ARCHITECTURE FOR CONVERGENCE SYSTEMS
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1. A computerized convergence system comprising:
- a hardware component providing a convergence environment;
a drivers component providing low-level functionality and cooperating directly with the hardware component;
a view component providing graphical user interface contexts;
an overlay component providing partial screen graphical user interfaces consistent across the graphical user interface contexts provided by the view component; and
, a system services component interfacing with the drivers component and providing common functionality and user interfaces shared by the view component and the overlay component.
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Abstract
An architecture for convergence systems is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, the architecture includes views, overlays, and system services. The views each provide a graphical user interface. The overlays each provide a partial graphical user interface cooperating with and consistent over the views. The system services each provide common functionality and/or user interfaces shared by the views and the overlays.
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19 Claims
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1. A computerized convergence system comprising:
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a hardware component providing a convergence environment;
a drivers component providing low-level functionality and cooperating directly with the hardware component;
a view component providing graphical user interface contexts;
an overlay component providing partial screen graphical user interfaces consistent across the graphical user interface contexts provided by the view component; and
,a system services component interfacing with the drivers component and providing common functionality and user interfaces shared by the view component and the overlay component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A convergence software architecture comprising:
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a plurality of views, each view providing a graphical user interface;
a plurality of overlays, each overlay providing a partial graphical user interface cooperating with the plurality of views;
a plurality of system services, each system service providing at least one of common functionality and common user interfaces shared by the plurality of views and the plurality of overlays. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer comprising:
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a processor;
a computer-readable medium;
at least one multimedia device; and
,a software architecture executed by the processor from the computer-readable medium to provide a convergence environment associated with at least one multimedia device, the architecture including driver, view, overlay, and system service components operatively coupled to one another. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable media having a computer program stored thereon providing a convergence system architecture comprising:
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a plurality of views, each view providing a graphical user interface;
a plurality of overlays, each overlay providing a partial graphical user interface cooperating with the plurality of views;
a plurality of system services, each system service providing at least one of common functionality and common user interfaces shared by the plurality of views and the plurality of overlays.
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