User Interface Based on Device-State Information

摘要

A portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display (such as a cellular telephone) provides a wireless remote control for an entertainment device (such as a consumer-electronic device). Based on device-state information that specifies a current state of the entertainment device (which is determined by an audio/video (A/V) hub that communicates with the entertainment device) and one or more related states of the entertainment device, the A/V hub may generate user-interface information that specifies a user interface that includes one or more virtual command icons. Note that the one or more related states are related to the current state in a state diagram by corresponding operations that transition the entertainment device from the current state to the one or more related states. Then, the A/V hub provides the user interface to the portable electronic device. In this way, the A/V hub device dynamically adapts the user interface.

主权项

1. An audio/video (A/V) hub, comprising:
an antenna; an interface circuit, coupled to the antenna, configured to communicate with a portable electronic device; and a control circuit, coupled to the interface circuit, configured to:
determine device-state information for an entertainment device specifying a current state of the entertainment device;generate, based on the determined device-state information, user-interface information that specifies a user interface that includes one or more virtual command icons associated with the current state and one or more related states of the entertainment device that are related to the current state in a state diagram by corresponding operations that transition the entertainment device from the current state to the one or more related states; andprovide, via the interface circuit, the user-interface information to the portable electronic device for display on a touch-sensitive display in the portable electronic device.