USER INTERFACE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE USED AS A HOME CONTROLLER

摘要

A system, device and method for wirelessly controlling a plurality of electronic appliances (74, 76, 78, 80, 82) arranged within a local area (53) include an electronic device having a location detection circuit, a user interface circuit (12d) and a display device (14). The location detection circuit is operative to determine a general location of the electronic device within the local area, and the user interface circuit is operative to receive the determined general location. Based thereon, the user interface circuit configures at least one user interface (150a-150c, 152, 154) for control of at least one electronic appliance located in the same general location as the electronic device. The display device may display the user interface configured by the user interface circuit.