Ping feature for electronic devices
First Claim
1. A pinging electronic device comprising a ping function and a transmitter wherein the ping function is adapted to generate and the transmitter is adapted to transmit over a Bluetooth capable or Bluetooth like network at least one associated ping control message to at least one pingable electronic device paired to the pinging electronic device for actuation of at least one indicator element of the at least one pingable electronic device.
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Abstract
A pinging electronic device, a pingable electronic device and a network for the devices are disclosed. The ping electronic devices comprising a ping function and a transmitter wherein the ping function is adapted to generate and the transmitter is adapted to transmit over an ad hoc wireless network at least one associated ping control message to at least one pingable electronic device paired to the pinging electronic device for actuation of at least one indicator element of the at least one pingable electronic device.
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23 Claims
- 1. A pinging electronic device comprising a ping function and a transmitter wherein the ping function is adapted to generate and the transmitter is adapted to transmit over a Bluetooth capable or Bluetooth like network at least one associated ping control message to at least one pingable electronic device paired to the pinging electronic device for actuation of at least one indicator element of the at least one pingable electronic device.
- 9. A pingable electronic device comprising a receiver, a ping message processor, and at least one indicator element wherein the receiver is adapted to receive a ping control message over a Bluetooth capable or Bluetooth like network and the ping message processor is adapted to actuate the at least one indicator element in response to the ping control message.
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19. A computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing a ping message to be sent over a Bluetooth capable or Bluetooth like network, the computer readable code means comprising:
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a computer readable code means for processing a received ping input command;
a computer readable code means for generating a ping message;
a computer readable code means for instructing a transmitter to transmit the ping message. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein, the computer readable code means comprising;
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a computer readable code means for processing a ping message received from a Bluetooth capable or Bluetooth like network; and
a computer readable code means for instructing an indicator element to actuate in response to the ping message.
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