Expandable housing of a mobile communication device

A method of integrating an expandable housing of a mobile communication device comprising:

• communicatively coupling at least one component layer on at least one of two substantially planar sides of a base layer to enable modification of a modular peripheral component integrated into the housing by sliding an entire length of the modular peripheral component therethrough, the base layer including provision to accommodate control circuitry associated with functioning of the mobile communication device;
• providing, also in the base layer, a capability to accommodate a modular peripheral component on the at least one of the two substantially planar sides thereof and to modify the modular peripheral component;
• enabling securing of the modular peripheral component in a fixed position within the at least one component layer through a holding mechanism based on the holding mechanism being secured to the at least one component layer at one of two bookends of a lateral dimension thereof perpendicular to a length thereof, the holding mechanism being a locking mechanism including a notch configured to latch onto an appropriate complementary receptor provided at the other of the two bookends when appropriately pressed such that a lateral dimension of the modular peripheral component inserted into the housing is completely covered by the holding mechanism in a secure state thereof, and the holding mechanism being leveled with a lateral dimensional surface of the mobile communication device in the secure state thereof;
• enabling the modular peripheral component associated with both the at least one component layer and the base layer to communicate with the control circuitry in the base layer through a communication port on the at least one component layer;
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• designing the at least one component layer as a FILO shelf structure to secure the modular peripheral component such that the modular peripheral component is integratable and securable in the FILO shelf structure, wherein the modular peripheral component includes a daisy-chainable expansion port that enables an additional modular peripheral component integratable in the mobile communication device to be communicatively coupled with the housing.

A mobile communication device comprising:

• a housing including a substantially planar base layer and at least one component layer to enable expansion of capabilities of the mobile communication device by modification of a modular peripheral component through sliding an entire length of the modular peripheral component through the at least one component layer, the at least one component layer being communicatively coupled on at least one of two substantially parallel sides of the base layer, the housing further comprising a holding mechanism in the at least one component layer to enable the modular peripheral component to remain in a fixed position therein, the holding mechanism being secured to the at least one component layer at one of two bookends of a lateral dimension thereof perpendicular to a length thereof, the holding mechanism being a locking mechanism including a notch configured to latch onto an appropriate complementary receptor provided at the other of the two bookends when appropriately pressed such that a lateral dimension of the modular peripheral component inserted into the housing is completely covered by the holding mechanism in a secure state thereof, the holding mechanism being leveled with a lateral dimensional surface of the mobile communication device in the secure state thereof, and the base layer also including a provision to accommodate a modular peripheral component on the at least one of the two substantially planar sides thereof and to modify the modular peripheral component, wherein the at least one component layer is designed as a First In Last Out (FILO) shelf structure to secure the modular peripheral component such that the modular peripheral component is integratable and securable in the FILO shelf structure, wherein the modular peripheral component includes a daisy-chainable expansion port that enables an additional modular peripheral component integratable in the mobile communication device to be communicatively coupled with the housing;
• a processing component in the base layer associated with functioning of the mobile communication device to detect the modification of the modular peripheral component and to process signals of the mobile communication device;
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• a communication port on at least one of two substantially parallel sides of the at least one component layer to enable communication between the processing component and the modular peripheral component associated with both the base layer and the at least one component layer.