Device, system, and method of composing logical computing platforms

• US 9,817,540 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2007
• Issued: 11/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Want, Roy, Pering, Trevor
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Heffington, John M
• Application Number:
  US11/967,318
• Publication Number:
  US 20090172583A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,606 Days
• Field of Search: 715771, 715736
• 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 menu including a plurality of selectable items corresponding to a plurality of activities or tasks wherein the plurality of activities or tasks correspond to a plurality of logical platform compositions and each logical platform composition comprises a combination of the wireless computing device and at least one wireless device;

operate the one or more wireless transceivers to detect two or more wireless devices;

utilize a graphical representation to present the wireless computing device and each of the two or more wireless devices detected by the one or more wireless transceivers, the graphical representation to include a graphical icon for the wireless computing device and each of the two or more wireless devices detected by the one or more wireless transceivers;

determine which logical platform combinations are available based on the two or more wireless devices detected;

utilize a first visual scheme to present a first selectable item of the plurality of selectable items that represents a first task that corresponds to an available logical platform composition, wherein performance of the first task requires the available logical platform composition, the available logical platform composition to include at least two of the two or more wireless devices detected; and

utilize a second visual scheme to present a second selectable item of the plurality of selectable items that represents a second task that corresponds to an unavailable logical platform composition, wherein performance of the second task requires the unavailable logical platform composition;

an input unit to receive a user selection of the first selectable item of the plurality of selectable items that represents the first task that corresponds to the available logical platform composition, wherein, in response to the user selection, the logical platform composition manager to command the one or more wireless transceivers to automatically establish two or more wireless communication links between the wireless computing device and the at least two wireless devices of the available logical platform composition based on a set of composition instructions that correspond to the first task; and

update the graphical representation to include a line for each of the two or more wireless communication links established between the wireless computing device and the at least two wireless devices of the available logical platform composition, the line for each of the two or more wireless communication links to connect the graphical icon for the wireless computing device to the graphical icon for a respective wireless device of the at least two 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 two 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 1, wherein the two 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.

5. The wireless computing device of claim 4, wherein the one or more transceivers are to establish substantially simultaneously the first and second wireless communication links.

6. The wireless computing device of claim 4, wherein the one or more transceivers are to sequentially establish the first wireless communication link and then the second wireless communication link.

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

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

8. 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.

9. A computer-implemented method comprising:

presenting a menu including a plurality of selectable items corresponding to a plurality of activities or tasks wherein the plurality of activities or tasks correspond to a plurality of logical platform compositions and each logical platform composition comprises a combination of a wireless computing device and at least one wireless device;

detecting two or more wireless devices;

utilizing a graphical representation to present the wireless computing device and each of the two or more wireless devices detected, the graphical representation to include a graphical icon for the wireless computing device and each of the two or more wireless devices detected;

determining which logical platform combinations are available based on the two or more wireless devices detected;

utilizing a first visual scheme to present a first selectable item of the plurality of selectable items that represents a first task that corresponds to an available logical platform composition, wherein performance of the first task requires the available logical platform composition, the available logical platform composition to include at least two of the two or more wireless devices detected;

utilizing a second visual scheme to present a second selectable item of the plurality of selectable items that represents a second task that corresponds to an unavailable logical platform composition, wherein performance of the second task requires the unavailable logical platform composition;

receiving a user selection of a selectable menu item corresponding to the first task; and

establishing two or more wireless communication links between the wireless computing device and the at least two wireless devices of the available logical platform composition based on a set of composition instructions that correspond to the first task

updating the graphical representation to include a line for each of the two or more wireless communication links established between the wireless computing device and the at least two wireless devices of the available logical platform composition, the line for each of the two or more wireless communication links to connect the graphical icon for the wireless computing device to the graphical icon for a respective wireless device of the at least two wireless devices.

10. The method of claim 9, 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 in the menu, the menu item corresponding to a logical platform composition, the logical platform composition comprising the wireless computing device and said at least one wireless device.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the two 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.

12. The method of claim 11, comprising establish the first and second wireless communication links substantially simultaneously.

13. The method of claim 11, comprising establish the first and second wireless communication links sequentially.