Device control apparatus and method
First Claim
1. Apparatus for implementing at least one operational setting of an interactive electronic device, said apparatus comprising:
- reading means for reading information from a physical data carrier;
processing means for receiving the information read from the carrier by the reading means and interpreting said read information; and
control means responsive to said processing means for implementing the at least one operational setting.
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Abstract
An electronic device such as a mobile telephone is provided with a reader for reading data from a physical data carrier. Physical data carriers are incorporated into accessories of the device, for example a telephone carrying case. The act of inserting the telephone into the case causes the reader to read data from the data carrier and the data is used to implement required device settings of the electronic device. The data carrier may be a bar code, RF tag or contact tag. By providing a number of carrying cases each with its own data carrier, merely exchanging cases initiates a number of associated device settings to be selected. Each case may be associated with a particular environment or user context allowing the user to alter the behavior of the device to suit context merely by interchanging carrying case. Data carrier may also be provided in other accessories such as car-telephone kits and battery chargers to alter device behavior accordingly. Device settings include those which govern the type of information relayed to the user when the device receives information from data delivery services.
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22 Claims
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1. Apparatus for implementing at least one operational setting of an interactive electronic device, said apparatus comprising:
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reading means for reading information from a physical data carrier;
processing means for receiving the information read from the carrier by the reading means and interpreting said read information; and
control means responsive to said processing means for implementing the at least one operational setting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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19. An interactive electronic device having at least one operational setting implemented by apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
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reading means for reading information from a physical data carrier;
processing means for receiving the information read from the carrier by the reading means and interpreting said read information; and
control means responsive to said processing means for implementing the at least one operational setting.
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21. A method of implementing at least one operational setting of an interactive electronic device, said method comprising the steps of:
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reading information from a physical data carrier;
processing the information read from the physical data carrier to interpret said read information; and
implementing the at least one operational setting of the interactive electronic device in response to the interpreted information. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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