Method of controlling an electronic device

• US 9,892,628 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2015
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Logitech Europe S A (Logitech International SA)
• Original Assignee: Logitech Europe S A (Logitech International SA)
• Inventors: Fischer, Ariel, Kao, Kuo-Yu (Gloria), Lomotan, Jose Froilan P., Sasselli, Nicolas, Chauvin, Nicolas, Frappereau, Frederic, Tarnow, Derek, Lancaster, Bruce
• Primary Examiner(s): Yun, Eugene
• Application Number:
  US14/749,537
• Publication Number:
  US 20160105904A1
• Time in Patent Office: 965 Days
• Field of Search: 455 39
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/30 User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1263 Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein generally include a system and a method of controlling a portable electronic device based on the interaction of the portable electronic device with an electronic device, such as a mounting device. Embodiments of the disclosure may include a system and a method of providing information to the portable electronic device that causes the portable electronic device to perform one or more desirable functions or processes based on the portable electronic device'"'"'s interaction with the mounting device. In some embodiments, the portable electronic device may respond differently when it is caused to interact with differently configured mounting devices. Some aspects of the invention may include an apparatus, method and/or computing device software application that are configured to more easily setup and reliably control a portable electronic device based on the interaction of the portable electronic device with the mounting device.

Claims

1. A method of controlling an electronic device, comprising:

receiving, at a first electronic device, a first input from a user at a first time, wherein the user provides the first input directly to the first electronic device, and the first input includes a physical input or an audible input;

receiving, at the first electronic device, information from a second electronic device, wherein the received information is received at a second time; and

controlling a delivery of information to the user from the first electronic device, wherein controlling the delivery of information comprises;

providing the information received from the second electronic device to the user based on determining a magnitude of a difference between the second time and the first time is less than or equal to an input time window value that is stored in a memory location of the first electronic device; and

storing the information received from the second electronic device in a memory location based on determining the magnitude of the difference between the second time and the first time is greater than the input time window value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the first input from the user at the first time further comprises:

receiving, at the first electronic device, additional information from the second electronic device; and

providing the additional information to the user, wherein the additional information is received by the first electronic device before the first input is received from the user.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at a first electronic device, a second input from the user at a third time, wherein a difference between the third time and the first time is greater than the difference between the second time and the first time; and

providing the information stored in memory to the user due to the received second input.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating a hold timer based on the determination that the magnitude of the difference between the second time and the first time is greater than the input time window value; and

delivering the information received from the second electronic device to the user after it is determined that the hold timer has reached a desired hold time.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the first electronic device, a second input from the user at a third time;

receiving, at the first electronic device, additional information from the second electronic device, wherein the received additional information is received at a fourth time; and

controlling a delivery of the additional information to the user from the first electronic device, wherein controlling the delivery of the additional information comprises;

providing the additional information to the user based on determining a magnitude of a difference between the fourth time and the third time is less than or equal to the input time window value; and

storing the additional information in a memory location based on determining the magnitude of the difference between the fourth time and the third time is greater than the input time window value.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein a difference between the third time and the first time is greater than the difference between the second time and the first time.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the first electronic device, a second input from the user at a third time;

receiving, at the first electronic device, additional information from the second electronic device, wherein the received additional information is received at a fourth time; and

providing the additional information to the user based on determining a difference between the third time and the first time is less than the difference between the second time and the first time, and a difference between the third time and the fourth time is less than or equal to the input time window value.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the first electronic device, a second input from the user at a third time, wherein a difference between the third time and the first time is greater than the difference between the second time and the first time; and

delivering the information received from the second electronic device to the user based on the received second input.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating a first pairing process between the first electronic device and a third electronic device;

receiving a first signal from a sensor disposed within the first electronic device, wherein the first signal comprises information relating to an interaction event;

receiving a second signal from the third electronic device;

comparing the information in the first signal and the second signal; and

initiating a second pairing process between the first electronic device and the second electronic device based on the comparison of the first signal and the second signal.

10. A method of controlling an electronic device, comprising:

receiving, at a first electronic device, a first input from a user at a first time, wherein the user provides the first input directly to the first electronic device, and the first input includes a physical input or an audible input;

initiating a messaging timer due to the receipt of the first input;

receiving, at the first electronic device, information from a second electronic device, wherein the received information is received after the messaging timer has exceeded an input time window;

initiating a hold timer based on the receipt of the information from the second electronic device after the messaging timer has exceeded the input time window; and

delivering the information received from the second electronic device to the user after it is determined that the hold timer has reached a desired hold time.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

storing the received information in a memory location before delivering the information received from the second electronic device to the user.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein receiving the first input from the user at the first time further comprises:

receiving, at the first electronic device, additional information from the second electronic device; and

providing the additional information to the user, wherein the additional information is received by the first electronic device before the first input is received from the user.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

analyzing the information received from the second electronic device to determine if the information received from the second electronic device comprises additional data; and

launching a software program stored in a memory of the first electronic device, wherein the software program is selected based on the presence of the additional data found during the analysis of the information received from the second electronic device.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

initiating a first pairing process between the first electronic device and a third electronic device;

receiving a first signal from a sensor disposed within the first electronic device, wherein the first signal comprises information relating to an interaction event;

receiving a second signal from the third electronic device;

comparing the information in the first signal and the second signal; and

initiating a second pairing process between the first electronic device and the second electronic device based on the comparison of the first signal and the second signal.

15. An electronic device, comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory memory having stored therein a number of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to perform operations comprising;

receiving a first input from a user at a first time, wherein the user provides the first input directly to the electronic device, and the first input includes a physical input or an audible input;

receiving information from a second electronic device, wherein the received information is received at a second time; and

controlling a delivery of information to the user from the electronic device, wherein controlling the delivery of information comprises;

providing the information received from the second electronic device to the user based on determining a magnitude of a difference between the second time and the first time is less than or equal to an input time window value that is stored in the non-transitory memory of the electronic device; and

storing the information received from the second electronic device in the non-transitory memory based on determining the magnitude of the difference between the second time and the first time is greater than the input time window value.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the non-transitory memory also having stored therein a number of instructions which, when executed by the processor, also cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at the electronic device, additional information from the second electronic device; and

providing the additional information to the user, wherein the additional information is received by the electronic device before the first input is received from the user.

17. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the non-transitory memory also having stored therein a number of instructions which, when executed by the processor, also cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at the electronic device, a second input from the user at a third time, wherein a difference between the third time and the first time is greater than the difference between the second time and the first time; and

providing the information stored in the non-transitory memory to the user due to the received second input.

18. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the non-transitory memory also having stored therein a number of instructions which, when executed by the processor, also cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:

initiating a hold timer based on the determination that the magnitude of the difference between the second time and the first time is greater than the input time window value; and

delivering the information received from the second electronic device to the user after it is determined that the hold timer has reached a desired hold time.

19. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the non-transitory memory also having stored therein a number of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to perform operations comprising:

initiating a first pairing process between the electronic device and the second electronic device;

receiving a first signal from a sensor, wherein the first signal comprises information relating to an interaction event;

receiving a second signal from a first portable device;

comparing the information in the first signal and the second signal; and

initiating a second pairing process between the electronic device and the second electronic device based on the comparison of the first signal and the second signal.