System control through portable devices
First Claim
1. A communications system comprising at least one portable device capable of wireless message transmission and at least one second device capable of receiving such a message transmission, wherein the at least one portable device is arranged to broadcast a series of inquiry messages each in the form of a plurality of predetermined data fields arranged according to a first communications protocol, wherein the at least one first portable device is further arranged to add to each inquiry message prior to transmission an additional data field carrying personal data of a user of the portable device, and wherein the at least one second device is arranged to receive the transmitted inquiry messages, read data from said additional data field, and vary at least one operational parameter in response to the read data.
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Abstract
A communications system comprises at least one portable device (14) capable of wireless message transmission and at least one other device (10) capable of receiving such a message transmission. The portable device (14) is arranged to add to each message (FIG. 3) prior to transmission an additional data field carrying personal data of a user of the portable device, with the other device (10) receiving the additional data and varying at least one operational parameter (B) in response. The system allows environments or local equipment to be automatically responsive to simple, periodic, locally broadcast auras from a user'"'"'s portable telephone or the like.
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- 1. A communications system comprising at least one portable device capable of wireless message transmission and at least one second device capable of receiving such a message transmission, wherein the at least one portable device is arranged to broadcast a series of inquiry messages each in the form of a plurality of predetermined data fields arranged according to a first communications protocol, wherein the at least one first portable device is further arranged to add to each inquiry message prior to transmission an additional data field carrying personal data of a user of the portable device, and wherein the at least one second device is arranged to receive the transmitted inquiry messages, read data from said additional data field, and vary at least one operational parameter in response to the read data.
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13. A method for enabling the user of a portable communications device to broadcast control messages to other communications devices, wherein said portable communications device broadcasts a series of inquiry messages each in the form of a plurality of predetermined data fields arranged according to a first communications protocol, and wherein said first portable communications device adds to each inquiry message prior to transmission an additional data field carrying personal data of a user of the portable device, such that suitably configured other communications devices may receive the transmitted inquiry messages, read the personal data from said additional data field, and vary at least one of their operational parameters in response to such data.
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