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Method and system for presenting user tasks for the control of electronic devices

  • US 8,185,427 B2
  • Filed: 09/22/2004
  • Issued: 05/22/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of representing user tasks to be performed by one or more of a plurality of electronic devices in a task orchestration system, the method comprising:

  • employing a controller device for;

    obtaining device function descriptions, wherein each device function description describes a function that a device can perform;

    obtaining task descriptions from multiple electronic devices of a plurality of electronic devices, wherein the task descriptions are dynamically determined at run-time of the task orchestration system, wherein each task description describes the device functionality a certain task requires;

    generating task suggestions based on the obtained task descriptions and device function descriptions, wherein each task suggestion represents a user task as an abstraction of one or more of the obtained device functions descriptions and task descriptions;

    applying user preferences over the generated task suggestions to determine a rank order for the generated task suggestions; and

    displaying task suggestions in the rank order on a display for the user to select from, wherein the user selected task suggestion is to be performed by one or more of the devices.

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