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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2008
Don Gunasekara, Reston, VA (US);
Tom Wilson, Overland Park, KS (US);
Don Gunasekara, Reston, VA (US);
Tom Wilson, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein are directed to controlling an application on a computing device with a mobile device. The mobile device captures an image of the application (i.e., by taking a photograph of the computing device's screen). A request is made to the computing device for bitmap information and the available options of the application. Once received by the mobile device, the options are associated with the bitmap representation and hard and/or soft keys are assigned on the mobile device. The user can then view the image of the application and select any of the keys, which, in turn, initiates requests for action that are submitted to the computing device. The computing device associates the actions with the corresponding options in the application and processes the actions accordingly.