USER INTERFACE FOR INTERNET OF EVERYTHING ENVIRONMENT

• US 20150128050A1
• Filed: 07/05/2014
• Published: 05/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cormican, Neil, Dan, Ronnie, Walker, James
• Application Number:
  US14/324,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20150128050A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/734
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] H04L51/04; selective video distribution H04N21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42209 for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic program guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43079 : of additional data with content streams on multiple devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 : for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44226 : on social networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 : for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 : for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4784 : receiving rewards
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 : communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 : End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 : involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

A graphical user interface is provided that intuitively presents a collection of icons, with each icon representing one or more networked appliances in an environment. The interface allows selection of an appliance(s) and presentation of an interface for interacting with the selected appliance(s).

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

providing, a device overview graphical user interface (GUI) on a computing device, the device overview GUI including a collection of icons each representing an appliance having an available appliance interface;

receiving, by the computing device, a selection input in the GUI indicating a selection of one of the collection of icons; and

providing, by the computing device, the appliance interface pertaining to the appliance represented by the selected icon.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the device overview GUI also includes notifications from the at least one of the appliances represented by the collection of icons.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the appliance interface pertaining to the appliance represented by the selected icon provides controls specific an appliance type.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

registering the appliance at an appliance service, wherein the collection of icons corresponds to appliances registered at the appliance service.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving a request at the appliance service to register the appliance.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:

detecting by the appliance service the appliance; and

transmitting a registration invitation to the appliance.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving an input effective to operate the controls specific to the appliance type;

sending a message to the appliance using an application programming interface for the appliance.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving from the appliance an electronic message including an application programming interface of the appliance service.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the appliance interface pertaining to the appliance includes a graphical element that represents a recipe of two or more control operations to be used together to affect a result at the appliance.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1,

wherein the receiving a selection input in the GUI indicating a selection of one of the collection of icons includes receiving a selection input in the GUI indicating a selecting of at least two of the collection of icons, and

wherein the providing the appliance interface pertaining to the appliance represented by the selected icon comprises providing a recipe of two or more control operations to be used together to control all of the appliance represented by the at least of the collection of icons.

11. A computing device for interacting with a plurality of appliances comprising:

a display a storage device storing computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions;

a processor configured to interpret and perform the computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions are effective to cause the display to present a device overview graphical user interface (GUI) including a collection of icons each representing an appliance having an available appliance interface; and

an input device for receiving selection inputs selecting one or more of the collection of icons and passing the selection input to the processor.

12. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the display to present the appliance interface pertaining to the appliance represented by the selected icon.

13. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the device overview GUI also includes notifications from the at least one of the appliances represented by the collection of icons.

14. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the appliance interface pertaining to the appliance represented by the selected icon provides controls specific an appliance type.

15. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the appliance interface pertaining to the appliance includes a graphical element that represents a recipe of two or more control operations to be used together to affect a result at the appliance.

16. The computing device of claim 11,

wherein the receiving a selection input in the GUI indicating a selection of one of the collection of icons includes receiving a selection input in the GUI indicating a selecting of at least two of the collection of icons, and

wherein the providing the appliance interface pertaining to the appliance represented by the selected icon comprises providing a recipe of two or more control operations to be used together to control all of the appliance represented by the at least of the collection of icons.

17. An application for interfacing with appliances comprising:

a device overview graphical user interface (GUI) including a collection of icons each representing an appliance, the device overview GUI being configured to receive a selection input in the GUI indicating a selection of one of the collection of icons; and

appliance interfaces each pertaining to the appliance represented by the selected icon.

18. The application of claim 17, wherein the device overview GUI also includes notifications from the at least one of the appliances represented by the collection of icons.

19. The application of claim 17, wherein the appliance interface a graphical element that represents a recipe of two or more control operations to be used together to affect a result at the appliance.

20. The application of claim 17 further configured to receive a selection input in the GUI indicating a selection at least two of the collection of icons and in response to receiving a selection of at least two of the collection of icons, provide a recipe of two or more control operations to be used together to control all of the appliances represented by the at least of the collection of icons.