Cellular communication device with wireless pointing device function
View Patent ↗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.
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.