IP Library Granted Patent US 8,565,693
Granted Patent B2
US 8,565,693 · App. 13/356,941 · Granted Oct 22, 2013

Cellular communication device with wireless pointing device function

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Patent No.
US 8,565,693
App. No.
13/356,941
Granted
Oct 22, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus receive first input through a touch screen and communicate over a cellular network responsive to the first input. The method and apparatus receive second input through the touch screen and use the second input to control, through a wireless network other than the cellular network, an image displayed on a screen of a second device.

Claims (33)

1. A method of operating a first device, the method comprising:

receiving first input through a touch screen;

communicating over a cellular network responsive to the first input;

receiving second input through the touch screen;

using the second input, controlling through a wireless network other than the cellular network, an image displayed on a screen associated with a second device; and

notifying a user of an incoming call received by the first device through the cellular network.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the controlling of the image displayed on the screen includes at least one of moving and clicking on a graphical icon.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the controlling of the image displayed on the screen includes controlling a video application of the second device.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising placing an application of the second device in a paused state through the wireless network, responsive to user input to the first device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless network includes at least one of a Bluetooth network and a WiFi network.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device is a cellular phone.

7. An apparatus comprising:

a touch screen configured to receive user input;

first wireless logic to communicate through a cellular network;

second wireless logic to communicate the received user input, through a wireless network other than the cellular network, to control an operation of a device through a video display associated with the device; and

a call detector, which responsive to detecting an incoming call over the cellular network, is configured to notify a user of the incoming call.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the control of the operation of the device includes at least one of moving and clicking a graphical icon displayed on the video display of the device.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the operation is part of a software application of the device.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein responsive to input from the user notified of the incoming call, the call detector is further configured to transmit a pause command over the wireless network to place an operation of the device in a paused state.

11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the wireless network includes at least one of a Bluetooth network and a WiFi network.

12. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the apparatus includes a cellular phone.

13. A method comprising:

receiving input from a cellular phone over a wireless network other than a cellular network;

applying the input to an image displayed on a video screen;

initiating a television operation responsive to applying the input to the image;

receiving a pause command from the cellular phone, over the wireless network; and

pausing the television operation responsive to the pause command.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein applying the input to the image displayed on the video screen initiates at least one of a move operation and a click operation on a graphical icon.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

receiving a resume command from the cellular phone, responsive to user input to the cellular phone; and

resuming the television operation responsive to the resume command.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the wireless network includes at least one of a Bluetooth network and a WiFi network.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the input received from the cellular phone is based on user input to a touch screen of the cellular phone.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2025
From: WISTRON CORPORATION
To: MAMMOTH LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 071755/0497 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2022
From: MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
Reel/Frame 059410/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2021
From: CREATOR TECHNOLOGY B.V.
To: WISTRON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055829/0838 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE 8647899 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 035240 FRAME 0429. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTERST. Recorded Nov 3, 2020
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 058002/0470 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2016
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: CREATOR TECHNOLOGY B.V.
Reel/Frame 038259/0864 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2015
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 035240/0429 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2013
From: XIAO, BROWLEY
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030799/0735 →