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US 8,064,830 · App. 12/426,939 · Granted Nov 22, 2011

Wireless access system capable of controlling electronic devices and control method thereof

Assignee: Compal Communications, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,064,830
App. No.
12/426,939
Granted
Nov 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless access system includes an electronic device and a portable wireless access device. The electronic device includes a user interface and a first wireless transceiver. The portable wireless access device is wirelessly connected to the electronic device through a wireless broadband interface. The portable wireless access device includes a touch panel, a second wireless transceiver, and a controller. The second wireless transceiver receives an image datum corresponding to the user interface transmitted from the first wireless transceiver and transmits a location datum corresponding to a function item of the user interface to the first wireless transceiver. The controller controls the touch panel to display the user interface according to the image datum and generates the location datum after selecting the function item on the touch panel. After the first wireless transceiver receives the location datum, the electronic device executes a function according to the location datum.

Claims (20)

1. A method of controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:

utilizing a portable wireless access device to receive name data transmitted from a plurality of electronic devices locating within a predetermined range via a wireless broadband interface so as to generate an online unit list on the portable wireless access device;

utilizing the portable wireless access device to select one of the electronic devices listed in the online unit list;

connecting the portable wireless access device to the selected electronic device via the wireless broadband interface wirelessly;

utilizing the selected electronic device to transmit an image datum corresponding to a user interface to the portable wireless access device via the wireless broadband interface;

controlling a touch panel of the portable wireless access device to display the user interface according to the image datum;

generating a location datum corresponding to a function item of the user interface according to a touched location on the touch panel;

utilizing the portable wireless access device to transmit the location datum to the selected electronic device via the wireless broadband interface; and

utilizing the selected electronic device to execute a function corresponding to the function item according to the location datum.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein connecting the portable wireless access device to the selected electronic device via the wireless broadband interface wirelessly comprises connecting the portable wireless access device to the selected electronic device via an ultra wide band (UWB) wireless interface wirelessly.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein utilizing the selected electronic device to transmit the image datum corresponding to the user interface to the portable wireless access device via the wireless broadband interface comprises utilizing the selected electronic device to transmit the image datum corresponding to the user interface to the portable wireless access device according to a physical layer protocol of the wireless broadband interface.

4. A wireless access system comprising:

a plurality of electronic devices, each of which comprises a user interface and a first wireless transceiver for transmitting a name datum thereof; and

a portable wireless access device wirelessly connected to the electronic devices via a wireless broadband interface, the portable wireless access device comprising:

a touch panel;

a second wireless transceiver for receiving the name data transmitted from the electronic devices via the wireless broadband interface; and

a controller electrically connected to the touch panel and the second wireless transceiver for controlling the touch panel to display an online unit list according to the name data;

wherein when one of the electronic devices listed in the outline unit list is selected using the touch panel, an image datum corresponding to the user interface is transmitted from the first wireless transceiver of the selected electronic device to the second wireless transceiver of the portable wireless access device, the controller controls the touch panel to display the user interface according to the image datum, generates a location datum, which is corresponding to a function item of the user interface of the selected electronic device, according to touched location while the touch panel is touched, and controls the second wireless transceiver to transmit the location datum to the first wireless transceiver of the selected electronic device, and then the selected electronic device executes a function corresponding to the function item according to the location datum.

5. The wireless access system of claim 4 , wherein the wireless broadband interface is an ultra wide band (UWB) wireless interface.

6. The wireless access system of claim 4 , wherein data are transmitted between the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver according to a physical layer protocol of the wireless broadband interface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2014
From: COMPAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 032693/0364 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2009
From: LAI, YEN-HUNG
To: COMPAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 022569/0841 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 97114803 A · Apr 23, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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