UNIFIED MEDIA DEVICES CONTROLLING USING PRE-DEFINED FUNCTIONAL INTERFACES
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for facilitating controlling of one or more media objects connected to a network through a control server, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a control point, a user profile associated with a user of the control point and one or more display parameters of a screen of the control point, wherein the control point comprises a view area configured to display one or more predefined functional interfaces according to a predefined configuration;
selecting a first subset of the plurality of predefined functional interfaces to be displayed by the view area based on the user profile and the display parameters of the screen of the control point, wherein each functional interface of the first subset of the plurality of the predefined functional interfaces is configured to control one or more media objects associated with the functional interface, and is further configured to interact with its immediate neighboring functional interfaces according to the predefined configuration, and wherein each functional interface has one or more user menus;
transmitting the selected first subset of the plurality of the predefined functional interfaces to the control point;
receiving a user request from the control point, wherein the user request corresponds to one or more selections of user menu items within the first subset of the plurality of the functional interfaces, and each selection of user menu item corresponds to a command to control the media object associated with the selected menu;
selecting a second subset of the plurality of the functional interfaces based on the user request; and
transmitting the second subset of the plurality of the functional interfaces to the control point.
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Abstract
A method (and a computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions for generating a user interface on a display) are disclosed for controlling a plurality of media objects connected to a network. The method displays a subset of a group of predefined functional interfaces. A functional interface comprises one or more user menus and each user menus is associated with at least one media object. The method forwards a user request to a control server and to receive a response to the user request from the control server. A user request comprises one or more user interactions with the subset of the functional interfaces. The method further comprises updating the subset of the functional interfaces on the display screen.
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25 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for facilitating controlling of one or more media objects connected to a network through a control server, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a control point, a user profile associated with a user of the control point and one or more display parameters of a screen of the control point, wherein the control point comprises a view area configured to display one or more predefined functional interfaces according to a predefined configuration; selecting a first subset of the plurality of predefined functional interfaces to be displayed by the view area based on the user profile and the display parameters of the screen of the control point, wherein each functional interface of the first subset of the plurality of the predefined functional interfaces is configured to control one or more media objects associated with the functional interface, and is further configured to interact with its immediate neighboring functional interfaces according to the predefined configuration, and wherein each functional interface has one or more user menus; transmitting the selected first subset of the plurality of the predefined functional interfaces to the control point; receiving a user request from the control point, wherein the user request corresponds to one or more selections of user menu items within the first subset of the plurality of the functional interfaces, and each selection of user menu item corresponds to a command to control the media object associated with the selected menu; selecting a second subset of the plurality of the functional interfaces based on the user request; and transmitting the second subset of the plurality of the functional interfaces to the control point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer implemented method for facilitating controlling of one or more objects connected to a network through a control server, the method comprising:
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displaying a first subset of a plurality of functional interfaces on a view area of a control point according to a predefined configuration, wherein each of the plurality of the functional interfaces is configured to control one or more media objects associated with the functional interface, and is further configured to interact with its immediate neighboring functional interfaces according to the predefined configuration; receiving a user request from a control point, wherein the user request corresponds to one or more selections of user menu items within the first subset of the plurality of the functional interfaces, and each selection of user menu item corresponds to a command to control the media object associated with the selected menu; selecting a second subset of the plurality of the functional interfaces based on the user request; and transmitting the second subset of the plurality of the functional interfaces to the control point.
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16. A computer program product for facilitating controlling of a plurality of media objects connected to a network through a control server, the computer program product comprising program code for:
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selecting a first subset of a plurality of functional interfaces to be displayed by a view area of a control point according to a predefined configuration, wherein each of the plurality of the functional interfaces is configured to control one or more media objects associated with the functional interface, and is further configured to interact with its immediate neighboring functional interfaces according to the predefined configuration, and wherein each functional interface has one or more user menus, and wherein the selection of the first subset of the plurality of predefined functional interfaces is based on a user profile of an identified user of a plurality of users and one or more display parameters of a screen of the control point; receiving a user request from a control point, wherein the user request corresponds to one or more selections of user menu items within the first subset of the plurality of the functional interfaces, and each selection of user menu item corresponds to a command to control the device associated with the selected menu item; selecting a second subset of the plurality of the functional interfaces based on the user request; and transmitting the second subset of the plurality of the functional interfaces to the control point. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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