US 10,764,157 B2Granted

Control apparatus for controlling an operation of at least one electronic device

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsJi Hyun Jeon, Hye Jung Chang, Young Sun Shin, Sun Young Seo, So Young Yun, Ji Yoon Yoon, Eun Kyung Hong, A Ra Cho, Kyung Nam Kim, Jae Seok Lee, Eun Hwa Jang

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Abstract

According to the present invention, a device for controlling an operation of at least one electric device including a user interface unit having a conversation display window in which a conversation with the at least one electric device is displayed, a conversation input window configured to receive a character for controlling the operation of the at least one electric device, an icon selection window in which an icon corresponding to the at least one electric device is displayed, and a chatting screen on which a send button for transmitting the character received by the conversation input window is arranged, and a control unit configured to collectively control the operation of the at least one electric device based on a batch control instruction received by the conversation input window.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A control device for controlling an operation of a plurality of electronic devices, the control device comprising:

a communication interface configured to establish communication with at least one of the plurality of electronic devices;
an input device;
a display;
and
at least one processor configured to:
control the display to display a chatting screen for initiating a conversation with the at least one of the plurality of electronic devices, the chatting screen including a plurality of visual indicators, each visual indicator being associated with a different one of the plurality of electronic devices,
in response to receiving a first input associated with a first visual indicator corresponding to a first electronic device when the plurality of visual indicators is displayed in the chatting screen, determine to establish communication with the first electronic device,
in response to receiving a second input when the chatting screen is displayed:
identify an operation command corresponding to the first electronic device,
control the communication interface to transmit the operation command to the first electronic device, and
control the display to display information associated with the second input within the chatting screen, and
in response to receiving information from the first electronic device, control the display to display the information received from the first electronic device within the chatting screen.

9 more elements

A first electronic device for controlling an operation of at least a second electronic device, the first electronic device comprising:

a communication interface configured to transmit or receive a signal;
an input device;
a display;
and
at least one processor configured to:
control the display to display a dashboard screen including information associated with a plurality of electronic devices pre-registered with the first electronic device, the plurality of electronic devices including the second electronic device,
in response to determining that a first input received via the input device corresponds to a chat widget included in the dashboard screen, control the display to display a chat screen for initiating a conversation with at least one of the plurality of electronic devices, the chat screen including a plurality of visual indicators associated with the plurality of electronic devices,
in response to determining that a second input received via the input device corresponds to a first visual indicator associated with the second electronic device, determine to establish communication with the second electronic device,
determine whether a third input, received via a text box included in the chat screen, includes an operation command to control the second electronic device or a request for information associated with a current state of the second electronic device,
control the communication interface to transmit, to the second electronic device, the operation command to control the second electronic device or the request for information associated with the current state of the second electronic device,
receive, from the second electronic device via the communication interface, information associated with the operation command to control the second electronic device or the request for information associated with the current state of the second electronic device, and
control the display to display the third input and the information associated with the operation command to control the second electronic device or the request for information associated with the current state of the second electronic device.

9 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/146,264Filed 28 Sep 2018 · continuation
Priority: KR 10-2014-00015536 Jan 2014
Published: US 2019/0034051 A131 Jan 2019
Granted: 1 Sep 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

H04L 41/22
Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks: comprising specially…
G06F 3/048
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: interaction techniques based on graphical…
G06F 3/04817
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
G06F 3/0484
Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or…

Family

PCT/KR2015/000113Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Jan 2015
US 2019/0034051 A1Pre-grant publication · published 31 Jan 2019
Application15/101,307Parent of this continuation
US 10,120,532 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2016/0306509 A1Published application
US 10,764,157 B2This patent

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