Patent ID: 6793142
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A context sensitive device for selecting a desired service from a plurality of services each having an attribute depending upon a context of said each service, the context sensitive device comprising:a card portion having a surface onto which is formed a user interpretable icon; and electronic apparatus attached to said card portion, said electronic apparatus comprising: a memory in which are retained a plurality of data items each including contextual information associated with a context of a corresponding one of said services, each of said plurality of data items being associated with said icon; processor means coupled to said memory means; and communication means for coupling said processor means to a reading device configured to facilitate operation of said context sensitive device, wherein said processor means is configured to relate signals (a) generated from a user selection of said icon and (b) received via said communication means with at least one of said retained data items to thus transmit an output signal having contextual information associated with the desired service and enable performance of the desired service based on said contextual information.