Electric device, computer program, system and method of setting up user applications
DCFirst Claim
1. A method of setting up user applications in a plurality of electric devices, the method including:
- communicating at least a portion of a second set of information from a second electric device to a first electric device over a wireless proximity interface, the second set of information being associated with a second user application of the second electric device;
evaluating a correspondence indicator value on the basis of at least a portion of a first set of information and the at least a portion of the second set of information, the first set of information being associated with a first user application of the first electric device, the first user application and the second user application using shared application data communicated between the first electric device and the second electric device by using a wireless interface, the correspondence indicator value characterizing the readiness of the first electric device and the second electric device to execute at least one command associated with the first user application and the second user application; and
deciding, on the basis of the correspondence indicator value, whether to execute the atleast one command,wherein the at least one command is used to replace a series of actions of the user.
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Abstract
A method, a system, electric devices applying the method, and computer programs implementing the method are provided. According to the invention, a second set of information is communicated between electric devices over a wireless proximity interface, the second set of information being associated with a second user application of the second electric device. A correspondence indicator value characterizing the readiness of a first electric device and the second electric device to execute at least one command associated with a first user application and the second user application is evaluated on the basis of a first set of information and the second set of information, wherein the first set of information is associated with a first user application of the first electric device. On the basis of the correspondence indicator value, a decision is made whether to execute the at least one command.
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68 Claims
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1. A method of setting up user applications in a plurality of electric devices, the method including:
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communicating at least a portion of a second set of information from a second electric device to a first electric device over a wireless proximity interface, the second set of information being associated with a second user application of the second electric device; evaluating a correspondence indicator value on the basis of at least a portion of a first set of information and the at least a portion of the second set of information, the first set of information being associated with a first user application of the first electric device, the first user application and the second user application using shared application data communicated between the first electric device and the second electric device by using a wireless interface, the correspondence indicator value characterizing the readiness of the first electric device and the second electric device to execute at least one command associated with the first user application and the second user application; and deciding, on the basis of the correspondence indicator value, whether to execute the atleast one command, wherein the at least one command is used to replace a series of actions of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An electric device including:
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an application unit for executing commands associated with a first user application of the electric device, the first user application using shared application data communicated between the electric device and another electric device by using a wireless interface, the application data being shared with a second user application of the other electric device; a proximity communication unit for providing a proximity interface between the electric device and the other electric device; an application information register connected to the application unit, for storing a first set of information, the first set of information being associated with the first user application; wherein the proximity communication unit is configured to receive at least a portion of a second set of information from the other electric device over the wireless proximity interface, the second set of information being associated with the second user application; a correspondence evaluating unit connected to the proximity communication unit and the application information register, for evaluating a correspondence indicator value on the basis of at least a portion of the first set of information and the at least a portion of the second set of information, the correspondence indicator value characterizing the readiness of the electric device and the other electric device to execute at least one command associated with the first user application and the second user application; and a decision unit connected to the correspondence evaluating unit, for deciding, on the basis of the correspondence indicator value, whether to execute the at least one command, wherein the at least one command is used to replace a series of actions of the user. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electric device including:
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an application unit for executing commands associated with a second user application of the electric device, the second user application using shared application data communicated between the electric device and another electric device by using a wireless interface, the application data being shared with a first user application of the other electric device; a proximity communication unit for providing a proximity interface between the electric device and the other electric device; an application information register connected to the application unit, for storing at least a portion of a second set of information, the second set of information being associated with the second user application, the at least a portion of the second set of information being used to evaluate a correspondence indicator value characterizing the readiness of the electric device and the other electric device to execute at least one command associated with the first user application and the second user application; wherein the proximity communication unit is connected to the application information register and configured to transmit the at least a portion of the second set of information to the other electric device over the wireless proximity interface; wherein the proximity communication unit is connected to the application unit and configured to receive instructions to execute at least one command from the other electric device over the proximity interface, the at least one command being associated with the second user application; wherein the application unit is configured to execute the at least one command on the basis of the instructions; and wherein the at least one command is used to replace a series of actions of the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, for executing a computer process in an electric device, the computer process including steps, the steps including:
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using, as input, at least a portion of a second set of information communicated from a second electric device to a first electric device over a wireless proximity interface, the second set of information being associated with a second user application of the second electric device; evaluating a correspondence indicator value on the basis of at least a portion of a first set of information and the at least a portion of the second set of information, the first set of information being associated with a first user application of the first electric device, the first user application and the second user application using shared application data communicated between the first electric device and the second electric device by using a wireless interface, the correspondence indicator value characterizing the readiness of the first electric device and the second electric device to execute at least one command associated with the first user application and the second user application; and deciding, on the basis of the correspondence indicator value, whether to execute the at least one command, wherein the at least one command is used to replace a series of actions of the user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, for executing a computer process in an electric device, the computer process including steps, the steps including:
