Multi-device system with simplified communication

• US 9,997,061 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2014
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Swatch Group Research And Development Ltd (The Swatch Group AG)
• Original Assignee: The Swatch Group Research And Development Ltd (The Swatch Group AG)
• Inventors: Rota, Sergio, Randjelovic, Zoran
• Primary Examiner(s): Trandai, Cindy
• Application Number:
  US14/782,490
• Publication Number:
  US 20160049072A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,511 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/14 Details of searching files based on file metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• 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

Abstract

A system including at least a first command issuing device and at least one second command receiving device, each including a control unit and a short-range radio communication unit, the system configured to use at least a first functional profile allowing execution of a first function, the first profile allowing the first device to generate a first coded message, the first function being executed by the at least one second command receiving device upon receipt of the first coded message by the second device. The system is further configured such that the second command receiving device can execute a second function in response to receipt of the first coded message.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least a first command issuing device and at least one second command receiving device, each including control circuitry and short-range radio communication circuitry; and

a first functional profile allowing execution of a first function,

wherein the system is configured to use at least the first functional profile allowing execution of the first function,

wherein the first functional profile allows the first command issuing device to generate a first coded message,

wherein the first function is executed by the at least one second command receiving device upon receipt of the first coded message by the second device, and

wherein the system is configured such that the second command receiving device uses the first functional profile to execute a second function, different from the first function, in response to receipt of the first coded message,

wherein the first functional profile specifies general behaviors that the first command issuing device and the at least one second command receiving device use for communication and execution of functions,

wherein the first functional profile is a Bluetooth device profile, and

wherein the first function and the second function, different from the first function, are both executed by the second command receiving device upon receipt of the first coded message generated by the first command issuing device.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first functional profile allows the first command issuing device to generate a first coded message and a second coded message respectively allowing execution of the first function and the second function.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first function is an object search function and the second function is a photo function.

4. The system according to claim 2, wherein the first function is an object search function and the second function is a photo function.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first command issuing device is a watch and the second device is a touch tablet.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first command issuing device is a touch tablet and the second device is a watch.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the system further comprises at least two second command receiving devices each configured to execute the second function in response to receipt of the first coded message and the first command issuing device is configured to send the first coded message specifically to only one of the second command receiving devices.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first command issuing device is an electronic touch watch and the second device is a touch tablet.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first functional profile used for operation of the first function is used in the second command receiving device to activate a second function for which the first function is a key search function, and the second function is a photo function.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first functional profile takes the form of software and has a first part integrated in the first command issuing device and a second part integrated in the second command receiving device, wherein the second command receiving device is programmed so that the second part of the first functional profile executes a function other than that linked to the first functional profile.