Devices and Methods for Establishing a Communicative Coupling in Response to a Gesture
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1. A method of operating a first electronic device, the method comprising:
- outputting a request to communicatively couple with a second electronic device in response to a gesture performed with the first electronic device.
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Abstract
A method and a device are disclosed, whereby the device can be a first electronic device. The first electronic device is adapted to be coupled to a second electronic device. The method comprises outputting, with the first device, a request to communicatively couple with a second device in response to a gesture performed with the first device. The second electronic device and method of operating it are also disclosed.
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1. A method of operating a first electronic device, the method comprising:
outputting a request to communicatively couple with a second electronic device in response to a gesture performed with the first electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of operating a second electronic device, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from a first electronic device to communicatively couple with the first electronic device in response to a gesture performed with the first electronic device; and outputting from the second electronic device a response to the received request if it is determined that the second electronic device can be communicatively coupled with the first electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of operating a first electronic device and a second electronic device, the method comprising:
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outputting, with the first electronic device, a request to communicatively couple with the second electronic device in response to a gesture performed with the first electronic device; receiving, with the second electronic device, the request to communicatively couple with the first electronic device; and outputting, with the second electronic device, a response to the received request if it is determined that the second electronic device can be communicatively coupled with the first electronic device.
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19. A computer-readable medium comprising computer executable instructions which, when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to:
output a request to communicatively couple with a second electronic device in response to a gesture performed with the first electronic device.
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20. A computer-readable medium comprising computer executable instructions which, when executed on processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to:
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receive a request to communicatively couple with a first electronic device in response to a gesture performed with the first electronic device; and output a response to the received request if it is determined that the second electronic device can be communicatively coupled with the first electronic device.
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21. An electronic device being a first electronic device comprising processing circuitry configured to perform the method of
outputting a request to communicatively couple with a second electronic device in response to a gesture performed with the first electronic device.
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22. An electronic device being a second electronic comprising processing circuitry configured to perform the method of:
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receiving a request from a first electronic device to communicatively couple with the first electronic device in response to a gesture performed with the first electronic device; and outputting from the second electronic device a response to the received request if it is determined that the second electronic device can be communicatively coupled with the first electronic device.
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- 23. An electronic device being a first electronic device comprising processing circuitry configured to communicatively couple with a second electronic device and output a request to communicatively couple with the second electronic device in response to a gesture performed with the first electronic device.
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30. An electronic device being a second electronic device comprising processing circuitry configured to communicatively couple with a first electronic device, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
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receive a request from the first electronic device to communicatively couple with a first electronic device in response to a gesture performed with the first electronic device; and output a response to the received request if it is determined that the second electronic device can be communicatively coupled with the first electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A system comprising a first electronic device and a second electronic device:
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the first electronic device comprising first processing circuitry configured to communicatively couple with the second electronic device and output a request to communicatively couple with the second electronic device in response to a gesture performed with the first electronic device; and the second electronic device comprising second processing circuitry configured to communicatively couple with the first electronic device, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to; receive a request to communicatively couple with the first electronic device; and output a response to the received request if it is determined that the second electronic device can be communicatively coupled with the first electronic device.
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