Selecting wireless devices
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1. A method comprising:
- remotely selecting one of a plurality of devices for wireless communications using a device having operators associated with at least two of said devices, and enabling different actuations of said operators to be interpreted selectively as either the selection of a device for communication or the programming of the operator to communicate upon actuation with a particular device.
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Abstract
In the wireless communication system, a wireless selection device is able to select any of a plurality of sufficiently proximate wireless devices without the necessity to actually physically contact or operate any of those devices. Thus, a user may control any of a plurality of devices from a single wireless selection device. The wireless selection device may in some embodiments be a wireless pointing device or a wireless keyboard to mention two examples.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
remotely selecting one of a plurality of devices for wireless communications using a device having operators associated with at least two of said devices, and enabling different actuations of said operators to be interpreted selectively as either the selection of a device for communication or the programming of the operator to communicate upon actuation with a particular device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An article comprising a medium storing instructions that, if executed, enable a processor-based system to:
remotely select one of a plurality of devices for wireless communications using a device having operators associated with at least two of said devices, and enable different actuations of said operators to be interpreted selectively as either the selection of a device for communication or the programming of the operator to communicate upon actuation with a particular device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a mouse apparatus; a wireless interface coupled to said apparatus; a controller, coupled to said wireless interface, to enumerate a plurality of devices for wireless communications and remotely select one of said devices to communicate with; and a volatile storage and a nonvolatile storage, identifying information about sufficiently proximate devices is initially stored in said volatile storage and then is selectively transferred to said nonvolatile storage. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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