Method and system for providing NUI

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9823812-B2
Application number	US-201114362369-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2011
Priority date	Nov 24, 2011
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

A method and system for providing a Network-based User Interface (NUI) is provided. The method for providing the NUI includes: selecting one from among devices connected to a network; acquiring a UI regarding the selected device through the network; and interacting with the device by using the acquired UI. Accordingly, the user terminal can acquire the UI regarding the device connected to the network through the network and interact with the device, so that the user can easily manipulate the device at a remote distance and can easily grasp the statue of the device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for providing a Network-based User Interface (NUI), the method comprising:
displaying, by a user terminal, devices connected to a network;
selecting, by the user terminal, a first device from among the displayed devices;
acquiring, by the user terminal and from a server through the network, an application which provides a User Interface (UI) controlling the selected first device; and
executing, by the user terminal, the acquired application for interacting with the selected first device using the UI provided by the executed application,
wherein the devices are stratified,
wherein, when the first device is selected, a second device which is a lower level device of the first device is displayed by the user terminal on an electronic map browser,
wherein a kind of an electronic map of the electronic map browser is changed according to a level of devices displayed on the electronic map browser,
wherein the selecting comprises
displaying graphic items, which are assigned to the devices, on an electronic map browser, and
selecting a graphic item from among the graphic items displayed on the electronic map browser,

wherein the selected graphic item is assigned to the first device,
wherein each of the graphic items displayed on the electronic map browser indicates one of a person and a place, and
wherein the displayed devices comprises a real device physically connected to the network and a virtual device virtually connected to the network, and the real device and virtual device are distinguished from each other by color on the electronic map browser.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acquiring comprises
accessing, by a browser executed in the user terminal, a web page of the server, and
acquiring, through the accessed web page, the application from the server.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
requesting, by the user terminal, the server to search devices connected to the network; and
receiving, from the server, a device list of searched devices,
wherein the displaying comprises displaying, by the user terminal, the received device list, and
wherein the selecting comprises selecting the first device from among the devices listed in the displayed device list.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user terminal interacts with the first device directly through the network or indirectly via the server.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting comprises:
displaying, by the user terminal, the electronic map browser on which the devices are displayed; and
selecting the first device from among the devices displayed on the electronic map browser.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
changing, by the user terminal, a screen of the electronic map browser to a previous browser screen or a next browser screen according to a user command.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the devices are displayed by the user terminal according to a distance from the user terminal to the devices and a security level of a user of the user terminal.

8. A system for providing a Network-based User Interface (NUI) comprising:
a server configured to
store applications each comprising a User Interface (UI) for controlling a corresponding one of devices connected to a network; and

a terminal configured to
display the devices connected to the network,
select a first device from among the displayed devices,
acquire, from the server, the application which provides the UI for controlling the selected first device, and
execute the acquired application for interaction with the selected first device using the UI provided by the executed application,

wherein the devices are stratified,
wherein the terminal is configured to, when the first device is selected, display a second device which is a lower level device of the first device, on an electronic map browser,
wherein the terminal is configured to change a kind of an electronic map of the electronic map browser according to a level of devices displayed on the electronic map browser,
wherein the terminal is configured to
display graphic items, which are assigned to the devices, on an electronic map browser, and
select a graphic item from among the displayed graphic items,

wherein the selected graphic item is assigned to the first device,
wherein each of the graphic items displayed on the electronic map browser indicates one of a person and a place, and
wherein the displayed devices comprises a real device physically connected to the network and a virtual device virtually connected to the network, and the real device and virtual device are distinguished from each other by color on the electronic map browser.

Assignees

• Kim Jae Ho
• Sung Ha Gyeong
• Won Kwang Ho
• Lee Sang Shin
• Ahn Il Yeup
• Song Min Hwan
• Yoon Jae Seok
• Korea Electronics Technology

Inventors

• Kim Jae Ho
• Sung Ha Gyeong
• Won Kwang Ho
• Lee Sang Shin
• Ahn Il Yeup
• Song Min Hwan
• Yoon Jae Seok

Classifications

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• H04L67/025

  for remote control or remote monitoring of applications · CPC title

• G06F3/0483

  Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor · CPC title

• G06F15/161 Primary

  Computing infrastructure, e.g. computer clusters, blade chassis or hardware partitioning (casings, cabinets, racks or drawers for data centers H05K5/00) · CPC title

• G06F16/23

  Updating · CPC title