Abstract: The present invention provides a method of switching a number of wireless devices to a common channel. The method comprises automatically broadcasting location coordinates for an initiator wireless devices to the other wireless devices in response to receiving an initiate switching message comprising the location coordinates from the initiator wireless device; automatically determining the distance between each of the other wireless device and the initiator wireless device in response to receiving respective location based information from the other wireless devices; and transmitting an instruction to switch to the common channel to the initiator wireless device and the other wireless devices within a predetermined distance of the initiator wireless device.

Abstract: A communications device (100) and method (200) for automatically personalizing user interface parameters of an accessory (120,140) operatively coupled to the communications device (100). The communications device (100) and the method (200) provide for reading (260) a pre-defined user interface setting stored in a memory of the accessory, the reading being performed by the communications device (100) and the pre-defined user interface settings being pre-selected by a user of the accessory (120,140). Thereafter, the communications device (100) and the method (200) effect a controlling (270) of a user interface parameter of the accessory (120,140), the controlling being effected in response to the reading (260) of the pre-defined user interface setting.

Abstract: A communications device (100) and method (200) for automatically selecting features of accessories (120,140) operatively coupled to the communications device (100). In use the method (100) includes detecting operative coupling (220) of accessories (120,140) to the communications device (100) and then determining (240) a common feature supported by the accessories (120,140). Thereafter, the method (200) provides for selecting (250) one of the accessories (120,140) to provide the common feature the selecting (250) being determined by a sequence of the operative coupling.