Communication system comprising master and slave handheld apparatuses
First Claim
1. A communication system comprising:
- a master handheld apparatus comprising a first Near Field Communication (NFC) device and a first wireless communication device, a current session being held by said master handheld apparatus,a slave handheld apparatus comprising a second NFC device and a second wireless communication device, the first and second NFC devices exchanging identification information when they are held next to each other so as to initiate a communication link between the first and second wireless communication devices, said first and second wireless communication devices then enabling the slave handheld apparatus to join the current session through the communication link, wherein at least one of the master handheld apparatus and the slave handheld apparatus selects a most probable service from a given list of one or more available services.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a communication system comprising:—a master handheld apparatus (100) comprising a first near field communication device a first wireless communication device, a current session being held by the master handheld apparatus (100), a slave handheld apparatus (130) comprising a second near field communication device and a second wireless communication device, the first and second near field communication devices being adapted to exchange identification information when they are held next to each other so as to initiate a communication link (140) between the first and second wireless communication devices, the first and second wireless communication devices then enabling the slave handheld apparatus (130) to join the current session through the communication link (140).
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16 Claims
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1. A communication system comprising:
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a master handheld apparatus comprising a first Near Field Communication (NFC) device and a first wireless communication device, a current session being held by said master handheld apparatus, a slave handheld apparatus comprising a second NFC device and a second wireless communication device, the first and second NFC devices exchanging identification information when they are held next to each other so as to initiate a communication link between the first and second wireless communication devices, said first and second wireless communication devices then enabling the slave handheld apparatus to join the current session through the communication link, wherein at least one of the master handheld apparatus and the slave handheld apparatus selects a most probable service from a given list of one or more available services. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7)
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6. A slave handheld apparatus for joining a current session held by a master handheld apparatus comprising a first Near Field Communication (NFC) device and a first wireless communication device, said slave handheld apparatus comprising:
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a second NFC device and a second wireless communication device, the second NFC device exchanging identification information with the first NFC device when they are held next to each other so as to initiate a communication link between the first and second wireless communication devices, said first and second wireless communication devices then enabling the slave handheld apparatus to join the current session through the communication link, wherein the slave handheld apparatus initiates the communication link by selecting a most probable service from a given list of one or more available services. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A master handheld apparatus comprising:
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a first Near Field Communication (NFC) device and a first wireless communication device, said master handheld apparatus being suitable for communicating with a slave handheld apparatus comprising a second NFC device and a second wireless communication device, a current session being held by said master handheld apparatus, wherein the first NFC device is exchanges identification information with the second NFC device when they are held next to each other so as to initiate a communication link between the first and second wireless communication devices, said first and second wireless communication devices then enabling the slave handheld apparatus to join the current session through the communication link, and wherein the master handheld apparatus initiates the communication link by selecting a most probable service from a given list of one or more available services. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A communication method between a master handheld apparatus comprising a first Near Field Communication (NFC) device and a first wireless communication device, and a slave handheld apparatus comprising a second NFC device and a second wireless communication device, a current session being held by said master handheld apparatus, the method comprising:
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exchanging identification information between the first and second NFC devices when they are held next to each other; initiating a communication link between the first and second wireless communication devices; and enabling the slave handheld apparatus to join the current session through the communication link, wherein at least one of the master handheld apparatus and the slave handheld apparatus selects a most probable service from a given list of one or more available services. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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