Patent ID: 9632598
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for configuring a stylus device to operate on a requested frequency, comprising: operating the stylus device in a first mode of a plurality of different modes, each different mode corresponding to one of a plurality of different frequencies stored in a memory of the stylus device and to one of a plurality of respective computer device touch controller types, wherein in the first mode the stylus device is not able to communicate with a computing device; receiving, by the stylus device, a first message from a first computing device, the first message sent on a first frequency of the plurality of different frequencies; sending a second message to the first computing device using the first frequency; receiving a third message from the first computing device, the third message including a first identification code corresponding to a second frequency of the plurality of different frequencies, wherein the second frequency is determined by the first computing device in response to the second frequency having a better signal to noise ratio than the first frequency; operating the stylus device in a second mode of the plurality of different modes, wherein in the second mode the stylus device is able to communicate with the first computing device; identifying, using the first identification code, the second frequency; sending a fourth message to the first computing device using the second frequency.