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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Inventors:
Menashe Haskin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Kelly Cornell, Campbell, CA (US);
Paul Grady Russell, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/0247 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of servicing a portable computing device that is sealed in packaging, in which an umbilical adapter connects a servicing interface on the device, such as a micro USB port, with a servicing station dock via externally exposed contacts. The packaged device may be serviced at one or more locations after final assembly to recharge the device's battery, update or install software, or, for mobile phones, provision the mobile phone to access a cellular network.