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NETWORK MANAGEMENT USING INTERACTION WITH DISPLAY SURFACE

  • US 20100149096A1
  • Filed: 12/17/2008
  • Published: 06/17/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for controlling a device on a network, comprising:

  • displaying, on a display surface of a first device, images representing a set of devices that can communicate on a network;

    automatically sensing an object adjacent to the display surface;

    automatically determining that a first type of gesture of a plurality of types of gestures is being performed by the object adjacent to the surface;

    identifying a command associated with the first type of gesture; and

    generating a communication and sending the communication from the first device to a target device via the network to cause the target device to perform the command in response to determining that the first type of gesture is being performed, the target device is different than the first device, the set of devices that can communicate on the network includes the target device.

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