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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2004
Applicant:
Joel S. Hartley, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Inventor:
Joel S. Hartley, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
DriveOK, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A communications apparatus including a communications device for wide area network communications and position location, as an example, and one or more interchangeable devices capable of interfacing with the communications device through a standard interface, is described. Also described is an apparatus and method for activating and authenticating the communications device/interchangeable device combinations, thereby providing device compatibility and security.