Claims
- 1. A personal communicator comprising in combination three modules, said modules have means that allow each to be removable and have means to keep each module connected to each other, said modules being a communications module, a display module and a core computer module, said core computer module having a housing, including therein non-volatile storage means for storing previously entered information, said housing of said core computer module wherein all components are completely enclosed therein and may not be removed or replaced, processor means in communication with said storage means, and means to retain stored information when detached from said personal communicator, said communication module having an ear piece with means to cooperate and function with a microphone located in said personal communicator in or outside said communication module to act thereby as a mobile telephone, said personal communicator having activation means selected from the group consisting of touch activation, audio activation and mixtures thereof, each of said detachable modules when detached having means to function when connected to or when detached and used with other enclosures or attachments, and wherein said core computer module is non-functional as a computer unless it is in electrical contact with an enclosure which also supplies functionally.
- 2. The core computer module of claim 1 with all of the components of a general purpose computer and having when detached activation means selected from the group consisting of audio activation means, eye-tracking activation means, electroencephalography activation means, head and arm tracking means, touch activation means and mixtures thereof.
- 3. The personal communicator of claim 1 having included therein a member selected from the group consisting of a television means, a radio means, a still camera means, a video camera means and mixtures thereof.
- 4. The personal communicator of claim 1 wherein said core computer module comprises a member selected from the group consisting of a pager, pager functionality, display screen, e-mail functionality and mixtures thereof.
- 5. The personal communicator of claim 1 having means to be docked into a monitor having a display substantially larger and with greater resolution than the display in said display module.
- 6. The core computer module of claim 1 having means to be docked into a monitor having a display substantially larger and with greater resolution than the display in said display module, said core computer module having means to function with e-mail, as a personal organizer and electronic facsimile.
- 7. The personal communicator of claim 1 having means for attachment to the body of the user.
- 8. The personal communicator of claim 1 when assembled with each of said detachable modules connected, having an antenna and an ear piece in said detachable communications module and a mouth piece or microphone in said communications or said core computer module, thereby having means to function as a mobile phone, both when said communications module is connected and disconnected from the core computer and display modules.
- 9. The personal communicator of claim 1 wherein said core computer module has means to interface with external sources of data and information.
- 10. The core computer module of claim 1 having means to communicate with a function selected from the group consisting of U.S.B., communication serial ports, floppy disks, video graphic adapters, P.C.I. Bus, display means, audio input/output means, power means, IrDA means, PCMCIA cards, activation means and mixtures thereof.
Parent Case Info
This application is a Continuation in Part application of parent application Ser. No. 09/443,024, filed Nov. 18, 1999.
US Referenced Citations (9)
Continuation in Parts (1)
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