Communications device for intelligently routing information among multiple user interfaces
First Claim
1. A communications device, comprising:
- a communications module configured to perform a service; and
a controller configured to route a first portion and a second portion of information related to the service to a first user interface when a power level of a battery is sufficient to operate the first user interface and to begin to route the second portion of the information to a second user interface that is different from the first user interface as the battery begins to deplete,wherein the first user interface is configured to provide a first visual notification or a first audible notification relating to the first portion of the information, andwherein the second user interface is configured to provide a second visual notification or a second audible notification relating to the second portion of the information.
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Abstract
A near field communications (NFC) device is disclosed that intelligently routes NFC data from a NFC device between multiple user interfaces based upon a power level of its internal batteries. The communications device utilizes a communications device user interface to send and/or receive the NFC data from the NFC device when its internal batteries are sufficient to operate the communications device user interface. The communications device begins to route some of this NFC data from being sent and/or received by the communications device user interface to a NFC user interface as its internal batteries deplete. Eventually, all of the NFC data will be sent to and/or received by the NFC user interface as the internal batteries of the communications device become so depleted that they are unable to reliably operate the communications device user interface.
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21 Claims
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1. A communications device, comprising:
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a communications module configured to perform a service; and a controller configured to route a first portion and a second portion of information related to the service to a first user interface when a power level of a battery is sufficient to operate the first user interface and to begin to route the second portion of the information to a second user interface that is different from the first user interface as the battery begins to deplete, wherein the first user interface is configured to provide a first visual notification or a first audible notification relating to the first portion of the information, and wherein the second user interface is configured to provide a second visual notification or a second audible notification relating to the second portion of the information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
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receiving, via a communications module, information while performing a service; routing the information to a first user interface when a power level of a battery is sufficient to operate the first user interface; routing a portion of the information to a second user interface that is different from the first user interface as the battery begins to deplete; providing, via the first interface, a first visual notification or a first audible notification relating to the first portion of the information; and providing, via the second user interface, a second visual notification or a second audible notification relating to the second portion of the information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A communications device, comprising:
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a near field communications (NFC) user interface; a non-NFC user interface; and an NFC device configured to; route a first portion of information and a second portion of the information to the non-NFC user interface when a power supply is above a first level that is sufficient to operate the non-NFC user interface; begin to route the second portion of the information to the NFC user interface when the power supply is between the first level and a second level that is different from the first level; and route the second portion of the information to the NFC user interface when the power supply is below the second level that is not sufficient to operate the non-NFC user interface, wherein the non-NFC user interface is configured to provide a first visual notification or a first audible notification relating to the first portion of the information, and wherein the NFC user interface is configured to provide a second visual notification or a second audible notification relating to the second portion of the information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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