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US 2014/0370932 A1Published application
System and Method for Initiating an Application on a Handheld Device
AssigneeZafeon Limited
InventorMichael Eising
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Abstract
The invention is a system and method for initiating an application installed in a handheld device even when said device is in an idle or standby mode.
Claims7
A system for initiating an application comprising:
- A connector structure whose shape and isolated contact electrodes conform to the number and position of the contacts of an I/O interface connector of a handheld device such that said isolated contact electrodes of said connector device make proper contact with said contacts of said I/O interface connector when said connector is fully engaged with said I/O interface connector;
- A single-pole/single-throw, momentary-contact-closure switch;
- Said single-pole/single-throw switch connected so as to establish a low-resistance or high-resistance path between two of said isolated contact electrodes of said connector structure;
- Said connector structure, when fully engaged with said I/O interface connector, will connect said single-pole/single-throw switch to corresponding said contacts of said I/O interface connector;
- A sensing means of said handheld device responsive to said low-resistance path between two of said contacts of said I/O interface connector and operative to indicate a mode A to said handheld device's system software;
- Said sensing means of said handheld device responsive to said high-resistance path between said two of said contacts of said I/O interface connector and operative to indicate a mode B to said handheld device's system software;
- A means for said handheld device to process said sensing means results and convey the mode status, whether mode A or B, to an application that has been made ready to receive such status indication.
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A system for initiating an application comprising:
- A built-in switch accessible on the outside of said handheld device;
- Said built-in switch, in conjunction with an operating system, operable to detect whether it is being depressed;
- Said state of said built-in switch, whether depressed or not depressed, conveyed to an installed application, either directly or by way of changing the status of some other system state which said installed application is able to detect.
A method for initiating an application comprising:
- Initializing said handheld system;
- Launching said application;
- Placing said handheld system in an idle or standby mode;
- Detecting by said handheld system whether it is in mode A or mode B;
- Detecting by said handheld system a change in mode;
- Monitoring by said application a change in mode status;
- Determining the duration of said change in mode status;
- If said change in mode status endures less than t1 seconds, then said application takes no action;
- If said change in mode status endures more than t1 seconds, then said application invokes an alarm condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.