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 comprising:
communicating by a device over a cellular network in response to a first user input;
transferring data from a file stored on the device over a local wireless network in response to a second user input; and
notifying a user of an incoming call received by the device over the cellular network, wherein the local wireless network is different from the cellular network.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first user input is through a touchscreen interface of the device.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the second user input is through a touchscreen interface of the device.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the second user input is through an interface on a computer in communication with the device over the local wireless network.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the data transferred comprises at least one of:
a digital image;
digital music;
a document;
a spreadsheet; and
electronic calendar data.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising configuring the device to perform an operation in response to a third user input, selected from the group consisting of:
web-browsing;
digital music-playing;
TV-watching;
digital camera;
game-playing; and
wireless pointer control.
7. A method comprising:
communicating by a device over a cellular network in response to a first user input;
receiving data from a remote node of a local wireless network into a file on the device over a local wireless network in response to a second user input; and
notifying a user of an incoming call received by the device over the cellular network, wherein the local wireless network is different from the cellular network.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein the first user input is through a touchscreen interface of the device.
9. The method of claim 7 wherein the second user input is through a touchscreen interface of the device.
10. The method of claim 7 wherein the second user input is through an interface of the remote node.
11. The method of claim 7 wherein the data transferred comprises at least one of:
a digital image;
digital music;
a document;
a spreadsheet; and
electronic calendar data.
12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising configuring the device to perform an operation in response to a third user input, selected from the group consisting of:
web-browsing;
digital music-playing;
TV-watching;
Digital camera;
game-playing; and
wireless pointer control.
13. A method comprising:
providing a first wireless transceiver configured to communicate over a cellular network;
providing a second wireless transceiver configured to communicate over a local wireless network separate from the cellular network;
providing a touchscreen interface;
providing a memory for storing data files;
sending data from a file stored in the memory using the second wireless transceiver; and
providing a CPU coupled to the first and second transceivers, the touchscreen interface and the memory and configured to notify a user of an incoming call received from the cellular network.
14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising sending information over the cellular network using the first transceiver in response to a first user input on the touchscreen interface.
15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising sending data from a file stored in the memory to a remote node of the local wireless network using the second transceiver.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein the data is sent in response to a second user input on the touchscreen interface.
17. The method of claim 13 further comprising storing data in a file stored in the memory received from a remote node of the local wireless network using the second transceiver.
18. The method of claim 17 wherein the data is received in response to a second user input on the touchscreen interface.
19. The method of claim 13 wherein the memory is configured to store files containing at least one of:
a digital image;
digital music;
a document;
a spreadsheet; and
electronic calendar data.
20. The method of claim 13 , wherein the local wireless network is selected from the group consisting of:
a Bluetooth network; and
a WiFi network.