WO2001059551A2 - Interface d'utilisateur concue pour interagir avec plusieurs sources de donnees en temps reel - Google Patents

Interface d'utilisateur concue pour interagir avec plusieurs sources de donnees en temps reel Download PDF

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WO2001059551A2
WO2001059551A2 PCT/US2000/035374 US0035374W WO0159551A2 WO 2001059551 A2 WO2001059551 A2 WO 2001059551A2 US 0035374 W US0035374 W US 0035374W WO 0159551 A2 WO0159551 A2 WO 0159551A2
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  • the present invention relates generally to monitoring multiple real-time data feeds from multiple customized sources using a remote terminal device.
  • PDAs personal digital assistants
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • PCs personal computers
  • laptop computers The present invention consequently recognizes that PDAs and other consumer computers potentially can support a large number of applications.
  • the present invention further recognizes that many additional useful applications can be supported using the Internet. Specifically, owing to the world wide computer-to-computer communications provided by the Internet, the present invention recognizes that many useful applications can be provided that use data gathered by or generated by other computers. Also, such applications, as understood herein, are not necessarily limited to simply using data, but can include two-way communication between computers to permit a first computer, such as a PC or PDA, to control or monitor a second computer, such as a digital telephone or a digital video camera, based on data communicated from the second computer to the first computer.
  • a first computer such as a PC or PDA
  • a second computer such as a digital telephone or a digital video camera
  • a user interface is disclosed with accompanying general purpose computer that is programmed according to the inventive steps herein.
  • the invention can also be embodied as an article of manufacture - a machine component - that is used by a digital processing apparatus and which tangibly embodies a program of instructions that are executable by the digital processing apparatus to execute the present logic.
  • This invention is realized in a critical machine component that causes a digital processing apparatus to perform the inventive method steps herein.
  • the invention is a graphical user interface (GUI) for a user terminal including a monitor.
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • the GUI includes a personalized toolbar that can be presented on the monitor and that has one or more icons.
  • Each icon is associated with a respective network address of a respective source of digitized content in wireless communication with the terminal.
  • a user can configure an icon to cause data from the respective source to be presented on the monitor.
  • the toolbar is defined by a user. At least some icons include thumbnails of data from the respective sources.
  • the toolbar is stored on a server and is associated with a user ID, such that the toolbar is presented on any computer device logged onto using the user ID and communicating with the server.
  • a computer system in another aspect, includes at least one user terminal including at least one output device, and plural sources of digitized content in wireless communication with the user terminal.
  • Logic is executable by the terminal for displaying a toolbar on the output device.
  • the toolbar includes one or more icons, each being associated with a respective source and each being manipulable by a computer input device associated with the terminal to select the associated source for display.
  • each icon is associated with a content channel, and an icon is manipulable to cause data from the channel to be displayed.
  • the preferred logic can receive an alert from at least one source and generate an alert signal in response thereto, with the alert signal altering the respective icon.
  • an icon can be enlarged when a user manipulates the icon. Data from a channel is displayed in the associated icon. Thus, the icon essentially functions as a display window.
  • a computer-implemented method for monitoring real-time customized data and stored public content includes providing a terminal accessing at least one wireless network path of a computer network, and providing one or more sources of data on the network. The method also includes displaying at least one channel selector element having multiple selections corresponding to the multiple sources to permit the user to select a source for display of data therefrom from among the sources of data.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing the system of the present invention
  • Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a generic toolbar for use in selecting realtime data to be monitored;
  • Figure 3 is a flow chart showing the overall logic of the invention;
  • Figure 4 is a flow chart showing a more detailed logic flow
  • Figure 5 is a flow chart showing a specific logic flow when the real-time data includes, for example, video
  • Figure 6 is a flow chart showing further details of the user terminal logic
  • Figure 7 is a screen display of an implementation of the terminal toolbar and accompanying real-time data displays
  • Figure 8 is another screen display of an implementation of the terminal toolbar and accompanying real-time data displays.
