Patent ID: 8314845

Claim:
A method of managing an imaging device by an electronic device located remotely to the imaging device using Bluetooth, the method comprising: establishing a connection between the imaging device and the electronic device using a profile on the imaging device and a profile on the electronic device, wherein the connection is established using at least one of a Bluetooth basic rate technique, a Bluetooth enhanced data rate technique, and a discovery and connection protocol of a Bluetooth low energy technique, wherein the connection includes a connection for controlling, and wherein establishing the connection for controlling comprises one of: establishing the connection for controlling using a service discovery protocol connection for compatibility match of the imaging device and the electronic device using at least one of the Bluetooth basic rate technique and the Bluetooth enhanced data rate technique such that the electronic device controls the imaging device using a radio frequency communication protocol connection for control commands; and establishing the connection for controlling using discovery and connection request protocol of Bluetooth low energy such that the electronic device controls the imaging device using attribute protocol commands; determining control features that are supported by the imaging device and the electronic device; displaying a replica of a display of the imaging device; and controlling, by the electronic device, the control features.