SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING REMOTE USER SELECTION OF A DEVICE

• US 20110248877A1
• Filed: 03/07/2011
• Published: 10/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Karaoguz, Jeyhan
• Application Number:
  US13/042,198
• Publication Number:
  US 20110248877A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 341/176
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

A system and method providing remote user selection of a device, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.

Claims

1. A method for providing remote user selection of a device, the method comprising:

presenting an image of a device environment to a user;

receiving an image-based device selection input from a user; and

identifying a user-selected device based, at least in part, on the received image-based device selection input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said presenting an image comprises presenting a camera image of the device environment.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said presenting an image comprises presenting a map image of the device environment.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said presenting an image comprises presenting the image on a display of a user device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said presenting an image comprises communicating information of the image to a user device separate from a system implementing the method.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said presenting an image comprises presenting graphical features on the image to indicate user-selectable devices in the image.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said presenting an image comprises presenting graphical features on the image to indicate status of devices in the image.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said presenting an image comprises presenting the image in response to a user request for an image.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the user request for an image specifies an image of a plurality of images.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving an image-based device selection input from a user comprises receiving a touch screen input from a user.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving an image-based device selection input from a user comprises receiving a user input specifying a point in the presented image.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said identifying a user-selected device comprises correlating the received image-based device selection input with device selection regions in the presented image to identify the user-selected device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said identifying a user-selected device comprises analyzing device location information to identify the user-selected device.

14. The method of claim 1, comprising communicating information to a user indicating the identified user-selected device.

15. The method of claim 1, comprising establishing a communication link with the identified user-selected device.

16. A system for providing remote user selection of a device, the system comprising:

at least one module operable to, at least;

present an image of a device environment to a user;

receive an image-based device selection input from a user; and

identify a user-selected device based, at least in part, on the received image-based device selection input.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein said at least one module is operable to present an image of a device environment to a user by, at least in part, operating to present a camera image of the device environment to the user.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein said at least one module is operable to present an image of a device environment to a user by, at least in part, operating to present a map image of the device environment to the user.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein said at least one module is operable to present an image of a device environment to a user by, at least in part, operating to present the image on a display of a user device.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein said at least one module is operable to present an image of a device environment to a user by, at least in part, operating to communicate information of the image to a user device separate from the system.

21. The system of claim 16, wherein said at least one module is operable to present an image of a device environment to a user by, at least in part, operating to present graphical features on the image to indicate user-selectable devices in the image.

22. The system of claim 16, wherein said at least one module is operable to present an image of a device environment to a user by, at least in part, operating to present graphical features on the image to indicate status of devices in the image.

23. The system of claim 16, wherein said at least one module is operable to present an image of a device environment to a user by, at least in part, operating to present the image in response to a user request for an image.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the user request for an image specifies an image of a plurality of images.

25. The system of claim 16, wherein said receiving an image-based device selection input from a user comprises receiving a touch screen input from a user.

26. The system of claim 16, wherein said at least one module is operable to receive an image-based device selection input from a user by, at least in part, operating to receive a user input specifying a point in the presented image.

27. The system of claim 16, wherein said at least one module is operable to identify a user-selected device by, at least part, operating to correlate the received image-based device selection input with device selection regions in the presented image to identify the user-selected device.

28. The system of claim 16, wherein said at least one module is operable to identify a user-selected device by, at least in part, operating to analyze device location information to identify the user-selected device.

29. The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one module is operable to communicate information to a user indicating the identified user-selected device.

30. The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one module is operable to establish a communication link with the identified user-selected device.