DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF COMPOSING LOGICAL COMPUTING PLATFORMS

• US 20090172583A1
• Filed: 12/31/2007
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Want, Roy, Pering, Trevor
• Granted Patent: US 9,817,540 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5044 considering hardware capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/281 indicating a format for calling an appliance service function in a home automation network for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

Device, system, and method of composing logical computing platforms. For example, a wireless computing device includes: one or more wireless transceivers to send and receive wireless communication signals; a logical platform composition manager to provide a visual indication representing a logical platform that includes said wireless computing device and one or more wireless devices; and an input unit to receive a user selection corresponding to the visual representation; wherein, in response to the user selection, the logical platform composition manager is to command the one or more wireless transceivers to establish one or more wireless communication links between the wireless computing device and the one or more wireless devices.

Claims

1. A wireless computing device comprising:

one or more wireless transceivers to send and receive wireless communication signals;

a logical platform composition manager to provide a visual indication representing a logical platform that includes said wireless computing device and one or more wireless devices; and

an input unit to receive a user selection corresponding to the visual representation,

wherein, in response to the user selection, the logical platform composition manager is to command the one or more wireless transceivers to establish one or more wireless communication links between the wireless computing device and the one or more wireless devices.

2. The wireless computing device of claim 1, wherein the logical platform composition manager comprises:

a discoverer module to automatically detect that the wireless computing device is able to wirelessly connect to the one or more wireless devices.

3. The wireless computing device of claim 2, wherein the logical platform composition manager is to provide visual representations of wireless devices available for wireless communication with the wireless computing device,

wherein the input unit is to receive a user input indicating a selection of one or more wireless devices to be wirelessly connected to the wireless computing device,

and wherein the logical platform composition manager is to store a representation of the logical platform comprising the wireless computing device and the one or more wireless devices selected by the user.

4. The wireless computing device of claim 3, wherein the logical platform composition manager is to present a menu including a plurality of selectable items corresponding to a plurality of logical platform compositions for communication with the wireless computing device.

5. The wireless computing device of claim 4, wherein the logical platform composition manager is to utilize a first visual scheme to present menu items representing available logical platform compositions, and to utilize a second visual scheme to present menu items representing unavailable logical platform compositions.

6. The wireless computing device of claim 1, wherein the one or more wireless communication links comprise:

a first wireless communication link in accordance with a first wireless communication protocol; and

a second wireless communication link in accordance with a second, different, wireless communication protocol.

7. The wireless computing device of claim 6, wherein the one or more transceivers are to establish substantially simultaneously the first and second wireless communication links.

8. The wireless computing device of claim 6, wherein the one or more transceivers are to sequentially establish the first wireless communication link and then the second wireless communication link.

9. The wireless computing device of claim 1, comprising:

a processor to process data received from the one or more wireless devices.

10. The wireless computing device of claim 1, wherein the wireless computing device comprises a device selected from the group consisting of:

a laptop computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a desktop computer, a cellular phone, a handheld device, a wireless communication device, a wireless communication station, and a Personal Digital Assistant device.

11. A method comprising:

presenting a first menu item representing a first logical system composition, the first logical system composition comprising a wireless computing device and a first wireless device;

presenting a second menu item representing a second logical system composition, the second logical system composition comprising the wireless computing device and a second wireless device;

receiving a user selection corresponding to one of the first and second menu items;

if the user selection corresponds to the first menu item, establishing a wireless communication link between the wireless computing device and the first wireless device; and

if the user selection corresponds to the second menu item, establishing a wireless communication link between the wireless computing device and the second wireless device.

12. The method of claim 11, comprising:

based on the user selection, establishing another wireless communication link between the wireless computing device and another wireless device substantially in parallel to said establishing of the wireless communication link.

13. The method of claim 11, comprising:

based on the user selection, establishing another wireless communication link between the wireless computing device and another wireless device substantially in sequence to said establishing of the wireless communication link.

14. The method of claim 11, comprising:

presenting a visual representation of the wireless computing device and visual representations of two or more wireless devices;

receiving a user input indicating a request to selectively connect the wireless computing device to at least one of the two or more wireless devices; and

storing a selectable menu item corresponding to a logical platform composition, the logical platform composition comprising the wireless computing device and said at least one wireless device.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein presenting the first menu item comprises presenting the first menu item using a first color indicating that the first logical system composition is available, and wherein presenting the second menu item comprises presenting the second menu item using a second, different, color indicating that the second logical system composition is unavailable.