Method for controlling electronic device and electronic system
First Claim
1. A method for controlling an electronic device comprising:
- pointing physically using a pointing device at a link device in order to create a wireless data transmission connection between the pointing device and the link device;
transferring identification data between the pointing device and the link device along the created data transmission connection;
forming a first association between the identification data of the pointing device and the identification data of the link device;
forming a second association between the identification data of the user of the pointing device and the identification data of the electronic device to be controlled communicating with the link device, the second association being based on the first association, on a third association between the identification data of the pointing device stored in a database and the identification data of the user, and on a fourth association between the identification data of the link device stored in a database and the identification data of the electronic device to be controlled; and
transferring control data between the pointing device and the electronic device to be controlled utilizing the information in the associations.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for controlling an electronic device. The method comprises pointing using a pointing device at a link device in order to create a wireless data transmission connection between the pointing device and the link device, and transferring identification data between the pointing device and the link device along the created data transmission connection. Next, a first association between the identification data of the pointing device and the identification data of the link device is formed. After this, a second association between the identification data of the user of the pointing device and the identification data device to be controlled communicating with the link device is formed.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for controlling an electronic device comprising:
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pointing physically using a pointing device at a link device in order to create a wireless data transmission connection between the pointing device and the link device;
transferring identification data between the pointing device and the link device along the created data transmission connection;
forming a first association between the identification data of the pointing device and the identification data of the link device;
forming a second association between the identification data of the user of the pointing device and the identification data of the electronic device to be controlled communicating with the link device, the second association being based on the first association, on a third association between the identification data of the pointing device stored in a database and the identification data of the user, and on a fourth association between the identification data of the link device stored in a database and the identification data of the electronic device to be controlled; and
transferring control data between the pointing device and the electronic device to be controlled utilizing the information in the associations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electronic system comprising a link device for establishing a data transmission connection
a pointing device for physically pointing at the link device in order to create a wireless data transmission connection between the pointing device and the link device, the link device and the pointing device comprising identification data identifying the device, and the identification data is transferred over the wireless data transmission connection between the pointing device and the link device, a database, in which associations are stored, means for forming a first association between the identification data of the pointing device and the identification data of the link device; -
means for forming a second association between the identification data of the user of the pointing device and the identification data of the electronic device to be controlled communicating with the link device, the second association being based on the first association, on a third association between the identification data of the pointing device obtained as an input from a database and the identification data of the user, and on a fourth association between the identification data of the link device obtained as the input from the database and the identification data of the electronic device to be controlled; and
means for transferring control data between the pointing device and the electronic device to be controlled utilizing the information in the associations. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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