METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXCHANGING DATA WITH A USER COMPUTER DEVICE
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1. A method for exchanging data with a user computer device, the method comprising:
- creating an inter-device capacitance, wherein a capacitive touchscreen of the user computer device comprises a conductor of the inter-device capacitance; and
exchanging one or more streams of data with a device external to the user computer device via the capacitive touchscreen and the inter-device capacitance to produce one or more exchanged data streams.
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Abstract
A communication system is provided that allows a user to exchange a stream of data with a user computer device via a capacitive touchscreen of the device. The communication system includes a user'"'"'s data input device having a capacitive user interface and a user computer device having a capacitive touchscreen. When the capacitive user interface of the data input device and the capacitive touchscreen of the user computer device are in sufficient to proximity to each other, an inter-device capacitance is created over which exchanging a stream of data may be exchanged between the data input device and the user computer device.
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1. A method for exchanging data with a user computer device, the method comprising:
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creating an inter-device capacitance, wherein a capacitive touchscreen of the user computer device comprises a conductor of the inter-device capacitance; and exchanging one or more streams of data with a device external to the user computer device via the capacitive touchscreen and the inter-device capacitance to produce one or more exchanged data streams. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A user computer device comprising
a capacitive touchscreen; - and
a processor that is configured to establish an inter-device capacitance, via the capacitive touchscreen, with a device external to the user computer device and to exchange, with the device external to the user computer device and via the inter-device capacitance and the capacitive touchscreen, one or more streams of data to produce to produce one or more exchanged data streams. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A communication system comprising:
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a data input device having a capacitive user interface; a user computer device having a capacitive touchscreen; and wherein the data input device and the user computer device exchange one or more streams of data via an inter-device capacitance between the capacitive user interface of the data input device and the capacitive touchscreen of the user computer device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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