GUI of remote control facilitates user-friendly editing of macros
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1. A remote control device for remote control of equipment, the device having a display for display of a GUI with a plurality of user-selectable options, wherein:
- the device enables the user to program a macro comprising a sequence of multiple ones of the control options;
the GUI enables the user to view the sequence as a scrollable list of steps;
the GUI enables the user to edit the list by selecting at least one specific one of the steps at a first location in the list, moving the specific step along the sequence, and inserting the specific step into a second location of the list.
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Abstract
A remote control device for a home theater has a macro creation/editing mode with authoring tools on the remote'"'"'s GUI. One of the editing tools lets the user move a selected macro step visibly up or down the list of steps on the GUI.
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1. A remote control device for remote control of equipment, the device having a display for display of a GUI with a plurality of user-selectable options, wherein:
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the device enables the user to program a macro comprising a sequence of multiple ones of the control options;
the GUI enables the user to view the sequence as a scrollable list of steps;
the GUI enables the user to edit the list by selecting at least one specific one of the steps at a first location in the list, moving the specific step along the sequence, and inserting the specific step into a second location of the list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
the control options are organized in two or more panels for individual display on the GUI; and
the device enables the user to program the macro comprising a particular step that causes the GUI to jump to a specific one of the panels.
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3. The device of claim 1, wherein the device has a touch screen for enabling user-selection of the options.
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4. The device of claim 1, wherein the GUI changes its appearance through animation upon selection of a particular one of the user-selectable options.
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5. The device of claim 1, wherein the macro is programmable to be activated under a softkey on the GUI.
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