Configuration of an electronic device

• US 20070096283A1
• Filed: 10/27/2005
• Published: 05/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nilsson, Jan, Ljung, Peter, Martensson, Viktor
• Granted Patent: US 7,558,950 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 257/686
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/20 Binding and programming of remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/21 Programming remote control devices via third means
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 1/0025 in a remote control unit remote control tuning in general H03J9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23418 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4432 Powering on the client, e.g. bootstrap loading using setup parameters being stored locally or received from the server resetting in general G06F1/14; program loading or initiating in general G06F9/445; bootstrapping in general G06F9/4401; secure boots of computer platforms G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6547 comprising parameters, e.g. for client setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A method of configuring an electronic device to be operable with an electronic apparatus. The method comprises obtaining at least one image associated with the electronic apparatus, submitting a request for identifying the electronic apparatus to at least one data repository, said request including the at least one image, receiving from the at least one data repository configuration data associated with the electronic apparatus and configuring the electronic device using the configuration data. An electronic device that may be configured according to the disclosed method is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method of configuring an electronic device to be operable with an electronic apparatus comprising:

obtaining at least one image associated with the electronic apparatus;

submitting a request for identifying the electronic apparatus to at least one data repository, said request including the at least one image;

receiving from the at least one data repository configuration data associated with the electronic apparatus; and

configuring the electronic device using the configuration data.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of submitting the request to at least one data repository includes

submitting the request to at least one data repository located in at least one external server.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of submitting the request to at least one data repository includes

submitting the request to at least one data repository located in the electronic device;

and

conditionally submitting the request to at least one data repository located in at least one external server if the identification of the electronic apparatus in the at least one data repository located in the electronic device is unsuccessful.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining at least one image associated with the electronic apparatus includes

generating at least one image of an object associated with the electronic apparatus using an image-generation unit in the electronic device.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein the step of obtaining at least one image associated with the electronic apparatus includes

generating at least one image of an object associated with the electronic apparatus using an image-generation unit in the electronic device.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the step of generating at least one image includes

generating at least one image of at least one of the electronic apparatus and a remote control adapted to control the electronic apparatus.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the step of generating at least one image includes

generating at least one image of one of the electronic apparatus and a remote control adapted to control the electronic apparatus.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining at least one image associated with the electronic apparatus includes

selecting the at least one image from a plurality of images stored in the electronic device.

10. The method according to claim 3, wherein the step of obtaining at least one image associated with the electronic apparatus includes

selecting the at least one image from a plurality of images stored in the electronic device.

11. A computer program product comprising computer program code means for executing the method according to claim 1, when said computer program code means are run by an electronic device having computer capabilities.

12. A computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program product comprising computer program code means for executing the method according to claim 1, when said computer program code means are run by an electronic device having computer capabilities.

2. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of submitting the request to at least one data repository includes

submitting the request to at least one data repository located in the electronic device.

13. A configurable electronic device comprising:

an image unit adapted to obtain at least one image associated with an electronic apparatus;

a search-request unit adapted to submit a search request including the at least one image to at least one data repository to identify the electronic apparatus;

a receive unit adapted to receive configuration data associated with the identified electronic apparatus from the at least one data repository; and

a configuration unit adapted to configure the configurable electronic device using the received configuration data.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13, further including

a data repository adapted to store a plurality of images of electronic apparatuses and configuration data associated with the electronic apparatuses.

15. The electronic device according to claim 13, further including

an image generation unit adapted to generate the at least one image.

16. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the electronic device is a portable or handheld mobile radio communication equipment, a mobile radio terminal, a pager, a communicator, an electronic organizer, a smartphone or a computer.

17. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the electronic device is a mobile telephone.