MAGIC WAND
First Claim
1. A system that facilitates rich interaction with and/or management of environmental components included in an environment, comprising:
- a housing with a face;
a communication component that manages a set of I/O components, the communication component is configured to receive an input by way of an input component from the set of I/O components and to transmit an instruction by way of an output component from the set of I/O components;
a presence component that employs a set of sensors to determine an orientation of the housing;
a command component that determines the instruction based at least in part upon the orientation; and
an advisor component that is configured to provide guidance in connection with the orientation.
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Abstract
The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate rich interaction with and/or management of environmental components included in an environment. The architecture can exist in whole or in part in a housing that can resemble a wand or similar object. The architecture can utilize one or more sensor from a collection of sensors to determine an orientation or gesture in connection with the wand, and can further issue an instruction to update a state of an environmental component based upon the orientation. In addition, the architecture can include an advisor component to provide contextual and/or comprehensive guidance in an intuitive manner.
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20 Claims
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1. A system that facilitates rich interaction with and/or management of environmental components included in an environment, comprising:
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a housing with a face; a communication component that manages a set of I/O components, the communication component is configured to receive an input by way of an input component from the set of I/O components and to transmit an instruction by way of an output component from the set of I/O components; a presence component that employs a set of sensors to determine an orientation of the housing; a command component that determines the instruction based at least in part upon the orientation; and an advisor component that is configured to provide guidance in connection with the orientation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for facilitating robust interactions with and/or management of environmental components, comprising:
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receiving an input from an input component included in a set of I/O components; transmitting an instruction to an environmental component by way of an output component included in the set of I/O components; utilizing at least one sensor from a set of sensors to determine an orientation of a housing; determining the instruction based at least in part upon the orientation; and providing guidance in connection with at least one of the orientation or the instruction, the guidance is provided by way of articulation or display. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A system for facilitating rich interactions with and/or management of environmental components, comprising:
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means for obtaining an input from an input component included in a set of I/O components; means for transmitting an instruction to an environmental component by way of an output component included in the set of I/O components; means for employing a set of sensors to determine an orientation of a housing; means for utilizing the orientation for determining the instruction; and means for presenting guidance in connection with at least one of the orientation or the instruction, the guidance is presented by way of articulation or display.
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