PROGRAMMABLE MULTIMEDIA CONTROLLER WITH FLEXIBLE USER ACCESS AND SHARED DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS
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1. A system which includes a programmable multimedia controller that is capable of interfacing with and controlling audio, video, telecommunications, data communications and other devices, said system comprising:
- a programmable multimedia controller, including a general-purpose computer, which is capable of interfacing with and controlling audio, video, telecommunications and data communications devices;
a master user profile, stored in said programmable multimedia controller, which permits a master user to have access to and control over said system;
a master username and master password which when presented to and accepted by said system causes said system to permit access to and control over said system in accordance with said master user profile;
at least one non-master user profile which permits one or more non-master users to have restricted access to and control over said system based on predetermined information stored in said non-master user profile; and
is at least one non-master username and master password which when presented to and accepted by said system cause said system to permit access to and control over said system in accordance with said non-master user profile.
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Abstract
A system which includes a programmable multimedia controller is provided in which flexible user access is provided through a combination of user profiles and usernames/pas swords. A configuration for a given device which may form part of the system or may interoperate with the system may be shared by multiple similar devices. A sharable device configuration is stored by a master device and can be shared by other devices of the same type as the master device.
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1. A system which includes a programmable multimedia controller that is capable of interfacing with and controlling audio, video, telecommunications, data communications and other devices, said system comprising:
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a programmable multimedia controller, including a general-purpose computer, which is capable of interfacing with and controlling audio, video, telecommunications and data communications devices; a master user profile, stored in said programmable multimedia controller, which permits a master user to have access to and control over said system; a master username and master password which when presented to and accepted by said system causes said system to permit access to and control over said system in accordance with said master user profile; at least one non-master user profile which permits one or more non-master users to have restricted access to and control over said system based on predetermined information stored in said non-master user profile; and is at least one non-master username and master password which when presented to and accepted by said system cause said system to permit access to and control over said system in accordance with said non-master user profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system which includes a programmable multimedia controller based upon a general purpose computer, said system comprising:
a configuration for said programmable multimedia controller that includes a data structure having one or more fields for one or more user profiles, said user profile field s including information for identifying an appropriate user interface for a user associated with the profile. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of gaining access by a user to control a programmable multimedia controller;
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configuring a user'"'"'s device by which a user interfaces with said programmable multimedia controller; and receiving, at said user'"'"'s device, a device configuration that enables the device to render an appropriate user interface for interaction with a programmable multimedia controller. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of operating a programmable multimedia controller system, comprising:
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configuring said programmable multimedia controller with one or more sharable device configurations; and storing said sharable device configurations in a processing subsystem within the programmable multimedia controller.
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24. A programmable multimedia controller system, comprising:
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a sharable device configuration that includes graphics, layout and metadata configured to render a user interface on the device which is associated with the configuration; a sharable device configuration data structure that includes; i. graphics data and images that appear in the user interface; ii. graphics layout information specifying the spatial relationships to be applied to said graphics data to properly render the user interface; iii. system commands stored in the data structure that are valid with a particular combination of graphics data and graphics layout information; and iv. system state information for the device associated with the configuration to communicate with a real-time system on a programmable multimedia controller. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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