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US 2009/0153342 A1Published application
Interacting with devices based on physical device-to-device contact
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorOla Karl THORN
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Abstract
A first device may receive a signal from a sensor coupled to the first device, determine whether the first device is tapped one or more times against a second device, send a message to the second device when it is determined that the first device has been tapped one or more times against the second device, determine if the one or more taps are valid user input based on a response from the second device, and perform an application specific action when the one or more taps are valid user input.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a signal from a sensor coupled to a first device;
- determining whether the first device is tapped one or more times against a second device;
- sending a message to the second device when it is determined that the first device has been tapped one or more times against the second device;
- determining if the one or more taps are valid user input based on a response from the second device;
- and
- performing an application specific action when the one or more taps are valid user input.
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A device comprising:
- a sensor;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive a signal from the sensor;
- detect taps based on the signal;
- extract parameters that are associated with the detected taps;
- send a request to a second device to verify if the extracted parameters match parameters that correspond to taps on the second device;
- determine if the detected taps are valid user input based on a response from the second device;
- and
- interact with the second device over a communication channel when the taps are valid user input.
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A device comprising:
- means for sensing an acceleration of the device and outputting acceleration values;
- means for receiving the acceleration values from the means for sensing the acceleration;
- means for detecting taps that are produced by a first device and a second device based on the acceleration values;
- means for sending a message to the second device when the taps are detected;
- means for determining if the detected taps are valid user input based on a response from the second device;
- and
- means for interacting with the second device when the taps are valid user input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.