Apparatus and method for providing wireless communication and global positioning for a wireless computer mouse
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1. A method for use with a wireless mouse, the method comprising:
- determining at a processing device whether a state of a user detection signal from a sensor of the wireless mouse indicates at least one of the presence of a user and the absence of the user, wherein the sensor is configured to detect at least one of the presence of the user and the absence of the user;
determining at the processing device whether a dual mode of operation is at least one of enabled and disabled;
enabling a global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver of the wireless mouse and enabling wireless communication of mouse operations in response to determining that the state of the user detection signal indicates the presence of the user and determining that the dual mode of operation is enabled;
enabling the GPS receiver and disabling wireless communication of mouse operations in response to determining that the state of the user detection signal indicates the absence of the user; and
disabling the GPS receiver and enabling wireless communication of mouse operations in response to determining that the state of the user detection signal indicates the presence of the user and determining that the dual mode of operation is disabled.
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Abstract
Wireless computer mouse operation may be provided by receiving a user detection signal from a sensor of the wireless computer mouse to determine the presence of a user. In one embodiment, an operation mode of the wireless computer mouse may be determined by a controller based, at least in part, on the user detection signal. Thereafter, the controller can enable at least one of a short range wireless communication module and a global positioning receiver of the wireless computer mouse based on the operation mode determined by the controller.
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1. A method for use with a wireless mouse, the method comprising:
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determining at a processing device whether a state of a user detection signal from a sensor of the wireless mouse indicates at least one of the presence of a user and the absence of the user, wherein the sensor is configured to detect at least one of the presence of the user and the absence of the user; determining at the processing device whether a dual mode of operation is at least one of enabled and disabled; enabling a global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver of the wireless mouse and enabling wireless communication of mouse operations in response to determining that the state of the user detection signal indicates the presence of the user and determining that the dual mode of operation is enabled; enabling the GPS receiver and disabling wireless communication of mouse operations in response to determining that the state of the user detection signal indicates the absence of the user; and disabling the GPS receiver and enabling wireless communication of mouse operations in response to determining that the state of the user detection signal indicates the presence of the user and determining that the dual mode of operation is disabled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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4. A wireless mouse comprising:
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at least one sensor configured to detect at least one of the presence of a user and the absence of a user and generate at least one user detection signal indicative of at least one of the presence of the user and the absence of the user; a global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver configured to receive global positioning data; a short range wireless communication module configured to communicate at least wireless mouse operations with at least one computing device; and at least one processing device operably coupled to the GPS receiver, the short range wireless communication module, and the sensor, the at least one processing device configured to; determine whether a state of the user detection signal from the sensor indicates at least one of the presence of the user and the absence of the user; determine whether a dual mode of operation is at least one of enabled and disabled; enable the GPS receiver and enable the short range wireless communication module to communicate wireless mouse operations in response to determining that the state of the user detection signal indicates the presence of the user and determining that the dual mode of operation is enabled; enable the GPS receiver and disable the short range wireless communication module from communicating wireless mouse operations in response to determining that the state of the user detection signal indicates the absence of the user; and disable the GPS receiver and enable the short range wireless communication module to communicate wireless mouse operations in response to determining that the state of the user detection signal indicates the presence of the user and determining that the dual mode of operation is disabled. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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