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inputting instructions to execute at least one command from the other another electric device over the a proximity interface, the at least one command being associated with the second a user application, the second user application using application data shared between the electric device and another the other electric device, at least a portion of the application data being communicated between the electric device and the second other electric device by using a wireless interface; and executing the at least one command on the basis of the instructions, wherein the at least one command is used to replace a series of actions of the user and wherein the at least one command enables interactive operation between the user application of the electric device and a user application of the other electric device. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A system including a first electric device and a second electric device, the system further including:
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communicating means for communicating at least a portion of a second set of information from the second electric device to the first electric device over a wireless proximity interface, the second set of information being associated with a second user application of the second electric device; evaluating means for evaluating a correspondence indicator value on the basis of at least a portion of a first set of information and the at least a portion of the second set of information, the first set of information being associated with a first user application of the first electric device, the first user application and the second user application using shared application data communicated between the first electric device and the second electric device by using a wireless interface, the correspondence indicator value characterizing the readiness of the first electric device and the second electric device to execute at least one command associated with the first user application and the second user application; and deciding means for deciding, on the basis of the correspondence indicator value, whether to execute the at least one command, wherein the at least one command is used to replace a series of actions of the user. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of setting up user applications in a plurality of electric devices, the method comprising:
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receiving at least a portion of a second set of information from a second electric device at a first electric device over a first wireless interface, the second set of information being associated with a second user application of the second electric device; evaluating a correspondence indicator value on the basis of at least a portion of a first set of information and the at least a portion of the second set of information, the first set of information being associated with a first user application of the first electric device, the correspondence indicator value characterizing the readiness of the first electric device and the second electric device to execute at least one command associated with the first user application and the second user application; and determining, on the basis of the correspondence indicator value, whether to execute the at least one command, wherein the at least one command is used to replace a series of actions of the user. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An electric device including:
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an application unit for executing commands associated with a first user application of the electric device, a proximity communication unit for providing a first interface between the electric device and another electric device; an application information register, connected to the application unit, for storing a first set of information, the first set of information being associated with the first user application; wherein the proximity communication unit is configured to receive at least a portion of a second set of information from the other electric device over the first interface, the second set of information being associated with the second user application; a correspondence evaluating unit, connected to the proximity communication unit and the application information register, for evaluating a correspondence indicator value on the basis of at least a portion of the first set of information and the at least a portion of the second set of information, the correspondence indicator value characterizing the readiness of the electric device and the other electric device to execute at least one command associated with the first user application and the second user application; and a decision unit connected to the correspondence evaluating unit, for determining, on the basis of the correspondence indicator value, whether to execute the at least one command, wherein the at least one command is used to replace a series of actions of the user. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An electric device comprising:
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an application unit for executing commands associated with a second user application of the electric device; a proximity communication unit for providing a first interface between the electric device and another electric device; an application information register connected to the application unit, for storing at least a portion of a second set of information, the second set of information being associated with the second user application, the at least a portion of the second set of information being used to evaluate a correspondence indicator value characterizing the readiness of the electric device and the electric device to execute at least one command associated with the first user application and the second user application; wherein the proximity communication unit is connected to the application information register and configured to transmit the at least a portion of the second set of information to the other electric device over the first interface; wherein the proximity communication unit is connected to the application unit and configured to receive instructions to execute at least one command from the other electric device over the first interface, the at least one command being associated with the second user application; wherein the application unit is configured to execute the at least one command on the basis of the instructions; and wherein the at least one command is used to replace a series of actions of the user. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, for executing a computer process in an electric device, the computer process including steps, the steps comprising:
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receiving at least a portion of a second set of information communicated from a second electric device to a first electric device over a first wireless interface, the second set of information being associated with a second user application of the second electric device; evaluating a correspondence indicator value on the basis of at least a portion of a first set of information and the at least a portion of the second set of information, the first set of information being associated with a first user application of the first electric device, the correspondence indicator value characterizing the readiness of the first electric device and the second electric device to execute at least one command associated with the first user application and the second user application; and determining, on the basis of the correspondence indicator value, whether to execute the at least one command, wherein the at least one command is used to replace a series of actions of the user. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, for executing a computer process in a first electric device, the computer process including steps, the steps comprising:
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receiving instructions to execute at least one command from a second electric device over a first wireless interface, the at least one command being associated with a user application of the first electric device, the user application using application data shared between the first electric device and the second electric device, at least a portion of the application data being communicated between the first electric device and the second electric device by using a second wireless interface; and executing the at least one command on the basis of the instructions, wherein the at least one command is used to replace a series of actions of the user and wherein the at least one command enables interactive operation between the user application of the first electric device and a user application of the second electric device.
