Wrist watch modular communication device

Abstract

A wrist watch modular communication device is customizable in aesthetic appearance and in operational function. The device includes a short-range radio communication link interface for receiving information from and transmitting information to an information input module, a body that houses a battery and electronic circuitry to provide signals for delivery—at least partly without user stimulus—of the information to a user wearing the device on a wrist, and a touchscreen display supported by the body and integral to its front major surface, the touchscreen display communicating with the electronic circuitry to present on the front major surface, in response to the signals indicating receipt of cellular telephone and email message information, at least some of the information to the user wearing the device.

1 . A wrist watch modular communication device that is customizable in aesthetic appearance and in operational function, the device comprising:
 a short-range radio communication link interface for receiving information from and transmitting information to an information input module;   a body housing a battery and electronic circuitry to provide signals for delivery, at least partly without user stimulus, of the information to a user wearing the device on a wrist, the body having generally planar opposing front and back major surfaces with outer boundaries that define a perimeter matable with different wristbands to modify the aesthetic appearance; and   a touchscreen display supported by the body and integral to the front major surface, the touchscreen display communicating with the electronic circuitry to present on the front major surface, in response to the signals indicating receipt of cellular telephone and email message information, at least some of the information to the user wearing the device.