US 2016/0104370 A1 · METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein generally include a system and a method of controlling a portable electronic device based on the interaction of the portable electronic device with an electronic device, such as a mounting device. Embodiments of the disclosure may include a system and a method of providing information to the portable electronic device that causes the portable electronic device to perform one or more desirable functions or processes based on the portable electronic device's interaction with the mounting device. In some embodiments, the portable electronic device may respond differently when it is caused to interact with differently configured mounting devices. Some aspects of the invention may include an apparatus, method and/or computing device software application that are configured to more easily setup and reliably control a portable electronic device based on the interaction of the portable electronic device with the mounting device.

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Dependent claims

A method of controlling an electronic device, comprising:

receiving, at a first electronic device, input information;
analyzing the input information to determine if the received input information comprises application data;
retrieving application information from a memory of the first electronic device, wherein the retrieved application information is selected based on the received application data;
transmitting the received input information to a user or a second electronic device;
and
transmitting information derived from at least a portion of the retrieved application information to the user or the second electronic device.

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A method of controlling a portable electronic device, comprising:

initiating a first pairing process between a first electronic device and a second electronic device;
receiving a first signal from a sensor in the first electronic device, wherein the first signal comprises information relating to an interaction event;
receiving a second signal from the second electronic device;
comparing the information in the first signal and the second signal;
and
initiating a second pairing process between the first electronic device and a third electronic device based on the comparison of the first signal and the second signal.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method of controlling an electronic device

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