Consistent user interface front end for remote user interfaces
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method for a consistent user interface (CUI) on a control device providing access to at least one network device having a remote user interface (RUI), comprising the steps of:
- providing the CUI;
mapping the RUI to the CUI; and
displaying by the control device at least a part of the CUI instead of the RUI as a user interface to the network device.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method and device for providing a single consistent user interface based on replacing disparate user interface constructs (components) with equivalent constructs (components) from a “synonym” database of user interface constructs (components). The database is initiated with a set of foundational “synonym” constructs (components) and extended with user interface constructs (components) as they are discovered during reduction of an inconsistent user interface to a consistent state.
-
Citations
29 Claims
-
1. A method for a consistent user interface (CUI) on a control device providing access to at least one network device having a remote user interface (RUI), comprising the steps of:
-
providing the CUI;
mapping the RUI to the CUI; and
displaying by the control device at least a part of the CUI instead of the RUI as a user interface to the network device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
-
-
22. A control device that provides a consistent user interface (CUI) in a network of at least one slave device having a remote user interface (RUI), comprising:
-
a transceiver for receiving the RUI;
an extraction logic module configured to extract at least one component of the RUI;
a database that is configured to store synonyms of components of an RUI; and
an analysis and transformation module configured to i. map the extracted at least one component of the RUI to a component of the CUI according at least one of the synonyms stored in said database and a thesauri, ii. store the mapping in a memory, iii. optionally update the synonym database with the mapping, and iv. provide a user interface to the at least one slave device according to at least a part of the mapping of the extracted at least one component of the RUI. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
-
Specification