SCROLLING DEVICE COLLECTION ON AN INTERFACE

• US 20120066639A1
• Filed: 09/08/2011
• Published: 03/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Instrument Corporation (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hunter, Jim
• Application Number:
  US13/228,084
• Publication Number:
  US 20120066639A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a selection of a set of devices. A scrolling collection is generated using the set of devices where the set of devices being available for control through an interface. The method scrolls through devices in the set of devices where the scrolling includes: determining a device in the set of devices; determining a control for the determined device; and displaying the determined device and the determined control on the interface. The determined device is controllable through the interface using the determined control while being displayed and devices in the set of devices other than the displayed determined device are not displayed on the interface.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a selection of a set of devices;

generating a scrolling collection using the set of devices, the set of devices being available for control through an interface;

scrolling, by a computing device, through devices in the set of devices, wherein scrolling comprises;

determining a device in the set of devices;

determining a control for the determined device; and

displaying the determined device and the determined control on the interface, the determined device being controllable through the interface using the determined control while being displayed, wherein devices in the set of devices other than the displayed determined device are not displayed on the interface.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a plurality of groupings of devices in the set of devices; and

performing the scrolling for devices in one of the plurality of groupings.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving a selection of another one of the plurality of groupings; and

performing the scrolling for devices in the another one of the plurality of groupings.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

updating a state for devices in the set of devices that are not displayed on the interface.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

updating a state for the displayed device; and

displaying the updated state for the displayed device on the interface.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the updated state is based on a controlling of a physical or virtual device associated with the displayed device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a cluster command;

determining one or more devices in the set of devices not being displayed on the interface; and

displaying the one or more devices along with the displayed device already displayed on the interface.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a characteristic of usage for the displayed device on the interface.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein controls for devices not displayed on the interface are not displayed with the determined control for the displayed device.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending the scrolling collection to another computing device for display.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a content feed of a location including the set of devices in a first area of the interface; and

displaying the determined device and the determined control in a second area of the interface.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a command to move to another device displayed in the content feed;

and displaying the another device in the second area.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein scrolling comprises displaying a series of devices in the scrolling collection at a series of time intervals.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to be operable to:

receive a selection of a set of devices;

generate a scrolling collection using the set of devices, the set of devices being available for control through an interface;

scroll through devices in the set of devices, wherein scrolling comprises;

determine a device in the set of devices;

determine a control for the determined device; and

display the determined device and the determined control on the interface, the determined device being controllable through the interface using the determined control while being displayed, wherein devices in the set of devices other than the displayed determined device are not displayed on the interface.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, further operable to:

receive a plurality of groupings of devices in the set of devices; and

perform the scrolling for devices in one of the plurality of groupings.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, further operable to update a state for devices in the set of devices that are not displayed on the interface.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, further operable to:

update a state for the displayed device; and

display the updated state for the displayed device on the interface.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein controls for devices not displayed on the interface are not displayed with the determined control for the displayed device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, further operable to:

display a content feed of a location including the set of devices in a first area of the interface; and

display the determined device and the determined control in a second area of the interface.

20. An apparatus comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for controlling the one or more computer processors to be operable to;

receive a selection of a set of devices;

generate a scrolling collection using the set of devices, the set of devices being available for control through an interface;

scroll through devices in the set of devices, wherein scrolling comprises;

determine a device in the set of devices;

determine a control for the determined device; and

display the determined device and the determined control on the interface, the determined device being controllable through the interface using the determined control while being displayed, wherein devices in the set of devices other than the displayed determined device are not displayed on the interface.