Consistent user interface front end for remote user interfaces
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1. A method for a consistent user interface (CUI) on a control device providing access to at least one network device having a remote user interface (RUI), comprising the acts of:
- providing the CUI to the control device;
mapping the RUI to the CUI by the control device by replacing the RUI with a synonym that matches the RUI, the synonym being included in a synonym database; and
displaying by the control device at least a part of the CUI that includes the synonym instead of the RUI as a user interface to the network device, wherein the CUI is more consistent with user interfaces of further network devices so that the control device presents a user the user interface that includes the CUI for controlling the network device and the further devices.
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Abstract
A method and device for providing a single consistent user interface based on replacing disparate user interface constructs (components) with equivalent constructs (components) from a “synonym” database of user interface constructs (components). The database is initiated with a set of foundational “synonym” constructs (components) and extended with user interface constructs (components) as they are discovered during reduction of an inconsistent user interface to a consistent state.
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1. A method for a consistent user interface (CUI) on a control device providing access to at least one network device having a remote user interface (RUI), comprising the acts of:
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providing the CUI to the control device; mapping the RUI to the CUI by the control device by replacing the RUI with a synonym that matches the RUI, the synonym being included in a synonym database; and displaying by the control device at least a part of the CUI that includes the synonym instead of the RUI as a user interface to the network device, wherein the CUI is more consistent with user interfaces of further network devices so that the control device presents a user the user interface that includes the CUI for controlling the network device and the further devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A control device that provides a consistent user interface (CUI) in a network of at least one slave device having a remote user interface (RUI), comprising:
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a transceiver for receiving the RUI; an extraction logic module configured to extract at least one component of the RUI; a database that is configured to store synonyms of components of an RUI; and an analysis and transformation module configured to i. map the extracted at least one component of the RUI to a component of the CUI according at least one of the synonyms stored in said database and a thesauri by replacing the RUI with the at least one of the synonyms that matches the RUI, ii. store the mapping in a memory, iii. optionally update the synonym database with the mapping, and iv. provide a user interface to the at least one slave device according to at least a part of the mapping of the extracted at least one component of the RUI; wherein at least a part of the CUI that includes the at least one of the synonyms is displayed by the control device instead of the RUI as the user interface to the at least one slave device; and wherein the CUI is more consistent with user interfaces of further slave devices so that the control device presents a user the user interface that includes the CUI for controlling the at least one slave device and the further slave devices. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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