Wireless interface extension for mobile devices
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1. A wireless interface display extension for mobile devices, comprising:
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a short range wireless communication link; and
a processor that communicates with a first one of the mobile devices over the wireless communication link, and outputs to the user interface display content of the at least one user application on the first one of the mobile devices, wherein interactions with the content output to the user interface are controlled by user input from at least a second one of the mobile devices that is received over the wireless communication link.
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Abstract
A wireless interface extension for mobile devices is provided. The wireless interface extension includes a user interface, a wireless communication link, and a processor. The processor communicates with a mobile device over the wireless communication link and enables a user to use the user interface to interact with at least one user application on the mobile device.
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1. A wireless interface display extension for mobile devices, comprising:
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a user interface; a short range wireless communication link; and a processor that communicates with a first one of the mobile devices over the wireless communication link, and outputs to the user interface display content of the at least one user application on the first one of the mobile devices, wherein interactions with the content output to the user interface are controlled by user input from at least a second one of the mobile devices that is received over the wireless communication link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mobile device interface enhancement method, comprising:
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displaying on a wireless interface extension a graphical user interface associated with at least one user application on a mobile device, wherein the displaying further comprises; storing, in a memory of the wireless interface extension, streaming content received by the mobile device over a mobile device network, wherein storing the content in the memory comprises buffering the streaming content in the memory, the memory physically disconnected from the mobile device and communication between the mobile device and the memory is conducted over a short range wireless communication link; and outputting the streaming content from the memory to the graphical user interface regardless of whether the mobile device is communicating with the mobile device network; receiving a user input via the wireless interface extension; and communicating the user input to the at least one user application on the mobile device over the wireless communication link. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A mobile device comprising:
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a short range wireless communication link; a user interface to enable a user to communicate with at least one user application on the mobile device; and a processor to communicate activity of the at least one user application to a display of the least one user application on a wireless interface extension, wherein the processor communicates the activity over the wireless communication link, and wherein communications over the wireless communication link are controlled by input from the user on the user interface of the mobile device, and wherein at least some functions of the at least one user application are controlled by user input on another mobile device received from the wireless interface extension. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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