Dynamically Reconfigurable Service and Status Manager
AssigneeWallrust, Inc.
InventorsBence Locsei, Zoltan Toth
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Abstract
An interface between a mobile device and external services and the user that provides a single location for controlling and seeing the status of the device and the services. The user interface has an tab bar with a tab for each of the registered services. When a service is selected, a status wheel ring is displayed with a number of status field buttons for the user to select a status to be active. A short tap on the status field selects the status field and performs an action. The device is registered with a central server from which the user can subscribe to services. Each service provides a descriptor for generating its status wheel.
Claims9
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A method of monitoring and controlling the status of a device and services available to the device, the device including a touch screen video display, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) operatively connecting the device to a global computer network;
- (b) operatively connecting a server to the global computer network;
- (c) registering the device with the server;
- (d) subscribing to a service as an entry, the entry having at least one parameter;
- (e) acquiring an entry descriptor associated with the entry, the entry descriptor including an entry label and a status field table, the status field table having at least one status field definition including a status title, a message, and a short tap action that operates on the at least one parameter;
- (f) displaying, on the display, a tab bar with an entry tab for the entry, the entry tab displaying the entry label and being tappable to select the entry;
- (g) receiving a tap on the entry tab to select the entry as a selected entry;
- (h) displaying a status wheel for the selected entry in a status information block on the display using the entry descriptor, the status wheel including at least one ring divided into sectors, each sector operating as a status field defined by an associated status field definition from the entry descriptor, the sector displaying the associated status title;
- (i) receiving a short tap on the at least one status field to select the status field as the selected status field;
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- (j) performing the short-tap action associated with the selected status field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.