Method and apparatus for providing shared user interface view

• US 9,787,759 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2013
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• 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: Slay, Jr., Harold Rex, Naren, Shachi, Kneusel, Robert A., Sharma, Nityanand
• Primary Examiner(s): Pan, Yongjia
• Application Number:
  US14/075,788
• Publication Number:
  US 20150135082A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,432 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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, the user interface view includes a terminal emulation user interface configured for interacting with a second device to perform testing of the second device, wherein the second device includes a networking device configured to provide networking functions within a communication network;

generating a diagnostic analysis of the networking device based on data provided by the first device, other data provided by the networking device, or a combination thereof;

presenting the terminal emulation user interface as a reconstructed view on a third device for assistance in testing the networking equipment,

wherein the user interface view at the first device and the reconstructed view at the third device are presented concurrently, the reconstructed view at the third device corresponding to the user interface view at the first device to form a shared view between the third device and the first device; and

requesting, via the first device, authorization from the third device to access the second device according to one of a plurality of security levels.

2. 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.

3. A method of claim 2, wherein the one or more interactions include a programming change, to change a functionality of the second device.

4. 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 at the first device via the one or more third party applications and generating the reconstructed view at the third device based on the one or more third party applications.

5. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

encoding the diagnostic analysis into a data payload, and

transmitting the data payload to the third device via a server,

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

6. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

encoding the user interface view and 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 the third device,

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

7. A method of claim 6, 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.

8. An apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

present a user interface view at a first device, the user interface view includes a terminal emulation user interface configured for interacting with a second device to perform testing of the second device, wherein the second device includes a networking device configured to provide networking functions within a communication network;

generate a diagnostic analysis of the networking device based on data provided by the first device, other data provided by the networking device, or a combination thereof;

present the terminal emulation user interface as a reconstructed view on a third device for assistance in testing the networking equipment,

wherein the user interface view at the first device and the reconstructed view at the third device are presented concurrently, the reconstructed view at the third device corresponding to the user interface view at the first device to form a shared view between the third device and the first device; and

request, via the first device, authorization from the third device to access the second device according to one of a plurality of security levels.

9. An apparatus of claim 8, 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.

10. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the one or more interactions include a programming change, to change a functionality of the second device.

11. An apparatus of claim 8, 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 at the first device via the one or more third party applications and the user interface view at the third device via the one or more applications.

12. An apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

encode the diagnostic analysis into a data payload, and

transmitting the data payload to the third device via a server,

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

13. An apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

encode the user interface view and 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 the third device,

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

14. An apparatus of claim 13, 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.

15. A system comprising a platform configured to:

present a user interface view at a first device, by a processor of the first device, the user interface view includes a terminal emulation user interface configured for interacting with a second device to perform testing of the second device, wherein the second device includes a networking device configured to provide networking functions within a communication network;

generate a diagnostic analysis of the networking device based on data provided by the first device, other data provided by the networking device, or a combination thereof;

present the terminal emulation user interface as a reconstructed view on a third device for assistance in testing the networking equipment,

wherein the user interface view at the first device and the reconstructed view at the third device are presented concurrently, the reconstructed view at the third device corresponding to the user interface view at the first device to form a shared view between the third device and the first device; and

request, via the first device, authorization from the third device to access the second device according to one of a plurality of security levels.

16. A system of claim 15, 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 at the first device via the one or more third party applications and the user interface view at the third device via the one or more third party applications.

17. A system of claim 15, wherein the platform is further configured to:

encode the diagnostic analysis into a data payload, and

transmit the data payload to the third device via a server;

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

18. A system of claim 15, wherein the platform is further configured to:

encode the user interface view and 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 the third device,

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

19. A system of claim 18, 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.