Application of profiles in a wireless device to control a remote control apparatus

• US 20070035412A1
• Filed: 08/12/2005
• Published: 02/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bozzone, Stephen, Hayes, David, Smith, Sybren, Beatty, Alan, Dvorak, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US11/202,539
• Publication Number:
  US 20070035412A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/825.690
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link

Abstract

A system (10) or method (50) for controlling remote controlled apparatus can include a remote controlled apparatus (18) and a remote controlling device (12). The remote controlling device can include a wireless transceiver (9) for controlling the remote controlled apparatus and a programmable memory (16) for storing profiles defining operation of the remote controlling device corresponding to the remote controlled apparatus. The wireless transceiver receives from the remote controlled apparatus data defining a profile or a selection signal for selecting among a plurality of stored profiles. The remote controlled apparatus can be an RC toy such as a car, boat or aircraft and the remote controlling device can be a phone or other transceiving device. The remote controlled apparatus can include a stored profile that can be modified using an exchangeable housing (26, 28 or 44) having a predefined set of mechanisms for activating switches on the remote controlled apparatus.

Claims

1. A remote controlling device, comprising:

a wireless transceiver for controlling one or more remote controlled apparatus; and

a programmable memory for storing one or more profiles defining operation of the remote controlling device which corresponds to the one or more remote controlled apparatus, wherein the wireless transceiver receives from the remote controlled apparatus data defining a profile or a selection signal for selecting among a plurality of stored profiles at the remote controlling device.

2. The remote controlling device of claim 1, wherein the one or more remote controlled apparatus can be a remote controlled car, a remote controlled boat, a remote controlled aircraft, or a remote controlled robot.

3. The remote controlling device of claim 1, wherein the one or more profiles control parameters for the remote controlling device among vibrational aspects, sounds, or visual skin types presented to a user.

4. The remote controlling device of claim 1, wherein the remote controlling device is a cellular phone and the one or more profiles control the capabilities and behavior of the cellular phone.

5. The remote controlling device of claim 1, wherein the one or more profiles are further defined by accessory components coupled to the remote controlling device.

6. The remote controlling device of claim 1, wherein the one or more profiles control one or more among a period of time or a utilization measurement of the remote controlled apparatus.

7. The remote controlling device of claim 1, wherein the one or more profiles define a personality of the operation of the remote controlled apparatus.

8. The remote controlling device of claim 1, wherein the one or more profile use a digital rights management component to enable the exchanging of profiles and to prevent the cloning of profiles.

9. A system for controlling remote controlled apparatus using profiles, comprising:

a remote controlled apparatus; and

a remote controlling device, comprising;

a wireless transceiver for controlling the remote controlled apparatus; and

a programmable memory for storing one or more profiles defining operation of the remote controlling device which corresponds to the remote controlled apparatus, wherein the wireless transceiver receives from the remote controlled apparatus data defining a profile or a selection signal for selecting among a plurality of stored profiles at the remote controlling device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the controlled apparatus can be a remote controlled car, a remote controlled boat, a remote controlled robot, or a remote controlled aircraft.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more profiles control parameters for the remote controlling device among vibrational aspects, sounds, or visual skin types presented to a user.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the remote controlling device is a cellular phone and the one or more profiles control the capabilities and behavior of the cellular phone.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more profiles are further defined by accessory components coupled to the remote controlling device.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more profiles control one or more among a period of time or a utilization measurement of the remote controlled apparatus.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more profiles defines a personality of the operation of the remote controlled apparatus.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more profile use a digital rights management component to enable the exchanging of profiles and to prevent the cloning of profiles.

17. The system of claim 9, wherein the remote controlled apparatus further comprises a profile stored at the remote controlled apparatus that can be modified using an exchangeable housing having a predefined set of mechanisms for activating switches on the remote controlled apparatus, or using a radio frequency identifier embedded in the exchangeable housing, or using dip switches on the remote controlled apparatus, or receiving an over-the-air upgrade of profile information received at the remote controlling device, or using an add on memory card coupled to the remote controlled apparatus or the remote controlling device.

18. A method of modifying the behavior of a remote controlled system, comprising the steps of:

storing a profile defining operation of a remote controlling device which controls a remote controlled apparatus;

receiving data from the remote controlled apparatus further defining the profile; and

controlling the remote controlling device in accordance with the profile.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the method further comprises the step of controlling the remote controlled apparatus in accordance with the profile.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises the step of modifying the profile using an exchangeable housing having a predefined set of mechanisms for activating switches on the remote controlled apparatus, or using a radio frequency identifier embedded in the exchangeable housing, or using dip switches on the remote controlled apparatus, or receiving an over-the-air upgrade of profile information received at the remote controlling device, or using an add on memory card coupled to the remote controlled apparatus or the remote controlling device.

21. A remote controlled apparatus using profiles and controlled by a remote controlling device having a transceiver, comprising:

a wireless transceiver for being remotely controlled by the remote controlling device; and

a programmable memory for storing one or more profiles, wherein the wireless transceiver in the remote controlled apparatus data transmits a profile or a selection signal for indicating selection among a plurality of stored profiles defining operation of at least one among the remote controlling device or the remote controlled apparatus.

22. The remote controlled apparatus of claim 21, wherein the remote controlled apparatus further comprises a profile stored at the remote controlled apparatus that can be modified using an exchangeable housing having a predefined set of mechanisms for activating switches on the remote controlled apparatus, or using a radio frequency identifier embedded in the exchangeable housing, or using dip switches on the remote controlled apparatus, or receiving an over-the-air upgrade of profile information received at the remote controlling device, or using an add on memory card coupled to the remote controlled apparatus or the remote controlling device.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the controlled apparatus can be a remote controlled car, a remote controlled boat, a remote controlled robot, or a remote controlled aircraft.