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Automatic configuration of control device user interface in a home automation system

  • US 9,876,652 B2
  • Filed: 05/20/2014
  • Issued: 01/23/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for automatically generating a custom user interface (UI) of a control device usable to control a home automation system, comprising:

  • maintaining a configuration database that stores logical representations that describe a configuration of the home automation system, the configuration representative of capabilities of, and interconnections, between devices present within a particular structure;

    transferring the configuration database to a control device;

    querying, by the control device, the configuration database for one or more of the logical representations;

    translating returned information from the configuration database related to the one or more of the logical representations to UI elements using predefined mappings of logical representations to UI elements to automatically generate the custom UI; and

    displaying the UI elements on a display screen of the control device as part of the custom UI, the UI elements of the custom UI operable to control the home automation system.

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