Blackberry Corporation

Research in Motion Corporation

Antoine Boucher

Marc Elis Meunier

Sean Bartholomew Simmons

Nazih Almalki

Ahmed Abdelsamie

Jeffrey Alton Hugh Dods

John Ivan Scharkov

Marc Élis Meunier

Jeff Chi Shing Chan

Sushil K Verma

Danqing Diane Jiang

Marc ÉLis Meunier

Various embodiments are described herein for a peripheral device and a method of identifying the peripheral device via power cycling. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining characteristic information about the peripheral device, encoding the characteristic information in a power signal at the peripheral device and sending the power signal to an electronic device that is operably connected with the peripheral device. The electronic device can then take action such as adjusting its settings or applications based on the characteristic information of the peripheral device.

Method and apparatus for providing characteristics information of a peripheral device to an electronic device by encoding the characteristic information into a power signal

The present disclosure provides a method of device selection using sensory input and portable electronic device configured for same. In accordance with one example embodiment, there is provided a method for use in a portable electronic device for selecting a peripheral device for connection with the portable electronic device, comprising: measuring a magnetic field within the vicinity of the portable electronic device; determining a relative location of at least two available peripheral devices in accordance with magnetic fields uniquely associated with the at least two available peripheral devices; selecting a peripheral device from the at least two available peripheral devices in accordance with the measured magnetic field; and connecting the portable electronic device to the selected peripheral device using a wireless communications path.

Method of device selection using sensory input and portable electronic device configured for same

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Antoine Boucher