Patent ID: 6362841
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
A method for forming a device-specific icon (22,23) related to an external device (MS1, MS2, MS3) in a data processor (PC), in which the optical properties of pixels are changed in order to present desired information, comprising the steps ofa local area link is established in order to transmit information between said data processor (PC) and external device (MS1, MS2, MS3), at least some device-specific icon information has been previously stored in the external device, the icon information required to form an icon (22,23) is transmitted to the data processor (PC) from the external device (MS1, MS2, MS3), and that on the basis of transferred icon information the optical properties of the pixels in the display (4) of the data processor (PC) are controlled in order to form and present an icon according to the icon information on the display (4).