Method implemented in an electronic entity and associated electronic entity
AssigneeIdemia France
InventorsPhilippe Guillaud, Bastien Duong
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Abstract
A method implemented in an electronic entity capable of implementing a plurality of applications includes the following steps: detecting an electrical signal (D; D′); reading, in a memory of the electronic entity, information relating, among the plurality of applications, to a previously selected application; and transmitting a command (CMD) to deliver an indication associated with the application to which the read information relates. An associated electronic entity is also described.
Claims18
A method implemented in an electronic entity comprising a button and a processor and configured to implement a plurality of applications executable by said processor, said electronic entity comprising a memory storing information pointing, among said plurality of applications, to an application currently selected, the method comprising the following steps:
- performing a selection process whereby several applications are successively selected by pressing the button;
- ending the selection process when the time elapsed without actuating the button reaches a predetermined duration;
- upon detecting an electrical signal, reading, in said memory, said information pointing, among said plurality of applications, to the application currently selected;
- and
- transmitting a command to deliver an indication associated with the application pointed to by the read information.
An electronic entity configured to implement a plurality of applications and comprising:
- a button;
- a memory storing information pointing, among said plurality of applications, to an application currently selected;
- a processor configured to execute the application currently selected;
- and
- a microcontroller programmed to execute the following steps:
- performing a selection process whereby several applications are successively selected by pressing the button;
- ending the selection process when the time elapsed without actuating the button reaches a predetermined duration;
- reading, in said memory and upon detecting an electrical signal, said information pointing, among said plurality of applications, to the application currently selected;
- and
- transmitting a command to deliver an indication associated with the application pointed to by the read information.
A method implemented in an electronic entity comprising a button, a processor and a memory and configured to implement a plurality of applications executable by the processor, the method comprising the following steps:
- performing a selection process whereby several applications are successively selected by pressing the button;
- ending the selection process when the time elapsed without actuating the button reaches a predetermined duration;
- storing information pointing to the application ultimately selected in said memory;
- toggling into standby mode;
- upon detecting an electrical signal, reading in said memory the stored information pointing to the selected application;
- transmitting a command to deliver an indication associated with the application pointed to by the read information;
- and
- executing, by the processor, the application pointed to by the read information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.