System with macro commands
First Claim
1. A system comprising a user controllable device;
- a user interface arranged to receive user selectable commands and to send control signals to the device for effecting execution of the commands;
a memory unit arranged to record a first sequence of received commands;
a matching unit for determining whether a second sequence of commands received subsequent to said first sequence matches said first sequence;
the system being arranged to add a further command to the user interface in response to detection that said second sequence matches said first sequence, the further command becoming user selectable so that in response to user selection of the further command, the user interface sends control signals for executing a series of commands corresponding to commands of the first sequence.
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Abstract
In a home system, sequence of received user commands are stored. A matching unit determines whether matching sequences of commands are received repeatedly. If so the system adds a new macro command to a user interface. The new macro command becomes user selectable so that in response to user selection of the further command, the user interface sends control signals for executing a series of commands corresponding to commands of the first sequence. In particular the invention is used in a system with a bus that allows the user to plug apparatuses into the bus. In this cases commands for mutually different ones of the apparatuses, given for example from different user interfaces, are stored and the system includes commands for these mutually different apparatuses in the macro.
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6 Claims
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1. A system comprising
a user controllable device; -
a user interface arranged to receive user selectable commands and to send control signals to the device for effecting execution of the commands;
a memory unit arranged to record a first sequence of received commands;
a matching unit for determining whether a second sequence of commands received subsequent to said first sequence matches said first sequence;
the system being arranged to add a further command to the user interface in response to detection that said second sequence matches said first sequence, the further command becoming user selectable so that in response to user selection of the further command, the user interface sends control signals for executing a series of commands corresponding to commands of the first sequence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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