Patent Document ID: 20140080428
Application ID: 14078171
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method employing a portable apparatus, comprising the acts: responsive to user action indicating desire to interact with a first device, initiating a first interaction session between the portable apparatus and the first device, using a first user interface presented on a display of the portable apparatus that corresponds to the first device, said interaction session enabling data exchange back and forth between the portable apparatus and a transceiver portion of the first device, to control an operation of the first device; responsive to user action indicating desire to interact with a second device, initiating a second interaction session between the portable apparatus and the second device, using a second user interface presented on a display of the portable apparatus that corresponds to the second device, said interaction session enabling data exchange back and forth between the portable apparatus and a transceiver portion of the second device, to control an operation of the second device; presenting, on the display of the portable apparatus, a menu identifying pending interaction sessions, including said first interaction session and said second interaction session, from which the user can select to recall a corresponding user interface, allowing the user to continue an earlier interaction session with a particular device; wherein said acts of initiating the interaction sessions employ a hardware processor in the portable apparatus.