GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND DATA TRANSFER METHODS IN A CONTROLLING DEVICE

摘要

A smart device is provided with a main remote control application that may be configured using information obtained from a QR code. The main remote control application may present images of original remote controls corresponding to devices which are controllable by the configured main remote control application. In connection with a presented image of an original remote control, the display may present icons that are representative of a subset of the buttons of the original remote control. The user interface also allows a user to select amongst the images of the original remote controls to change which appliances are to be controlled via the user interface. A pop-up remote control widget may also be provided which may be invoked without switching to the main remote control application provisioned on the smart device.

主权项

1. A non-transitory, computer-readable media having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a processing device, perform steps comprising:
responding to predetermined first user input provided to a smart device to cause a pop-up remote control widget associated with a main remote control application provisioned on the smart device to be superimposed in a display of the smart device over a current smart device display data; wherein the pop-up remote control widget presents in the display of the smart device a first plurality of icons, wherein each of the first plurality of icons of the pop-up remote control widget is selectable to cause a command to be issued from the smart device to control a one of a first plurality of functional operations of an intended target controllable device, wherein the first plurality of functional operations of the intended target controllable device that are controllable via selections of the first plurality of icons of the pop-up remote control widget is a subset of a second plurality of functional operations of the intended target controllable device that are controllable via use of the main remote control application, and wherein the pop-up remote control widget is capable of being invoked at any point without switching to the main remote control application provisioned on the smart device.