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57. A system including a first electric device and a second electric device, the system further comprising:
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receiving means for receiving at least a portion of a second set of information from the second electric device to the first electric device over a first wireless interface, the second set of information being associated with a second user application of the second electric device; evaluating means for evaluating a correspondence indicator value on the basis of at least a portion of a first set of information and the at least a portion of the second set of information, the first set of information being associated with a first user application of the first electric device, the correspondence indicator value characterizing the readiness of the first electric device and the second electric device to execute at least one command associated with the first user application and the second user application; and determining means for determining, on the basis of the correspondence indicator value, whether to execute the at least one command, wherein the at least one command is used to replace a series of actions of the user. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A method comprising:
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receiving instructions, at a first electric device, to execute at least one command from a second electric device over a first wireless interface, the at least one command being associated with a user application of the first electric device, the user application using application data shared between the first electric device and the second electric device, at least a portion of the application data being communicated between the first electric device and the second electric device by using a second wireless interface; and executing the at least one command on the basis of the instructions, wherein the at least one command is used to replace a series of actions of the user of the first electric device.
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66. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, for executing a computer process in an electric device, the computer process including steps, the steps including:
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receiving, by the electric device, a wireless proximity connection request from another electric device; establishing a wireless proximity connection between the electric device and the other electric device based on a positive acknowledgement of the wireless proximity connection request, the positive acknowledgement provided by the electric device; triggering a communication of a set of information from the electric device to the other electric device on the basis of the positive acknowledgement; inputting instructions to execute at least one command from the other electric device over a proximity interface, the at least one command being associated with a user application, the user application using application data shared between the electric device and the other electric device, at least a portion of the application data being communicated between the electric device and the other electric device by using a wireless interface; and executing the at least one command on the basis of the instructions, wherein the at least one command is used to replace a series of actions of the user.
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67. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, for executing a computer process in a first electric device, the computer process including steps, the steps comprising:
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receiving, at the first electric device, a wireless connection request from a second electric device; establishing a wireless connection between the first electric device and the second electric device based on a positive acknowledgement of the wireless connection request, the positive acknowledgement provided by the first electric device; triggering a communication of a set of information from the first electric device to the second electric device on the basis of the positive acknowledgement; receiving instructions to execute at least one command from the second electric device over a first wireless interface, the at least one command being associated with a user application of the first electric device, the user application using application data shared between the first electric device and the second electric device, at least a portion of the application data being communicated between the first electric device and the second electric device by using a second wireless interface; and executing the at least one command on the basis of the instructions, wherein the at least one command is used to replace a series of actions of the user.
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68. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a first electric device, a wireless connection request from a second electric device; establishing a wireless connection between the first electric device and the second electric device based on a positive acknowledgement of the wireless connection request, the positive acknowledgement provided by the first electric device; triggering a communication of a set of information from the first electric device to the second electric device on the basis of the positive acknowledgement; receiving instructions, at the first electric device, to execute at least one command from the second electric device over a first wireless interface, the at least one command being associated with a user application of the first electric device, the user application using application data shared between the first electric device and the second electric device, at least a portion of the application data being communicated between the first electric device and the second electric device by using a second wireless interface; and executing the at least one command on the basis of the instructions, wherein the at least one command is used to replace a series of actions of the user.
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