Patent ID: 7783702

Claim:
A method, comprising: establishing a communication protocol between a mobile phone and a computing device; controlling the computing device via the mobile phone using the communication protocol, the controlling including controlling multiple applications on the computing device via a user interface of the mobile phone, the controlling further including enabling a user to dynamically define and change mapping relationships between one or more user interface elements of the mobile phone and control messages of each of the multiple applications utilizing a pop-up dialogue interface, wherein the mobile phone includes a help manual to assist the user in controlling at least one of the multiple applications on the computing device; utilizing a phone number of the mobile phone as a unique identifier to authenticate an owner of the mobile phone on the computing device, the unique identifier further enabling the owner to share content with a user on a second computing device and enabling the owner to login to the second computing device to receive limited access to pre-designated files, applications, and other resources of the second computing device when the mobile phone is present and active; and preventing the user from accessing the shared content on the second computing device when the mobile phone is not present and active.