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`UNITED STATES PATENT APPLICATION
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`PORTABLE DEVICE CONTROL CONSOLE WITH WIRELESS CONNECTION
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`Inventor:
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`PORTABLE DEVICE CONTROL CONSOLE WITH WIRELESS CONNECTION
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`The present invention relates to systems and devices connected using
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`Remote control devices in each of their present forms have a number of
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`cumbersome and complex. In addition, this approach is difficult and expensive
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`to backfit into existing homes and businesses. Furthermore, such an approach
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`is not necessarily convenient. For instance, the central computer system is not
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`devices. A need also exists for a device and/or method that can satisfy the
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`businesses, and that is user-friendly. In addition, a need exists for a device
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`DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
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`The present invention provides a system and method that can be used to
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`remotely control a variety of different devices, including new devices. The
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`present invention also p~ovides a system and method that is relatively easy to
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`addition, the present invention provides a system and method that is portable
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`and that is not limited to line-of-sight applications.
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`In the present embodiment, the present invention pertains to a system
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`and method for controlling remote devices over a wireless connection (e.g.,
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`using a radio signal). In one embodiment, a portable computer system (e.g., a
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`palmtop or hand-held computer) having a transceiver is used to control
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`compliant devices. In a preferred embodiment, the transceiver and the remote
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`devices are Bluetooth-enabled devices.
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`connection between the portable computer system and one or more remote
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`devices is established. Each of the remote devices Is manifested on a display
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`device of the portable computer system, and one of the devices is selected
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`In one embodiment, the stylus element can also be used to specify
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`element makes contact with a surface of the display device of the portable
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`computer system is registered. The particular position where the stylus element
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`that can be used to control the remote device is displayed on the display device.
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`The present invention thus provides a system (e.g., a Bluetooth-enabled
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`device, specifically a portable computer system) that can be used to remotely
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`control compliant devices (e.g., other Bluetooth-enabled devices) over a
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`wireless (radio) connection. With a radio connection, the system of the present
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`adapted to receive commands over the wireless connection, obviating the need
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`homes and businesses. The processing power and other features of the
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`variety of remote devices to be controlled, including new devices introduced
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`These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and form a part
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`of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with
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`the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention:
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`FIGURE 1 illustrates one embodiment of a network of devices coupled
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`using wireless connections in accordance with the present invention.
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`FIGURE 2 is a block diagram of one embodiment of a portable computer
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`FIGURE 3 is a top-side perspective view of a portable computer system in
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`FIGURE 5 illustrates the different operating modes of a wireless
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`FIGURE 6 illustrates the flow of messages between a controlling device
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`FIGURE 7 illustrates one embodiment of a display used on a controlling
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`FIGURE 8 illustrates another embodiment of a display used on a
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`FIGURE 11 is a flowchart of the steps in a process for controlling a
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`Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the
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`While the invention will be described in conjunction with the preferred
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`invention to these embodiments. On the contrary, the invention is intended to
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`the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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`Some portions of the detailed descriptions which follow are presented in
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`terms of procedures, logic blocks, processing, and other symbolic
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`descriptions and representations are the means used by those skilled in the
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`data processing arts to most effectively convey the substance of their work to
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`others skilled in the art. A procedure, logic block, process, etc., is here, and
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`leading to a desired result. The steps are those requiring physical
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`manipulations of physical quantities. Usually, though not necessarily, these
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`quantities take the form of electrical or magnetic signals capable of being
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`stored, transferred, combined, compared, and otherwise manipulated in a
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`common usage, to refer to these signals as bits, bytes, values, elements,
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`"establishing," "registering," "recognizing," "broadcasting," "receiving,"
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`processes (e.g., process 1100 Figure 11) of a computer system or similar
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`intelligent electronic computing device, that manipulates and transforms data
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`represented as physical (electronic) quantities within the computer system's
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`registers and memories into other data similarly represented as physical
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`quantities within the computer system memories or registers or other such
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`information storage, transmission or display devices.
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`The present invention is discussed primarily in a context in which devices
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`and systems are coupled using wireless links, and specifically with regard to
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`devices and systems compliant with the Bluetooth technology. Bluetooth is the
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`code name for a technology specification for small form factor, low-cost, short-
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`range radio links between personal computers (PCs), mobile phones and other
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`devices and appliances. However, it is appreciated that the present invention
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`may be utilized with devices and systems compliant with standards different
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`mobile and business users who need to establish a link, or small network,
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`between their computer, cellular phone and other peripherals. The required
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`and nominal range of Bluetooth is thus set to approximately ten (1 0) meters. To
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`integrated radio transceiver. For instance, Bluetooth transceivers built into both
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`peripheral interface, and a mechanism to form small private ad hoc groupings of
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`Figure 1 illustrates the topology of a network of devices coupled using
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`invention. In the parlance of Bluetooth, a collection of devices connected in a
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`Bluetooth system are referred to as a "piconet" or a "subnet." In the present
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`embodiment, a piconet starts with two connected devices, and may grow to
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`eight connected devices. All Bluetooth devices are peer units; however, when
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`A Bluetooth system supports both point-to-point and point-to-multi-point
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`connections. Several piconets can be established and linked together in a
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`"scatternet," where each piconet is identified by a different frequency hopping
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`systems, cell phones, fax machines, keyboards, and joysticks equipped with a
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`Bluetooth radio transceiver or adapted to communicate with Bluetooth devices
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`1 05 utilized with computer system 1 00 may be a liquid crystal display device, a
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`position where the stylus contacts display device 1 05 is registered and fed to
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