Device Cloning Method for Non-Programmatic Interfaces

• US 20100095214A1
• Filed: 10/10/2008
• Published: 04/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ferlitsch, Andrew Rodney
• Granted Patent: US 8,402,373 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/733
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Devices, methods, and computer-readable media for cloning a device setting input from a user by aggregating a user interface based on two or more members of plurality of peripheral computing devices, e.g., multifunction peripheral rendering and/or printing devices, having a user interface where two or more members of the plurality of user interfaces each require a user input; replicating a user input of at least one member of the plurality of user interfaces based on the aggregated user interface; and outputting for routing, to two or more members of the plurality of peripheral computing devices a replicated user setting based on the aggregated user interface.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

a processing unit and addressable memory;

wherein the processing unit is configured to execute one or more instructions to;

aggregate a user interface based on two or more members of a plurality of peripheral computing devices having a user interface, wherein two or more members of the plurality of user interfaces each require a user input;

replicate a user input of at least one member of the plurality of user interfaces based on the aggregated user interface; and

output for routing, to two or more members of the plurality of peripheral computing devices, a replicated user setting based on the aggregated user interface.

2. The computing device of claim 1 wherein the processing unit is further configured to aggregate the user interfaces according to two or more groups based on comparing UI responses.

3. The computing device of claim 2 wherein the plurality of user interfaces comprises a first user interface comprising a layout and content and a second user interface comprising a layout and content, and wherein the processing unit is further configured to aggregate based on the first user interface having a layout identical to the second user interface and then based on the first user interface having content identical to the second user interface.

4. The computing device of claim 1 wherein at least one member of the plurality of peripheral computing devices is a peripheral rendering device.

5. The computing device of claim 1 wherein at least one member of the plurality of peripheral computing devices is a multifunctional peripheral device.

6. The computing device of claim 1 wherein the processing unit is further configured to execute one or more instructions to display an aggregate user interface from each instance of a content-aggregated user interface group.

7. A machine-enabled method of cloning a device setting input from a user comprising:

aggregating a user interface based on two or more members of plurality of peripheral computing devices having a user interface, wherein two or more members of the plurality of user interfaces each require a user input;

replicating a user input of at least one member of the plurality of user interfaces based on the aggregated user interface; and

outputting for routing, to two or more of the plurality of peripheral computing devices, a replicated user setting based on the aggregated user interface.

8. The machine-enabled method of claim 7 wherein the step of aggregating the user interfaces is according to two or more groups based on comparing UI responses.

9. The machine-enabled method of claim 8 wherein the plurality of user interfaces comprises a first user interface comprising a layout and content and a second user interface comprising a layout and content, and wherein the step of aggregating further comprises aggregating based on the first user interface having a layout identical to the second user interface and then based on the first user interface having content identical to the second user interface.

10. The machine-enabled method of claim 7 wherein at least one member of the plurality of peripheral computing devices is a peripheral rendering device.

11. The machine-enabled method of claim 7 wherein at least one member of the plurality of peripheral computing devices is a multifunctional peripheral device.

12. The machine-enabled method of claim 7 further comprising displaying an aggregate user interface from each instance of a content-aggregated user interface group.

13. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, are operative to cause the computer to:

perform one or more instructions of cloning a device setting input from a user by;

aggregating a user interface of based on two or more member of a plurality of peripheral computing devices having a user interface, wherein two or more members of the plurality of user interfaces each require a user input;

replicating a user input of at least one member of the plurality of user interfaces based on the aggregated user interface; and

outputting for routing, to two or more members of the plurality of peripheral computing devices, a replicated user setting based on the aggregated user interface.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein the step of aggregating the user interfaces is according to two or more groups based on comparing UI responses.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14 wherein the plurality of user interfaces comprises a first user interface comprising a layout and content and a second user interface comprising a layout and content, and wherein the instructions of aggregating further comprises aggregating based on the first user interface having a layout identical to the second user interface and then based on the first user interface having content identical to the second user interface.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein at least one member of the plurality of peripheral computing devices is a peripheral rendering device.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein at least one member of the plurality of peripheral computing devices is a multifunctional peripheral device.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein the instructions further comprise displaying an aggregate user interface from each instance of a content-aggregated user interface group.