Wireless interface for access connections
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsHarriss C. Ganey, David W. Hill, Aaron M. Stewart
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Abstract
A process of pairing a wireless PAN (personal area network) device with a system can be facilitated first by assuming default PIN codes that are traditionally used with wireless PAN devices and then by attempting such presumed default codes before querying the user for input. Accordingly, a cumbersome task conventionally required of the user is most often removed. Also, the devices that are paired and connected are preferably graphically conveyed on a display or graphical user interface (GUI) in a manner that solidly implies that each PAN device is connected only to its system, and not (directly) to other PAN devices.
Claims25
An apparatus comprising:
- a visual user interface;
- said user interface comprising a first region and a second region;
- said first region acting to graphically convey a device connectable to a system;
- said second region acting to graphically convey a network comprising a system and devices connected with a system;
- said second region further acting to graphically convey that each device of the network is solely connected with a system depicted in said network.
A method comprising:
- providing a visual user interface having a first region and a second region;
- g graphically conveying, at the first region, a device connectable to a system;
- graphically conveying, at the second region, a network comprising a system and devices connected with a system;
- and
- said graphical conveying at the second region further comprising graphically conveying that each device of the network is solely connected with a system depicted in the network.
A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method comprising:
- providing a visual user interface having a first region and a second region;
- graphically conveying, at the first region, a device connectable to a system;
- graphically conveying, at the second region, a network comprising a system and devices connected with a system;
- and
- said graphical conveying at the second region further comprising graphically conveying that each device of the network is solely connected with a system depicted in the network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.