Router Management via Touch-Sensitive Display

• US 20110126095A1
• Filed: 01/22/2010
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Brock, Yaro, Winkler, David, Goran, Charles
• Application Number:
  US12/692,498
• Publication Number:
  US 20110126095A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/702
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2834 Switching of information between an external network and a home network access arrangements H04L12/2856
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4641 Virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN] LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone H04L12/462; encapsulation techniques H04L12/4633; routing of packets H04L45/00; packet switches H04L49/00; virtual private networks for security H04L63/0272
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0272 Virtual private networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/40 for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06

Abstract

A router having a touch-sensitive display and user interface configured to provide a plurality of category screens corresponding to a plurality of categories and a plurality of navigation keys is described herein. Actuation of one or more of the plurality of navigation keys allows for navigation between the plurality of categories and within screens associated with one of the categories.

Claims

1. A method implemented in a router, the method comprising:

providing a user interface having a plurality of navigation keys, the plurality of navigation keys including;

first navigation keys of a first axis that are used to navigate within a plurality of category screens corresponding to a plurality of categories; and

second navigation keys of a second axis that are used to navigate within a plurality of screens corresponding to one of the plurality of categories; and

receiving a selection of a particular navigation key and navigating to a screen based on the selected navigation key.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying one or more interstitial screens that depict a transition between a first screen and a second screen.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

diagnosing an error associated with a particular category of the plurality of categories;

displaying an error message on a screen associated with the particular category; and

resolving the error in response to selection of a navigation key included in the second navigation keys or other user input.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first axis is a horizontal axis and the second axis is a vertical axis.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of categories include a home category and a corresponding category screen for the home category displays other categories in the plurality of categories.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the other categories include at least one of:

an Internet connectivity category having a corresponding category screen that describes a status of an Internet connection;

a telephone category having a corresponding category screen that depicts account information for one or more telephones;

a Wi-Fi security category having a corresponding category screen that that displays whether Wi-Fi is enabled and whether Wi-Fi is security-enabled;

or

a port category having a corresponding category screen that displays a connection status associated with one or more ports.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising, in response to actuation of one of the other categories, displaying an alert or message associated with the actuated other category.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising dismissing an action associated with selection of one of the navigation keys in response to selection of a navigation key included in the second navigation keys.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the navigation keys is depicted as an arrow.

10. A router comprising:

a processor;

a touch-sensitive display component for rendering a plurality of touch-sensitive display screens, the touch-sensitive display component being coupled to the processor; and

a plurality of executable instructions configured to be operated by the processor to perform operations including;

providing via the touch-sensitive display component a navigation user interface that includes a plurality of navigation keys to navigate within the plurality of touch-sensitive display screens; and

receiving an indication of an actuation of one of the plurality of navigation keys and navigating to one of the plurality of touch-sensitive display screens based on the actuated navigation key.

11. The router of claim 10, further comprising executable instructions configured to be operated by the processor to provide instructions on how to connect a device to the router.

12. The router of claim 10, wherein the receiving comprises detecting a manual selection of one of the plurality of navigation keys on the touch-sensitive display component.

13. The router of claim 10, wherein the plurality of touch-sensitive display screens correspond to a plurality of categories.

14. The router of claim 13, wherein one of the plurality of categories is an Internet connectivity category, the Internet connectivity category corresponding to a screen that describes whether a device has an Internet connection and further describes how to connect to the Internet if the device is not connected.

15. The router of claim 14, wherein one of the plurality of categories is a telephone category, the telephone category corresponding to a screen that indicates whether a telephone number associated with an account is assigned to a particular device.

16. The router of claim 14, wherein one of the plurality of categories is a Wi-Fi security category, the Wi-Fi security category corresponding to a screen for enabling a Wi-Fi connection and managing Wi-Fi security.

17. The router of claim 14, wherein one of the plurality of categories is a port connections category, the port connections category corresponding to one or more screens that indicate whether one or more devices are connected to one or more ports on the router and that displays information regarding each device connected to the router.

19. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 17, wherein the plurality of categories further include a settings category, the settings category having a corresponding category screen depicting at least one of factory reset information, device information, network information, language preference information, firmware updates, network tools, setup information, time set-up, emergency 911 address information, Wireless Priority Service (WPS) key information, VPN access information, or diagnostic tools.

20. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 19, wherein a screen corresponding to the diagnostic tools category includes a bandwidth test screen and a voice quality test screen.

18. One or more computer-readable storage media having computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

provide a user interface having first navigation keys and second navigation keys, wherein;

the first navigation keys are associated with a first axis and are used to navigate within a plurality of category screens corresponding to a plurality of categories, the plurality of categories including at least one of a home category, an Internet connectivity category, a telephone category, a Wi-Fi security category, or a port connections category; and

the second navigation keys are associated with a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis and are used to navigate within a plurality of screens corresponding to one of the plurality of categories;

receiving a selection of a particular navigation key; and

navigating to a screen corresponding to one of the plurality of categories based on the selected particular navigation key.