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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
Yong-hum Lee, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Seong-cheol Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sung-il Ha, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Sang-chul Shin, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Yong-Hum Lee, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Seong-Cheol Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sung-Il Ha, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Sang-Chul Shin, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A mobile communications terminal using a multi-functional socket and a method thereof, the mobile communications device comprising a connector capable of connecting the mobile communications device to at least one external device for establishing an electrical connection between the at least one external device and the mobile communications device; a switching unit; and a controller cooperating with the connector and the switching unit to perform, sending and/or receiving at least one signal with respect to the at least one external device via at least one dedicated path according to at least one identification signal; and generating a control signal to control the at least one signal, wherein the at least one signal comprises at least one of a power signal and data.