Device for directing the operation of a user's personal communication apparatus
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Abstract
A system including a device including an RF tag embedded in a casing, and a mobile phone having an RF tag reader which is operable upon reading the RF tag to perform an operation associated with said RF tag. When the user wants to perform a certain operation with the phone, he can by-pass the normal input technologies, typically a keypad, by manoeuvring the device such that the RIF tag is read by the RF tag reader, and then the personal communication apparatus performs an operation associated with the RF tag. Thus, the present invention offers rapid access to regularly used functions or operations without the need to navigate a menu. Moreover, access to these regularly used functions is made intuitive by associating a physical object, i.e. the device, with an operation.
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- 20. A system comprising a device comprising an RF tag inside a casing, and a user'"'"'s personal communication apparatus including a docking means and an RF tag reader operable upon said device being docked in said docking means to read the RF tag and perform an operation associated with said RF tag.
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27. A device for directing the operation of a user'"'"'s personal communication apparatus, comprising an RF tag located in a decorative casing of a size to facilitate handling by the user, wherein the RF tag stores a code to direct the operation of a user'"'"'s personal communication apparatus, the device further comprising switch means by which the device can be switched between an inactive mode to an active mode in which it can be read.
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