INTERACTION BETWEEN AN INPUT DEVICE AND A TERMINAL DEVICE
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Abstract
An input device interacts with a terminal device and/or controls the terminal device of a communication network. The terminal device serves to receive and to transmit a content data stream which represents a chat transmission. In addition, the terminal device functions to transmit messages created by the input device to a processing unit of the communication network. The input device has at least one sensor for determining a physical state of an operator of the input device. The input device is furthermore designed to transmit a value representing the physical state to the terminal and/or the processing unit.
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25 Claims
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12. A method, comprising:
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sending a content data stream representing an entertainment program from a processing unit of a communication network, the content data stream being sent to a remote terminal device; outputting the content data stream from the terminal device; using an input device to sense a physical state of a human operator of the input device; forwarding a value representing the physical state to the terminal device; transmitting the value from terminal device to the processing unit; and manipulating the content data stream at the processing unit to conform with the physical state of the human operator. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. An input device, comprising:
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a sensor to sense a physical state of a human operator of the input device; and a transmitter to transmit a value representing the physical state to a terminal device for forwarding to a processing unit of a communication network so that the processing unit can manipulate a content data stream sent back to the terminal device, the content data stream representing an entertainment program. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A terminal device, comprising:
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a receiver to receive a content data stream representing an entertainment program from a remote processing unit of a communication network; an output device to output the content data stream; an evaluation unit to evaluate data representing a physical state of a human operator, received from an input device; and a transmitter, connected to the evaluation unit, to transmit the data representing the physical state to the processing unit of the communication network.
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