Mobile device case and method for use therewith
AssigneeSanDisk Technologies LLC
InventorSreeram Rajagopalan
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Abstract
A mobile device case and method for use therewith are provided. In one embodiment, a mobile device case is provided with a controller configured to detect that the mobile device case was possibly removed from the mobile device and provide an indicator to a mobile device accordingly. In another embodiment, a mobile device is provided comprising a controller configured to send a request to a mobile device case for a listing of the stored in a memory of the mobile device case, receive the listing of data from the mobile device case, and categorize the data into different categories. Other embodiments are provided.
Claims18
A mobile device case comprising:
- a housing shaped to cover at least some surfaces of a mobile device;
- an interface through which to communicate data between the mobile device and the mobile device case, wherein the interface is supported by the housing;
- and
- a storage device in communication with the interface and supported by the housing, wherein the storage device comprises:
- a memory;
- and
- a controller in communication with the memory, wherein the controller is configured to:
- detect whether the mobile device case was possibly removed from the mobile device;
- in response to detecting that the mobile device case was possibly removed from the mobile device, store an indicator indicating that the mobile device case was possibly removed from the mobile device;
- and
- provide the indicator to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is configured to send a request to the mobile device case for a listing of data stored in the memory of the mobile device case only if the memory device is provided with the indicator from the mobile device case indicating that the mobile device case was possibly removed from the mobile device.
A mobile device comprising:
- an interface through which to communicate with a mobile device case;
- and
- a controller in communication with the interface, wherein the controller is configured to:
- send a request to the mobile device case for a listing of the data stored in a memory of the mobile device case, wherein the request is sent to the mobile device case only if it is determined that the mobile device case was possibly removed from the mobile device;
- receive the listing of data from the mobile device case;
- and
- categorize the data into different categories.
A mobile device comprising:
- an interface through which to communicate with a mobile device case;
- means for sending a request to the mobile device case for a listing of the data stored in a memory of the mobile device case, wherein the request is sent to the mobile device case only if it is determined that the mobile device case was possibly removed from the mobile device;
- means for receiving the listing of data from the mobile device case;
- and
- means for categorizing the data into different categories.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.