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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2016
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Till Burkert, Huddinge, SE;
Lars Andersson, Solna, SE;
Matthew John Lawrenson, Bussigny, CH;
Julian Charles Nolan, Pully, CH;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A user-worn device () comprising an ultrasonic transducer configured for contacting a first body-part (), e.g., a wrist, of a user and a touch-device () comprising an ultrasonic transducer () configured for contacting a second body-part (), e.g., a finger, of the user are provided. The ultrasonic transducer comprised in the user-worn device () is further configured for transmitting data between the user-worn device () and the touch-device () encoded in ultrasound () via the second body-part (). The user-worn device () is operative to receive, from the touch-device (), an indication identifying data to be transmitted to the touch-device, select data for transmission to the touch-device () based on the received indication, and transmit the selected data to the touch-device (). The touch-device () is operative to transmit, to the user-worn device (), an indication identifying data to be transmitted to the touch-device (), and receive the data from the user-worn device ().