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.
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A computing device having a processor and memory, and configured to interact with an amplifier in a communications network, the amplifier having configurable settings for level and tilt, the device configured to display a graphical user interface that displays a visual representation of the amplifier's contemporaneous settings for level and tilt along with a plurality of user-interactive icons that together allow the user to manually adjust the contemporaneous settings for level and tilt, and such that the adjustments are reflected in the displayed visual representation.
A method for configuring contemporaneous settings for level and tilt of an amplifier in a communications network, 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.