  • Figure 9 is a flow chart showing terminal daemon logic. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
  • a system for selectively monitoring multiple real-time data feeds from one or more customized data sources 12, in addition to the publicly available sources mentioned further below.
  • customized data sources is meant sources that provide data as defined by the user or that are associated with the user, and not with the general public.
  • one source 12 might be a home security camera or a video camera located in the user's child's playroom or day care center as defined (set up) by the user, while another source 12 might be the user's home telephone, either wired or wireless or both.
  • Yet another source 12 might be a stock market feed with portions of its stock information compiled into customized user-defined portfolio.
  • Still another source 12 might be an intra-office or inter-office intercom associated with the user or with a small group of people to which the user belongs, or an in-home appliance with, e.g., a JAVA interface.
  • Another source 12 might be a customized database, such as, for example, an electronic journal of the user's personal finances, or a database containing customized public or third party content.
  • the content can be stored on a server, such as a user's home video device or other device.
  • IP Internet Protocol
  • the server 18 can include a communication server 20 for appropriate format conversion to and from IP packets, and a service management server 22, both of which function to undertake the server logic includes in the flow charts below. If desired, the below-described server functions can be distributed among the sources 12/terminal 26.
  • the communication interface 24 can be a standard modem, in which case the network path 28 between the server 18 and terminal device 26 is a standard copper wire or optical fiber Internet path.
  • the network path 28 is a wireless path such as the so-called iBurstTM or RicochetTM communication systems, and more preferably is a space division multiple access (SDMA) path as disclosed in, e.g., U.S. Patent Nos.
  • SDMA space division multiple access
  • SDMA is essentially a directional version of time division multiple access (TDMA) or code division multiple access (CDMA), which produces a very high rate of data transmission (i.e., in excess of one megabyte per second) as compared to other types of Internet communication protocols.
  • TDMA time division multiple access
  • CDMA code division multiple access
  • the network paths 30 between the sources 12 and Internet 16 can be conventional wired Internet paths but more preferably are SDMA wireless paths.
  • the terminal device 26 is a digital processing apparatus, such as a personal digital assistant made by Sony. Or, the terminal device 26 can be a personal computer made by International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) or Apple computer, or the terminal device 26 may be any computer, including a laptop computer, a palmtop computer, or any other appropriate digital appliance.
  • IBM International Business Machines Corporation
  • Apple computer or the terminal device 26 may be any computer, including a laptop computer, a palmtop computer, or any other appropriate digital appliance.
  • the terminal device 26 is electrically connected to one or more input devices 32, e.g., a mouse and/or a keyboard, which can be manipulated by a user of the system 10 as set forth further below to select customized data 14 from the sources 12 for display on, e.g., an output device such as a monitor 34.
  • input devices 32 e.g., a mouse and/or a keyboard
  • output device such as a monitor 34.
  • Other output devices such as other computers, computer networks, audio speakers, printers, and so on can be used.
  • the terminal device 26 includes a daemon module 36.
  • the flow charts herein illustrate the structure of the module 36 of the present invention as well as the logical structure of the server 18 and sources 12 as embodied in computer program software.
  • the flow charts illustrate the structures of logic elements, such as computer program code elements or electronic logic circuits, that function according to this invention.
  • the invention is practiced in its essential embodiment by a machine component that renders the logic elements in a form that instructs a digital processing apparatus (that is, a computer) to perform a sequence of function steps corresponding to those shown.
  • the present logic may be established as a computer program that is executed by a processor within, e.g., the terminal device 26 as a series of computer-executable instructions.
  • these instructions may reside, for example, in RAM of the appropriate computer, or the instructions may be stored on a DASD array, magnetic tape, electronic read-only memory, or other appropriate data storage device.
  • the computer-executable instructions may be lines of compiled C ++ compatible code.
  • the selector element 38 is a toolbar, although other graphical user interface (GUI) elements can be used, such as, for example, dropdown menus.
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • the selector element 38 includes plural source icons 40, with each icon 40 being associated with a respective one of the data sources 12 shown in Figure 1.
