Graphical user interface for controlling extended spectrum DOCSIS amplifier
AssigneeARRIS Enterprises LLC
InventorsDavid B. Bowler, Jeffrey A. Boast, Michael R. Morisseau, Samuel D. Francois, Brent D. Arnold
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Abstract
Devices and methods that present a graphical user interface (GUI) by which a user may manually adjust the level and tilt settings of an amplifier in a communications network. The GUI preferably includes a plurality of user-interactive icons for making the adjustments, where the effects of the adjustments on level and tilt are contemporaneously shown in the display.
Claims20
A computing device having a processor and memory, and configured to interact with a plurality of amplifiers in a communications network, wherein said communications network is capable of sending signals in an upstream direction and a downstream direction through said plurality of amplifiers, each of the respective amplifiers having configurable settings for level and tilt, said device comprising:
- (a) a communication interface to selectively enable interaction with one of said plurality of amplifiers;
- (b) when said device interacts with one of said plurality of amplifiers, the device being configured to display a graphical user interface that displays a visual representation of contemporaneous settings for level and tilt of said one of said plurality of amplifiers along with a plurality of user-interactive icons that together allow a user to manually adjust the contemporaneous settings for level and tilt, and such that the adjustments are reflected in the displayed visual representation;
- (c) said device being capable of manual adjustment of said contemporaneous settings for level and tilt of said one of said plurality of amplifiers in said upstream direction and independently of manual adjustment of said contemporaneous settings for level and tilt of said one of said amplifiers in said downstream direction;
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- (d) said device being capable of independent manual adjustment of said contemporaneous settings for level and tilt of said one of said plurality of amplifiers in said upstream direction and said device being capable of independent manual adjustment of said contemporaneous settings for level and tilt of said one of said plurality of amplifiers in said downstream direction.
A method for configuring contemporaneous settings for level and tilt of an amplifier in a communications network, said communications network capable of sending signals in an upstream direction and a downstream direction through said amplifier, performed by a computing device having a processor and a memory, the method comprising:
- displaying a visual representation of the amplifier's contemporaneous settings for level and tilt along with a plurality of user-interactive icons;
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- accepting manual input via the plurality of user interactive icons, while simultaneously updating the displayed visual representation of the amplifier's contemporaneous settings for level and tilt to reflect the manual input;
- wherein the plurality of user interactive icons enable manual adjustment of said contemporaneous settings for level and tilt of said one of said plurality of amplifiers in said upstream direction and independently of manual adjustment of said contemporaneous settings for level and tilt of said one of said amplifiers in said downstream direction;
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- wherein the plurality of user interactive icons enable independent manual adjustment of said contemporaneous settings for level and tilt of said one of said plurality of amplifiers in said upstream direction and also enable independent manual adjustment of said contemporaneous settings for level and tilt of said one of said plurality of amplifiers in said downstream direction.
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