System for interaction of paired devices
First Claim
1. A method of a first computing device interacting with a second computing device, comprising:
- a) receiving an indication that a user desires to pair the first computing device with the second computing device; and
b) pairing the first and second computing devices, with the first computing device operating as peripheral device for the second computing device such that the first device performs as one of a display, a game controller, an input device, a storage device and a computational device for the second computing device under the control of the second computing device, where the functionality of the first computing device as a peripheral device are determined by factors including at least one of;
b1) parameters set by a user upon pairing the first computing device with the second computing device;
b2) specifications of the characteristics and capabilities of the first computing device, andb3) an application running on the second computing device upon receipt of the indication in said step a).
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for setting interactions between paired computing devices. Paired devices may interact in a master-slave relationship, where the slave device is an intelligent computing device capable of performing a wide variety of functions for the master computing device. When initiating a paired relationship, various characteristics relating to the initiating device are recorded, and the used in defining the relationship between the initiating device and the target device with which the initiating device paired. In a further example of interactions between paired computing devices, user-defined policies may be recorded, stored and implemented which affect the behavior of one or both computing devices when the two devices are paired.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of a first computing device interacting with a second computing device, comprising:
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a) receiving an indication that a user desires to pair the first computing device with the second computing device; and b) pairing the first and second computing devices, with the first computing device operating as peripheral device for the second computing device such that the first device performs as one of a display, a game controller, an input device, a storage device and a computational device for the second computing device under the control of the second computing device, where the functionality of the first computing device as a peripheral device are determined by factors including at least one of; b1) parameters set by a user upon pairing the first computing device with the second computing device; b2) specifications of the characteristics and capabilities of the first computing device, and b3) an application running on the second computing device upon receipt of the indication in said step a). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of a first computing device interacting with a second computing device, comprising:
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a) receiving an indication of a pairing initiation act between the first computing device and the second computing device; b) receiving an indication of one or more parameterization descriptors in conjunction with receiving the indication of said step a), the indication of the one or more parameterization descriptors indicating one or more parameters to be set for the pairing of the first and second computing devices, and wherein the one or more parameterization descriptors including at least one of; a gesture performed in association with receiving the indication in said step a); an orientation of one of the first and second computing devices upon receiving the indication of said step a); and a relative position of the first and second computing devices upon receiving the indication of said step a); c) pairing the first and second computing devices together; and d) applying to the pairing one or more of the parameters indicated by the one or more parameterization descriptors of said step b), the one or more parameters setting the first device to be a slave to the second device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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