  • IP Internet protocol
  • the icon can be associated with a hyperlink that points to the Internet protocol (IP) address or other address of the associated source 12.
  • IP Internet protocol
  • An icon can be configured by the user to be static or it can display real-time data from its respective source. In the latter case, clicking on an icon can cause it to enlarge and/or to zoom in or expand the view.
  • the user establishes the data feeds he or she wants to monitor by appropriately defining the icons 40, in cooperation with the system server.
  • the toolbar 38 is conformable.
  • a user can specify the appearance, configuration, and content of the toolbar 38 depending on the available sources 12.
  • the toolbar 38 can be further customized in light of the particular capabilities of the terminal 26. For example, text only icons might be established for a terminal 26 (e.g., a wireless telephone) that has limited display capabilities.
  • the terminal 26 is an audio device, monitored data can be played and audible alerts generated when appropriate.
  • the selector element 38 is presented on the monitor 34 ( Figure 1) so that a user can click on one or more of the icons 40 to display on the monitor 34 the real-time data feed from the associated source 12.
  • clicking on an icon can cause an option of services, e.g., in the form of a popup menu, to be displayed.
  • These services can be tailored to the particular source.
  • the services can include, in the case of a home video camera, the ability to control the camera remotely.
  • a user selectively monitors one or more data feeds from one or more sources 12.
  • clicking on the appropriate icon 40 causes the data feed to be displayed.
  • the icon is a window displaying realtime data, the user can view the relatively small icon or click on it to cause it to enlarge as described above, and/or to cause a menu of services related to the source 12 to appear
  • selection of an icon is detected by the daemon module 36 at block 44, which communicates via the preferably wireless network path 28 with the server 18 to establish a preferably dedicated channel, referred to herein as a "tunnel channel", between the selected source(s) and the terminal device 26.
  • the selected data feeds are thereby communicated to the terminal device 26 for presentation thereof on the monitor 34, such that a user can monitor the feeds.
  • the user can monitor any alerts that might be generated by an unselected source 12, such as, for example, a stock price from a portfolio source, or a motion alarm from a security camera, or an incoming call alert from an in-home or cellular telephone.
  • the above-described service is billed for in accordance with accounting details set forth more fully below.
  • Figure 4 shows additional details of the present logic.
  • the customized data sources 12 are defined by the user. For instance, the user can set up and start an in-home video camera at block 48, or define a list of stocks for inclusion in a stock portfolio maintained by an online quote service at block 48.
  • the toolbar 38 is defined, based on the sources 12. More specifically, icons 40 (with underlying source 12 addresses) of the toolbar 38 are established along with identifying the sources 12.
  • the daemon module 36 is established.
  • a single daemon module 36 is provided for all the sources 12 as set forth further below, although each source 12 can have an associated module 36 at the terminal device 26.
  • the sources 12 are registered with the server 18.
  • the registration includes recording the source's Internet protocol (IP) address or other identifying address with the server 18.
  • IP Internet protocol
  • the sources 12 are perpetually available to generate data streams that are available to, but that are not necessarily sent to, the terminal device 26 via the Internet.
  • an in-home telephone might not continuously generate data and send it to the Internet unless the telephone receives an incoming call.
  • digitized voice data might not be sent to the Internet unless and until the user at the terminal device 26 responds to an alert to answer the call by clicking on the appropriate icon 40 of the toolbar 38.
  • a video camera or other appliance is available to generate data continuously but might not generate the data until requested or, if continuously generating the data, might not send the data to the Internet until a user clicks on the appropriate icon of the toolbar 38.
  • both the telephone source 12 and video camera source 12 are continuously available to generate data in that they are both on and either generating data or continuously monitoring for a signal to generate data.
  • the server 18 can be provided with real-time quotes for all publicly traded securities by a quote service, with the gathering of particular quotes into customized portfolios being accomplished at the server 18 for provision thereof to the user when the user clicks on the appropriate icon on the toolbar 38.
  • Billing for the above-described service can be accomplished at block 58.
