Patent granted for health sensors, cameras, batteries & more in Apple Watch bracelet links<div class="feat-image">
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<p>A <a href="
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=870&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&s1=(1%2F1.CCLS.+AND+20170124.PD.)&p=18&OS=ccl/1/1+and+isd/1/24/2017&RS=(CCL/1/1+AND+ISD/20170124)" target="_blank">patent[/url] granted to Apple today describes how the company could use a modular <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/apple-watch/" target="_blank">Watch[/url] bracelet to add functionality. Each link could perform a separate function, with owners able to add as many active links as needed.</p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">In one or more embodiments, a method for utilizing functional components of band system for a wearable device may include: receiving identifiers at a wearable device from multiple modular functional band links connected to the wearable device, determining functionality available via the multiple modular functional band links utilizing the received identifiers, and communicating with one of the multiple modular functional band links to utilize the determined functionality. </span></p>
<p>While the patent uses the usual broad terminology – suggesting that the modules might offer everything from cameras to additional power – Tim Cook has already hinted at the most likely application of the technology …</p>
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Patent granted for health sensors, cameras, batteries & more in Apple Watch bracelet links
