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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Voxer Ip Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas E. Katis, Jackson, WY (US);
Igal Perelman, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
Voxer IP LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/16 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/10 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04B 1/38 (2006.01); H04W 76/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/3888 (2013.01); H04W 4/16 (2013.01); H04W 4/001 (2013.01); H04W 4/10 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); H04W 76/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A smart case configured to encapsulate a mobile communication device. The smart case includes a radio embedded in the case for selectively enabling the encapsulated mobile communication device to communicate over a wireless network using either the radio embedded in the case or the Wi-Fi and/or cellular radio in the communication device itself. In alternative embodiments, either a hard switch, a soft switch, or both, is provided for switching between either the radios(s) embedded in the smart case or the internal radio(s) in the mobile communication device.