  • the billing is accomplished by gathering accounting data either during the entire time a source 12 or sources 12 are available via the Internet, or as the user displays the data from one or more sources 12 at block 60. That is, a user can be billed essentially a fixed monthly rate, and/or a user can be billed as the user actually displays the data streams from the sources 12. Invoices are periodically sent to the user of the terminal device 26 based on the accounting data gathered at block 58. Billing can also be done on a per-piece basis in the case of the below-described public sources, i.e., each time a user downloads a song or video.
  • a user can be billed on a service basis (the number and/or type of channels and/or monitoring services embodied in the toolbar 38) and on a registration basis (e.g., the number and/or type of terminal devices registered with the server, such as for customized download).
  • a service basis the number and/or type of channels and/or monitoring services embodied in the toolbar 38
  • a registration basis e.g., the number and/or type of terminal devices registered with the server, such as for customized download.
  • the user can periodically control the sources 12 (as by, for instance, answering a telephone call alert from a telephone source 12, or by modifying a stock portfolio).
  • a source 12 for display such as by clicking on the appropriate icon 40
  • the data is displayed at block 64.
  • Figure 5 shows the details of one preferred but non-limiting implementation of the present logic for a single one of the sources 12, assuming that the source 12 is a source of digitized video data.
  • the daemon module 36 enters a loop.
  • the loop can cause the daemon module to periodically "sleep" (e.g., for one-half second), and then "wake up” to poll the icons 40 to determine whether any icon 40 has been selected by the user in the past second.
  • the daemon module thus can be a foreground or background process that continuously monitors for selection of a source 12 data stream to be displayed.
  • the daemon module 36 monitors the data feeds from the sources 12 when it "awakens", to update the icons 40 as appropriate.
  • block 68 represents the selection of an icon 40 associated with a source 12 that is a video camera.
  • the daemon transmits a feed request through the server 18 to the source 12 associated with the icon 40 that was clicked at block 68.
  • the source 12 acknowledges the request, and then a real-time video feed from the source 12 to the terminal 26 for display thereof is facilitated by several steps as follows.
  • the terminal 26 sends registration/authorization data tags to the server 18 for billing and security purposes.
  • the server 18 allocates buffer space as required to buffer the video feed, authenticates the user, and registers the user for billing purposes.
  • the server 18 can also allocate storage for the feed that can be later accessed if desired.
  • the server 18 preferably establishes a so-called "tunnel" channel, which is a private, secure, two-way dedicated channel between only the source 12 and terminal 26.
  • tunnel a so-called "tunnel” channel, which is a private, secure, two-way dedicated channel between only the source 12 and terminal 26.
  • the terminal 26 While the server 18 is undertaking the above-described functions, the terminal 26 creates video buffers as necessary and undertakes time synchronization with the server 18 in accordance with video transmission principles known in the art.
  • the terminal 26 When the terminal 26 is ready to receive data, it sends a "start" command at block 78 to the source 12, which creates the requested content, compresses it, and packetizes it in IP packet format at block 80.
  • the packets of data can include tags that, in addition to or in lieu of the terminal tags received at block 74, can be stripped or copied by the server 18 for billing purposes. Thus, billing can be undertaken on a per-transmitted packet basis (or based on multiple packets) if desired.
  • the source 12 undertakes time synchronization with the server 18, and a realtime video stream is transmitted via the wireless network paths and Internet described above at block 82. As it is transmitted, the packet tags can be extracted for billing purposes at block 84.
  • the terminal 26 monitors for an interrupt signal at block 86, and when one is generated, the terminal 26 sends the interrupt signal to the source 12 at block 88.
  • the request for video is then deactivated at block 90, at which time data from the source 12 is no longer presented to the user.
  • Figures 6 and 7 show details of the structure and logic of the toolbar 38 shown in Figure 2.
  • the user logs on using the appropriate user name and password to any suitable network device, such as the terminal device 26.
  • the server 18 correlates the user ID to the toolbar 38 defined at block 48 in Figure 4 and sends the toolbar 38 to the user at block 94.
