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Clustering of task-associated objects for effecting tasks among a system and its environmental devices

  • US 20050149870A1
  • Filed: 01/25/2005
  • Published: 07/07/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implementing mechanism, providing for effecting tasks associated with user selection of task-associated objects, and being associated with an environment, the environment comprising one or more environmental devices, the implementing mechanism comprising:

  • resources including user interface facilities supporting display of task-associated objects, communication facilities enabling communication with environmental devices, display facilities enabling display of task-associated objects, and input facilities enabling user selection of task-associated object; and

    a tasking software system including a state tracking subsystem, a cluster formulation subsystem, a cluster presentation subsystem and a transition subsystem, wherein the state tracking subsystem supports context determination;

    the cluster formulation subsystem formulates clusters, each cluster comprising selected objects, such formulation being responsive to context;

    the cluster presentation subsystem supports the formatting and presentation of task-associated objects of an active cluster responsive to context; and

    , the transition subsystem supports transitions among formats/presentations of an active cluster;

    the tasking software system operating in coordination with the resources so as to display, via the display facilities and responsive to context, clusters of task-associated objects and, by selection of any such object, to enable a user to activate a task respecting one or more environmental devices.

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