionally, the module unit housing is configured to be releasably attached directly with the base unit housing upon the primary interface and secondary interface interconnecting with one another, to form the mobile navigation device as a physically connected package.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4020527 (1977-05-01), O'Neill
patent: 5479001 (1995-12-01), Kumar
patent: 5786789 (1998-07-01), Janky
patent: 5867773 (1999-02-01), Mareno et al.
patent: 6028765 (2000-02-01), Swindler et al.
patent: 6341693 (2002-01-01), Konno et al.
patent: 6421234 (2002-07-01), Ricks et al.
patent: 6480149 (2002-11-01), Sutherland et al.
patent: 6798647 (2004-09-01), Dickie
patent: 6810323 (2004-10-01), Bullock et al.
patent: 6937464 (2005-08-01), Adams et al.
patent: 6988910 (2006-01-01), Gartrell
patent: 6996424 (2006-02-01), Ijas et al.
patent: 7017243 (2006-03-01), Carnevali
patent: 7092695 (2006-08-01), Boling et al.
patent: 7147163 (2006-12-01), Salvato et al.
patent: 2005/0064905 (2005-03-01), Pinder
patent: 2005/0079898 (2005-04-01), Park
patent: 2006/0190652 (2006-08-01), Keely et al.
patent: 2006/0217129 (2006-09-01), Katsumata et al.
patent: 854584 (1998-07-01), None
patent: 1508814 (2005-02-01), None
patent: WO 9521386 (1995-08-01), None
patent: WO 2007084316 (2007-07-01), None
Pham et al., “Handheld Devices for Applications Using Dynamic Multimedia Data”, Jun. 2004, ACM, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and South East Asia, pp. 123-130.
Frank, G.B.; Yakos, M.D., “Collins Next Generation Digital GPS Receiver,” Position Location and Navigation Symposium, 1990. Record. The 1990's—A Decade of Excellence in the Navigation Sciences. IEEE Plans '90., IEEE , vol., No., pp. 286-292, Mar. 20-23, 1990.
Guth, P.L.; Oertel, O.; Benard, G.; Thibaud, R., “Pocket Panorama: 3D GIS on a handheld device,” Web Information Systems Engineering Workshops, 2003. Proceedings. Fourth International Conference on , vol., No., pp. 100-105, Dec. 13, 2003.
Graham Thompson, “A Friend in the Back of Beyond :The latest handheld GPS receivers can display top-quality maps, so ramblers need never get lost again. Graham Thompson tests five, and their most detailed mapping Test Bench Handheld GPS”, Jul. 12, 2009, Sunday Times, London, UK, p. 18.
Oliver Stefani, et al., “Design of Interaction Devices for Optical Tracking in Immersive Environments”, 5 pgs., http://www.ve.iao.fhg.de/papers/HCI—Paper—Optical—Input—Devices.pdf.
Roy Want, et al., “An Overview of the ParcTab Ubiquitous Computing Experiment”, 31 pgs., http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/˜korpe/courses/cs515-fall2002/papers/parctab-overview.pdf.
Bailey Thomas A.
Couckuyt Jeffrey D.
Kimchi Gur
Welsh Rick D.
Microsoft Corproation
Rinehart Mark
Shook Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Zaman Faisal M
LandOfFree
Modular expandable mobile navigation device does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Modular expandable mobile navigation device, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Modular expandable mobile navigation device will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-4116297