Visual indication of a device connection speed

摘要

A method of providing visual indication of a device connection speed proceeds by determining a connection speed of the device and selecting a visual indicator representative of the connection speed. Once the appropriate indicator has been selected, the visual indicator is then displayed.

主权项

1. A method, implemented by a host computing system programmed to perform the following, comprising:
determining a connection speed level of a device connected to the host computing system; selecting, using the determined connection speed level, a visual indicator from a plurality of visual indicators, the visual indicator comprising a first icon feature to visually indicate a type of the device and a second icon feature to visually indicate the determined connection speed level of the device; and displaying the visual indicator as a graphic icon on a display screen associated with the host computing system, wherein the second icon feature of the graphic icon is to visually distinguish the device having the connection speed level from a second device of the same type and with a second connection speed level.