US 7,477,923 B2
Exchangeable module for additional functionality
Magnus Wallmark, Göteborg (Sweden); and Mattias Jonsson, Göteborg (Sweden)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (Sweden)
Appl. No. 10/582,490
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2003, PCT No. PCT/SE03/02018
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Apr. 10, 2007,
PCT Pub. No. WO2005/060218, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0247136 A1, Oct. 25, 2007
Int. Cl. H04B 1/38 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 455—572  [455/127.1; 455/343.1; 713/189; 713/192; 713/193] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An exchangeable power-supplying unit arranged to supply electric power to a device, said exchangeable power-supplying unit comprising:
at least one processing unit arranged to pre-process information and to communicate said pre-processed information to said device for providing said device with at least one additional function; and
a cryptographic circuit for coding or decoding said pre-processed information.