Interface control
First Claim
1. A method for controlling an interactive human machine interface, the interactive interface including an input device and comprising a plurality of states including a plurality of active states, having a range, of which one of the plurality of active states is a current state, the plurality of states forming a path through a network through which data can be passed, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining from the plurality of active states allowable user inputs that can be received from a user;
receiving a user input from the user, the user input having at least one portion;
storing a portion of the user input in an associated node of a token having a plurality of nodes;
checking the plurality of nodes to determine if the node relates to the current state; and
processing the portion of the user input associated with the node if the node relates to the current state.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling an interactive human-machine interface, which includes an input device and comprises a set of states. The set of states form a network through which data can be passed as a token. In a dialogue control unit, future states are assessed to determine allowable user inputs that may be received from the user. Each portion of the user input is stored in an associated node of the token, for use in the current state or in another of the active states. Each node is checked to see if it relates to the current state, and if so, then the portion of the user input stored in the node is processed.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for controlling an interactive human machine interface, the interactive interface including an input device and comprising a plurality of states including a plurality of active states, having a range, of which one of the plurality of active states is a current state, the plurality of states forming a path through a network through which data can be passed, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining from the plurality of active states allowable user inputs that can be received from a user;
receiving a user input from the user, the user input having at least one portion;
storing a portion of the user input in an associated node of a token having a plurality of nodes;
checking the plurality of nodes to determine if the node relates to the current state; and
processing the portion of the user input associated with the node if the node relates to the current state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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15. An interactive human-machine interface controller comprising:
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a dialogue control unit;
a user input device connected to the dialogue control unit;
a user output device connected to the dialogue control unit;
an application program operatively connected with the dialogue control unit;
a dialogue specification;
a plurality of states including a plurality of active states, having a range, of which one of the plurality of active states is a current state, the plurality of states forming a path through a network through which data can be passed; and
wherein the dialogue control unit is configured to;
determine from the plurality of active states allowable user inputs that can be received from a user;
receive a user input from the user, the user input having at least one portion;
store a portion of the user input in an associated node of a token having a plurality of nodes;
check the plurality of nodes to determine if the node relates to the current state; and
process the portion of the user input associated with the node if the node relates to the current state.
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Specification