User Interface Based on Device-State Information
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a touch-sensitive display;
one or more light sources;
one or more antennas;
an interface circuit communicatively coupled to the one or more antennas; and
a control circuit, coupled to the one or more light sources, the touch-sensitive display and the interface circuit, configured to;
receive, via the interface circuit, measured device-state information, associated with an electronic device, that specifies a current state of an entertainment device;
select, based on the measured device-state information, a predefined or predetermined user interface that includes one or more icons, one or more virtual command icons or both, which is associated with the current state and one or more related states of the entertainment device that are related to the current state in a state diagram by corresponding operations that transition the entertainment device from the current state to the one or more related states; and
display the user interface by selectively illuminating the one or more icons using the one or more light sources, by presenting the one or more virtual command icons on the touch-sensitive display or both.
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Abstract
A portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display (such as a cellular telephone) provides a wireless remote control for an entertainment device (such as a consumer-electronic device). Based on device-state information that specifies a current state of the entertainment device (which is received from an audio/video (A/V) hub that communicates with the entertainment device) and one or more related states of the entertainment device, the portable electronic device may generate a user interface that includes one or more virtual command icons. Note that the one or more related states are related to the current state in a state diagram by corresponding operations that transition the entertainment device from the current state to the one or more related states. Then, the portable electronic displays the user interface on the touch-sensitive display. In this way, the portable electronic device dynamically adapts the user interface.
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20 Claims
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1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a touch-sensitive display; one or more light sources; one or more antennas; an interface circuit communicatively coupled to the one or more antennas; and a control circuit, coupled to the one or more light sources, the touch-sensitive display and the interface circuit, configured to; receive, via the interface circuit, measured device-state information, associated with an electronic device, that specifies a current state of an entertainment device; select, based on the measured device-state information, a predefined or predetermined user interface that includes one or more icons, one or more virtual command icons or both, which is associated with the current state and one or more related states of the entertainment device that are related to the current state in a state diagram by corresponding operations that transition the entertainment device from the current state to the one or more related states; and display the user interface by selectively illuminating the one or more icons using the one or more light sources, by presenting the one or more virtual command icons on the touch-sensitive display or both. - View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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3. The portable electronic device of claim 21, wherein the portable electronic device comprises a user-interface device, which is coupled to the control circuit;
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wherein the control circuit is configured to receive activation information specifying activation of a control feature in the user-interface device that is associated with an icon in the one or more icons; and wherein the activation of the control feature specifies a transition of the entertainment device from the current state to a new current state in the state diagram. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for use in conjunction with a portable electronic device, the computer-readable storage medium storing a program module that, when executed by the portable electronic device, causes the portable electronic device to display a user interface by performing one or more operations comprising:
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receiving, via an interface circuit in the portable electronic device, measured device-state information, associated with an electronic device, that specifies a current state of an entertainment device; selecting, based on the measured device-state information, a predefined or predetermined user interface that includes one or more icons, one or more virtual command icons or both, which is associated with the current state and one or more related states of the entertainment device that are related to the current state in a state diagram by corresponding operations that transition the entertainment device from the current state to the one or more related states; and displaying the user interface by selectively illuminating the one or more icons using one or more light sources in the portable electronic device, by presenting the one or more virtual command icons on the touch-sensitive display or both. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for displaying a user interface, wherein the method comprises:
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by a portable electronic device; receiving, via an interface circuit in the portable electronic device, measured device-state information, associated with an electronic device, that specifies a current state of an entertainment device; selecting, based on the measured device-state information, a predefined or predetermined user interface that includes one or more icons, one or more virtual command icons or both, which is associated with the current state and one or more related states of the entertainment device that are related to the current state in a state diagram by corresponding operations that transition the entertainment device from the current state to the one or more related states; and displaying the user interface by selectively illuminating the one or more icons using one or more light sources in the portable electronic device, by presenting the one or more virtual command icons on the touch-sensitive display or both.
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