Configuring a system of components using graphical programming environment having a zone map
First Claim
1. A method of configuring a system of audio and/or, video components, comprising:
- displaying, in a graphical user interface, representations of audio and/or video components, each representation corresponding to a physical component that is available for inclusion in the system;
displaying, in the graphical user interface, a zone map that represents one or more zones, wherein at least one zone corresponds to a room in a structure;
dragging and dropping selected representations of audio and/or video components to a selected zone of the zone map to indicate installation of selected physical components in the corresponding room;
determining, by a processor, one or more realized services that the system is capable of providing and one or more unrealized services that the system would be capable of providing in response to a modification based at least in part on the selected representations of audio and/or video components that have been dragged and dropped to the selected zone of the zone map; and
providing, by the processor, an output based on the one or more realized services and the one or more unrealized services.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, graphical programming is used to configure a system of audio, video, lighting, HVAC and/or security components. Representations of audio, video, lighting, heating, HVAC and/or security components are displayed in a graphical user interface. Each representation corresponds to a physical component that is available for inclusion in the system. A zone map that represents one or more zones is displayed in the graphical user interface. A selected representation of an audio, video, lighting, heating, HVAC or security component is dragged and dropping to a selected zone of the zone map to indicate installation of a selected physical component in the corresponding room. One or more realized services that the system is capable of providing are determined based at least in part on the selected zone of the zone map. Thereafter, an output is provided based on the one or more realized services.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of configuring a system of audio and/or, video components, comprising:
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displaying, in a graphical user interface, representations of audio and/or video components, each representation corresponding to a physical component that is available for inclusion in the system; displaying, in the graphical user interface, a zone map that represents one or more zones, wherein at least one zone corresponds to a room in a structure; dragging and dropping selected representations of audio and/or video components to a selected zone of the zone map to indicate installation of selected physical components in the corresponding room; determining, by a processor, one or more realized services that the system is capable of providing and one or more unrealized services that the system would be capable of providing in response to a modification based at least in part on the selected representations of audio and/or video components that have been dragged and dropped to the selected zone of the zone map; and providing, by the processor, an output based on the one or more realized services and the one or more unrealized services. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of configuring a system of components, comprising:
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displaying, in a graphical user interface, representations of components, each representation corresponding to a physical component that is available for inclusion in the system; displaying, in the graphical user interface, a zone map that represents one or more zones; dragging and dropping selected representations of components to selected zones of the zone map to indicate installation of selected physical components in corresponding rooms; determining, by a processor, one or more realized services that the system is capable of providing and one or more unrealized services that the system would be capable of providing in response to a modification based at least in part on the selected representations of components that have been dragged and dropped to the selected zones of the zone map; and providing, by the processor, an output based on the one or more realized services and the one or more unrealized services. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for configuring a system of audio and/or video components, comprising:
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a storage device configured to store a component library that includes representations of audio and/or video components, the representations corresponding to physical components that are available for inclusion in the system; and a processor configured to execute a graphical programming environment, the graphical programming environment including a palette of representations of audio and/or video components from the component library, a zone map that represents one or more zones that each correspond to a room in a structure, a configuration compiler configured to determine one or more realized services that the system is capable of providing and one or more unrealized services that the system would be capable of providing in response to a modification based at least in part on selected representations of audio and/or video components being dragged and dropped from the palette to selected zones the zone map to indicate installation of the physical components in the corresponding rooms. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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