METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SHARED USER INTERFACE VIEW

• US 20150135082A1
• Filed: 11/08/2013
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: NAREN, Shachi, SHARMA, Nityanand, SLAY, Harold Rex Jr., KNEUSEL, Robert A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,787,759 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/24 using dedicated network management hardware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/28 Restricting access to network management systems or functions, e.g. using authorisation function to access network configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/065 related to network devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers

Abstract

An approach for providing a shared user interface view is described. A user interface view sharing platform may present a user interface view at a first device for interacting with a second device, wherein the first device has an interface to the second device. The user interface view sharing platform may further encode the user interface view, data associated with the first device, other data associated with the second device, or a combination thereof into a data payload. The user interface view sharing platform may also transmit the data payload to a third device, wherein the user interface view, the data associated with the first device, the other data associated with the second device, or a combination thereof is reconstructed at the third device for interacting with the second device via the third device based on the data payload.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

presenting a user interface view at a first device for interacting with a second device, wherein the first device has an interface to the second device;

encoding the user interface view, data associated with the first device, other data associated with the second device, or a combination thereof into a data payload; and

transmitting the data payload to a third device,

wherein the user interface view, the data associated with the first device, the other data associated with the second device, or a combination thereof is reconstructed at the third device for interacting with the second device via the third device based on the data payload.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the data payload is transmitted to the third device via a server.

3. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving one or more interactions with the second device via the user interface view of the first device, the third device, or a combination thereof.

4. A method of claim 3, wherein the one or more interactions include a configuration, a programming, or a combination thereof to change a functionality of the second device.

5. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining an accessibility right with respect to the user interface view, the data, the other data, or a combination thereof,

wherein (1) the encoding of the user interface view, the data, the other data, or a combination thereof;

(2) the transmitting of the data payload;

or (3) a combination thereof is based on the accessibility right.

6. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting one or more third party applications based on an equipment type of the second device; and

generating the user interface view via the one or more third party applications.

7. A method of claim 1, comprising:

generating a diagnostic analysis of the second device based on the data, the other data, or a combination thereof; and

encoding the diagnostic analysis into the data payload,

wherein the diagnostic analysis is reconstructed at the third device based on the data payload.

8. A method of claim 1, wherein the user interface view is a terminal emulation user interface;

and wherein the second device is a networking equipment.

9. An apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

present a user interface view at a first device for interacting with a second device, wherein the first device has an interface to the second device;

encode the user interface view, data associated with the first device, other data associated with the second device, or a combination thereof into a data payload; and

transmit the data payload to a third device,

wherein the user interface view, the data associated with the first device, the other data associated with the second device, or a combination thereof is reconstructed at the third device for interacting with the second device via the third device based on the data payload.

10. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the data payload is transmitted to the third device via a server.

11. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive one or more interactions with the second device via the user interface view of the first device, the third device, or a combination thereof.

12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the one or more interactions include a configuration, a programming, or a combination thereof to change a functionality of the second device.

13. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine an accessibility right with respect to the user interface view, the data, the other data, or a combination thereof,

wherein (1) the encoding of the user interface view, the data, the other data, or a combination thereof;

(2) the transmitting of the data payload;

or (3) a combination thereof is based on the accessibility right.

14. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

select one or more third party applications based on an equipment type of the second device; and

generate the user interface view via the one or more third party applications.

15. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

generate a diagnostic analysis of the second device based on the data, the other data, or a combination thereof; and

encode the diagnostic analysis into the data payload,

wherein the diagnostic analysis is reconstructed at the third device based on the data payload.

16. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the user interface view is a terminal emulation user interface;

and wherein the second device is a networking equipment.

17. A system comprising a platform configured to:

present a user interface view at a first device for interacting with a second device, wherein the first device has an interface to the second device;

encode the user interface view, data associated with the first device, other data associated with the second device, or a combination thereof into a data payload; and

transmit the data payload to a third device,

wherein the user interface view, the data associated with the first device, the other data associated with the second device, or a combination thereof is reconstructed at the third device for interacting with the second device via the third device based on the data payload.

18. A system of claim 17, wherein the platform is further configured to:

determine an accessibility right with respect to the user interface view, the data, the other data, or a combination thereof,

wherein (1) the encoding of the user interface view, the data, the other data, or a combination thereof;

(2) the transmitting of the data payload;

or (3) a combination thereof is based on the accessibility right.

19. A system of claim 17, wherein the platform is further configured to:

select one or more third party applications based on an equipment type of the second device; and

generate the user interface view via the one or more third party applications.

20. A system of claim 17, wherein the platform is further configured to:

generate a diagnostic analysis of the second device based on the data, the other data, or a combination thereof; and

encode the diagnostic analysis into the data payload,

wherein the diagnostic analysis is reconstructed at the third device based on the data payload.