Smart paper or sheet to link an electronic device having a display and user interface to another electronic device
AssigneeJT International SA
InventorsJaakko McEvoy, Christoph Lungenschmied, Bernhard Groiss
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Abstract
A sheet having a front surface and a rear surface is configured for linking a first electronic device with a second electronic device, and includes a first communication device for wirelessly connecting to the first electronic device, a second communication device for wirelessly connecting to the second electronic device, at least one switch element operatively connected to the first communication device or the second communication device, and a data communication link between the first communication device and the second communication device.
Claims20
A sheet having a front surface and a rear surface, the sheet configured for linking a first electronic device having a user interface with a second electronic device, the sheet comprising:
- a first communication device for wirelessly connecting to the first electronic device;
- a second communication device for wirelessly connecting to the second electronic device;
- at least one switch element operatively connected to the first communication device or the second communication device;
- and
- a bidirectional data communication link between the first communication device and the second communication device,
- wherein the bidirectional communication link between the first communication device and the second communication device is configured to transfer an initial pairing code between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.
A system comprising:
- a sheet having a front surface and a rear surface;
- a first electronic device having a display, and
- a second electronic device,
- wherein the sheet includes:
- a first communication device for wirelessly connecting to the first electronic device;
- a second communication device for wirelessly connecting to the second electronic device;
- at least one switch element operatively connected to the first communication device or the second communication device;
- and
- a data communication link between the first communication device and the second communication device, and
- wherein the data communication link between the first communication device and the second communication device is configured to transfer an initial pairing code between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.
A method for writing or reading information between a first electronic device and a second electronic device via a sheet, the sheet having a first communication device for wirelessly connecting to the first electronic device, a second communication device for wirelessly connecting to the second electronic device, and a data communication link for communicating between the first and second communication devices, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing the first and second electronic devices onto the sheet;
- pressing a switch of the sheet to launch an application software on the first electronic device via the first communication device;
- pressing a switch of the sheet to trigger a data transfer from the first electronic device to the second electronic device via the data communication link, or pressing a switch of the sheet to trigger a data transfer from the second electronic device to the first electronic device via the data communication link,
- wherein the triggered data transfer transfers an initial pairing code between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.
A sheet having a front surface and a rear surface, the sheet configured for wirelessly linking to at least one electronic device, the sheet comprising:
- a first communication device and a second communication device, at least one of the first or second communication devices being configured for wirelessly connecting to the at least one electronic device;
- at least one switch element operatively connected to the first communication device or the second communication device;
- and
- a bidirectional data communication link between the first communication device and the second communication device,
- wherein the bidirectional communication link between the first communication device and the second communication device is configured to transfer an initial pairing code between the first communication device and the second communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.