Actuating functionality in electronic device

• US 7,912,424 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2004
• Issued: 03/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Tiainen, Ilkka, Tokkonen, Timo
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, SIMON
• Application Number:
  US10/591,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20070205874A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,569 Days
• Field of Search: 455 411- 413, 340/10.1, 340 1051- 1052, 340/572.1
• US Class Current: 455/39
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 1/007 Sheets or sheet blocks combined with other articles
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 9/008 Devices for indicating a spot on a sheet B42D9/001 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

Arrangement for providing operational settings to an electronic device including a data storage, including at least one data storage element including instructions needed to perform one or more functions in the electronic device. The electronic device includes reading means for reading one or more of the plurality of data storage elements, the electronic device further including controlling means for performing one or more functions defined by the instructions included in the read data storage element included in the data storage.

Claims

1. An arrangement comprising:

an electronic device comprising a reader configured for machine reading radio frequency tags; and

a user manual associated with the electronic device, including a plurality of radio frequency tags attached on the pages of the user manual such that each radio frequency tag is machine readable separately by the electronic device without interference from other radio frequency tags attached in the user manual, at least one radio frequency tag including software instructions relating to an operation described in the manual and associated with said radio frequency tag;

wherein the electronic device is configured, in response to the reader machine reading at least one of the plurality of radio frequency tags attached in the user manual and including software instructions, to execute the software instructions read from said at least one radio frequency tag to perform a device operation that is described in the user manual in connection with said at least one radio frequency tag.

2. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the device operation is performed automatically.

3. The arrangement of claim 2, wherein the device operation is performed in a tutorial way.

4. The arrangement of claim 3, wherein the tutorial way proceeds in a step-by-step manner, and the device operation proceeds to a next step when a predefined or user-adjustable time has elapsed.

5. The arrangement of claim 3, wherein when performing the device operation in the tutorial way, the operation proceeds in a step-by-step manner by taking proceed indications from a user of the device.

6. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein read software instructions are added to an existing software code in the device or replace an existing software code portion in the device.

7. The arrangement of claim 6, wherein usage of the read software instructions is limited to a predetermined number of usage times or to a predetermined time.

8. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the radio frequency tags include information for starting an application at the electronic device.

9. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a mobile phone.

10. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the radio frequency tags are positioned on different ends of neighboring pages of the user manual.

11. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the radio frequency tags have a reading distance such that they are readable only by touching the radio frequency tag with the reader of the electronic device.

12. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the arrangement includes a selling package.

13. An electronic device comprising:

a reader for reading any of a plurality of radio frequency tags from a user manual associated with the electronic device, the user manual including the plurality of radio frequency tags on the pages of the user manual positioned such that they are machine readable separately by the electronic device without interfering with each other, at least one radio frequency tag storing software instructions relating to a device operation described in the user manual and associated with said radio frequency tag, wherein the electronic device further includes a controller configured, in response to machine reading at least one of the plurality of radio frequency tags attached in the user manual and including software instructions, to execute the software instructions read from said at least one radio frequency tag to perform a device operation that is described in the user manual in connection with said at least one radio frequency tag.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to start an application in the device.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to illustrate performing of an operational setting in a step-by-step manner, step transitions being triggered by expiry of a timer or by pressing of a key of the device.

16. The device of claim 13, wherein the reader is configured to read a software code portion from a radio frequency tag and the controller is configured to add the software code portion to an existing code base in the device.

17. The device of claim 13, wherein the reader is configured to read a software code portion from a radio frequency tag and the controller is configured to replace an existing software code portion in the device with the read software code portion.

18. The device of claim 13, wherein the reader is configured to read a media content from a radio frequency tag and the controller is configured to add the media content to a media base of the device.

19. A user manual comprising a plurality of radio frequency tags, at least one radio frequency tag storing software instructions relating to a device operation described in the user manual, the radio frequency tags being attached on the pages of the user manual such that each radio frequency tag is machine readable without interference from other radio frequency tags in the user manual.

20. A method comprising:

reading, by using an electronic device, at least one radio frequency tag from a user manual including a plurality of radio frequency tags attached on the pages of the user manual such that each radio frequency tag is machine readable without interference from other radio frequency tags in the user manual, at least one radio frequency tag storing software instructions relating to a device operation described in the user manual and associated with the radio frequency tag,

performing, in the electronic device, on the basis of the software instructions read from at least one radio frequency tag, a device operation that is described in the user manual in connection with said at least one read radio frequency tag.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising locating, in the user manual, a page describing a solution to a problem that a user has encountered when using the electronic device, and reading the radio frequency tag residing in the located page to solve the problem at the electronic device.