  • the toolbar 38 is associated with a user, not necessarily with a particular network device, such that wherever the user logs on his or her own personalized toolbar is presented.
  • the toolbar 38 is always displayed, although if desired the user can minimize the toolbar 38 and drag and drop the toolbar 38 on the display.
  • the toolbar 38 can be resident on the terminal 26, with its configuration parameters being sent to the server for "portability" of the toolbar 38 to other devices that the user might log on to.
  • Figure 7 shows that the icons 40 can be thumbnails generated by the respective source 12 to which they pertain.
  • the left-most icon shown in Figure 7 is associated with an in-home video camera, and accordingly the icon is a thumbnail of an interior room.
  • an icon is shown that is associated with a day care video camera and that is a thumbnail of a day care center, while the next icon is associated with a customized stock portfolio and accordingly is a thumbnail of a personalized stock ticker.
  • Other icons shown in Figure 7 include a symbol of a telephone, associated with a network-attached telephone source 12, a check balance icon, associated with an online checkbook database, and a wireless telephone symbol, associated with an online wireless telephone.
  • the icons themselves can be thumbnail videos of the realtime feeds, in which case the associated video source 12 would be continuously generating the feed and sending it via the network paths described above to the terminal 26. Or, still images from a video stream can be used for an icon.
  • a source e.g., a networked telephone source 12
  • the terminal device 26 when an alert is received from a source, e.g., a networked telephone source 12, the terminal device 26 generates an alert signal.
  • the alert signal can, for example, cause the associated icon 40 to blink, or to become highlighted.
  • an audible or even tactile alert can be generated, if desired, to indicate to the user that the user might want to access the source generating the alert.
  • Figure 7 shows that the present display can present data from non-customized, i.e., publicly available, sources as well.
  • icons 95 representing, e.g., online music channels, online movies and television shows, online electronics vendors, and online games can be provided. Clicking on one of the icons 95 causes data from the associated public source to be displayed.
  • the user clicks on the appropriate icon 40 at block 96.
  • the clicked-on icon 40 can be enlarged, as shown at 40A in Figure 8, to show the details of the icon 40.
  • the exemplary icon 40 shown in Figure 8 is a personalized portfolio stock quote, and so quotes 40B can be seen on the enlarged icon 40A.
  • the enlarged icons 40A essentially are windows, and that when the user clicks on plural icons 40, plural enlarged icons 40A appear as windows on the display. It is to be further appreciated that in the case of a video source 12, clicking on the associated icon 40 causes an enlarged icon 40A to be displayed that is a video window.
  • the real-time feeds are presented, preferably in the windows established by the enlarged icons 40A.
  • Figure 9 shows further details of how the daemon module 36 presents realtime feed.
  • the selected input stream or streams are received.
  • the IP packets of the streams are sent to the software port corresponding to the associated icon 40. That is, when more than one stream is being received, the packets of the various streams are separated from those of other streams and sent to the respective ports associated with the selected sources 12.
  • the packets are processed in accordance with IP packet processing principles known in the art at block 108, and the processed data is then displayed at output state 110.

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L'invention concerne un système et un procédé pour contrôler les entrées de données personnalisées en fonction de données en temps réel, telles que celles générées par des caméras de sécurité domestiques, des téléphones, des appareils, ainsi que des portefeuilles d'actions personnalisés et d'autres données, au moyen d'un terminal utilisateur sans fil (26), tel qu'un assistant numérique (PDA). Les entrées de données sont communiquées à Internet par des voies à fil ou sans fil, et un serveur (18) est connecté à Internet. Une barre d'outils (38) de sources personnalisées (12) est présenté sur le PDA, et un utilisateur peut cliquer sur une icône (40) de la barre d'outils pour que le serveur établisse un canal tunnel entre la source de données sélectionnée et le PDA, de manière qu'une ou plusieurs entrées en temps réel sélectionnées dans la source de données respective (12) puissent être visualisées ou affichées autrement sur le PDA.
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