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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1999
Petri Nykänen, Tampere, FI;
Nokia Mobile Phones Limited, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for forming a device-specific icon ( ) related to an external device (MS , MS , MS ) in a data processor (PC), in which the optical properties of the pixels are changed in order to present desired information. In this method, a local area link is established in order to transmit information between the said data processor and external device (MS , MS , MS ). In the external device (MS , MS , MS ) or in a determined communications address at least some device-specific information has been stored in advance. The icon information required to form the icon ( ) is transmitted to the data processor (PC) from the external device (MS , MS , MS ), or the address indicating the storage location of the icon information is transferred to the data processor (PC) from the external device (MS , MS , MS ), wherein at least some of the icon information is transmitted from the storage location indicated in the storage address with the help of the data processor (PC). On the basis of the transmitted icon information the optical properties of the pixels in the display of the data processor (PC) are controlled in order to form and present an icon according to the icon information on the display ( ).