Controlling remote devices using user interface templates

A first computing device comprising:

• a display device;
• a short-range wireless communication unit;
• at least one processor;
• and
• memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
• receive, from a second computing device, via the short-range wireless communication unit, data including state information of the second computing device and identification information for the second computing device;
• and
• responsive to a distance between the first computing device and the second computing device satisfying a threshold distance:
• determine, based on the identification information, a particular template graphical user interface from a plurality of template graphical user interfaces;
• determine, based on the state information, one or more operations the second computing device is configured to perform;
• output, using the particular template graphical user interface and for display by the display device, a graphical user interface associated with the second computing device and that includes one or more graphical elements that each correspond to a respective operation of the one or more operations the second computing device is configured to perform;
• receive an indication of a user input selecting a particular graphical element of the one or more graphical elements;
• and
• transmit, to the second computing device, an indication of the operation corresponding to the particular graphical element.

20:

• A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a first computing device, cause the at least one processor to:
• receive, from a second computing device, via a short-range wireless communication unit, data including state information of the second computing device and identification information for the second computing device;
• and
• responsive to a distance between the first computing device and the second computing device satisfying a threshold distance:
• determine, based on the identification information, a particular template graphical user interface from a plurality of template graphical user interfaces;
• determine, based on the state information, one or more operations the second computing device is configured to perform;
• output, using the particular template graphical user interface, a graphical user interface associated with the second computing device and that includes one or more graphical elements that each correspond to a respective operation of the one or more operations the second computing device is configured to perform;
• receive an indication of a user input selecting a particular graphical element of the one or more graphical elements;
• and
• transmit, to the second computing device, an indication of the operation corresponding to the particular graphical element.

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

• establish a communication session between the first computing device and the second computing device in response to the distance between the first computing device and the second computing device satisfying the threshold distance;
• and
• after transmitting the indication of the operation to the second computing device and responsive to the distance between the first computing device and the second computing device no longer satisfying the threshold distance:
• terminate the communication session;
• and
• output, for display, an updated graphical user interface that does not include the graphical user interface associated with the second computing device.