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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Timothy S. Paek, Sammamish, WA (US);
Eric Norman Badger, Issaquah, WA (US);
Daniel Allen Rosenfeld, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for communicating with a handheld device (e.g., a cellular telephone) is provided herein. A protective shroud is configured to enclose the handheld device and protect it against incidents that commonly cause damage to handheld devices. Integral to the protective shroud is at least one of an input component configured to receive user input and a wireless transceiver configured to transmit signals to and/or receive signals from the handheld device. In one example, where both the input component and the wireless transceiver are integral to the protective shroud, signals related to received user input (e.g., where the shroud serves as a keypad) may be transmitted to the handheld device even if the protective shroud is removed from the handheld device.