WO2005073849A2 - Delegation a internet de services d'habillage d'interfaces utilisateurs d'appareils electroniques grand public - Google Patents

Delegation a internet de services d'habillage d'interfaces utilisateurs d'appareils electroniques grand public Download PDF

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WO2005073849A2
WO2005073849A2 PCT/IB2005/050359 IB2005050359W WO2005073849A2 WO 2005073849 A2 WO2005073849 A2 WO 2005073849A2 IB 2005050359 W IB2005050359 W IB 2005050359W WO 2005073849 A2 WO2005073849 A2 WO 2005073849A2
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Werner P. Pfeiffer
Reinhard L. Hintzen
Marc Harmsen
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/14—Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
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    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
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  • the invention relates to a method of enabling to skin a UI of electronic equipment, e.g., consumer electronics (CE) equipment, automotive electronics equipment, medical or other professional electronics equipment, and to a skin for such equipment.
  • electronic equipment e.g., consumer electronics (CE) equipment, automotive electronics equipment, medical or other professional electronics equipment
  • UIs user interfaces
  • GUIs graphical user interfaces
  • changing the appearance (the "look-and-feel") of a user- interactive software application is referred to as "skinning".
  • the change relates to perceptible elements such as background texture, bitmaps of buttons for user input (e.g., via a touch screen), colors, fonts, sounds, etc.
  • a skin is a particular combination of these elements. The skin does typically not relate to the user-interactive functionalities themselves. Skinning is typically used to enable to customize a UI, i.e., to alter the UI to personal specifications.
  • a well-known example is represented by Winamp, a PC -oriented MP3 music player, whose UI allows itself to be visually customized by applying a skin. This feature of Winamp has helped it to become the most popular MP3 player in the market.
  • U.S. patent 6,687,745 incorporated herein by reference discloses dynamic and thin applications, referred to as "droplets".
  • the droplets generally include information identifying the operating environment on the client computer, the application server to connect with, and an application on the server that is run to deliver the requested functionality to the client computer once the connection is made. Droplets store only the information necessary for establishing a connection to an application server, and therefore require a minimum amount of storage space on a client computer.
  • Droplet-enabled applications may be "skinned.” That is, the look-and-feel of a user interface for a particular droplet-enabled application includes aesthetically appealing or commercially branded visual and auditory characteristics that tend to distinguish the application from other applications running within the network.
  • the visual and auditory characteristics may include, for example, distinctive colors, text fonts, control layouts, graphics or relative sizes and spacing of controls.
  • a skin may reflect an advertising or promotional message, a favored item of interest such as a scene from a movie, video game or landscape.
  • a skin may be chosen and applied at run-time without requiring a change in the droplet-enabled application's coding or business logic (i.e., the C++, Java, visual basic or other coding used to develop the applications need not be altered). Therefore, skins permit the user interface of a given droplet-enabled application to be customized from one implementation (e.g., website) to another. That is, the customized user interface to a specific website may be configured as a commercially (branded) or aesthetically appealing interface giving each instance of the droplet-enabled application a desired look and feel.
  • the customization and/or the ability to choose a skin may be provided under the direction of a droplet application developer, the website webmaster, or the end -user.
  • Script files e.g., Jscript files
  • Script files are typically text files and can be used to create elaborate functionality behind a skin.
  • the use of script files provides the capability for a skin to respond to various events. For example, through the use of script files, a skin can react when the user clicks on a button. Script files also enable a skin to respond to changes that happen to the application, e.g., Windows Media Player. Such response might be one that changes, for example, with the progress of the media file that is playing.
  • An event handler is simply a section of code that runs whenever the event is triggered.
  • the event comprises, for example, an external event that is associated with a user of an application with which the skin is associated.
  • the inventors propose providing a service on a data network for supplying a new skin to an end-user's apparatus.
  • users can upgrade data partitions of the apparatus's software, and at the same event the data files can be changed that describe the skin used.
  • new skins e.g., for CE equipment on special occasions (e.g., Halloween, Christmas, Mardi Grass) attention is drawn to the service and to the apparatus, the sole expense being defining the new skin(s) and making it available via a software upgrade Internet service. This is a very cost-efficient way for enabling a marketing campaign.
  • Software upgrade Internet services are known, see, e.g., the background art mentioned below and incorporated herein by reference.
  • the invention relates to a method of enabling to skin a UI of electronic equipment.
  • the method comprises providing a service on a data network, e.g., the Internet for enabling to install code for a new skin of the UI.
  • a data network e.g., the Internet
  • the method may comprise enabling to automate installing of the new skin when connecting to the service.
  • the service provides software upgrades of the equipment's functionality in operational use, and provides the new skin together with the upgrade.
  • the service provides content information for downloading on the equipment, and the UI is skinned to represent this content.
  • the new skin is made to comprise, e.g., a decorative attribute associated with a public event such as a public holiday, a major sports event.
  • the new skin is made to comprise a decorative attribute associated wit a profile of a user, e.g., birthday, wedding day, etc., of the equipment.
  • the service provider obtains the profile, for example, at the registering of the user with the service.
  • the new skin is under control of a calendar or timer for activating or inactivating the new skin to properly represent the public events or personal events.
  • the electronic equipment with the skinnable UI may itself be network-enabled so as to be able to connect to the service head-end (the "skin-head") and to get the new skin installed directly.
  • the service head-end the "skin-head"
  • a touch screen remote control as an example of the latter.
  • the user connects to service via a network enabled PC or set-top box for downloading the new skin(s), that then can get installed by transferring the skins from the PC to the remote via, e.g., a serial cable.
  • the skin is pushed, as part of the UI, from a server device to a client device in the (home) network (e.g. UPnP remote UI technology).
  • Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a system in the invention.
  • DETAILED EMBODIMENTS Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a system 100 in the invention.
  • System 100 comprises a CE apparatus 102, in this example a programmable remote control device with a display monitor 104 with touch screen functionality.
  • Programmable remote controls are known from, e.g., WO0039772 (attorney docket PHA 23,607), see for more details further below.
  • An implementation of apparatus 102 is described in, e.g., U.S.
  • Apparatus 102 can be connected to an external source for data communication in order to program or configure apparatus 102.
  • the external source here comprises a server 106 to which apparatus can be connected via the Internet 108 through an interface 110.
  • Interface 110 may be a direct interface that functionally couples remote 102 to server 106, or an indirect interface, e.g., via a PC with a browser, the PC functioning as a repository to temporarily store the configuration data obtained from server 106 before it gets transferred to remote 102.
  • the user accesses server 106 to obtain newer software to upgrade a functionality of device 102.
  • the user may have been notified of the availability of new software through, e.g., email.
  • the user has provided his/her email address upon initial registration with the service).
  • the user explicitly triggers the download.
  • the user learns about the existence of newer software while visiting the service's web site, or the user's CE equipment or PC checks the service automatically for new software at boot time.
  • a new skin for the UI of remote 102 is retrieved from server 106.
  • the skin is installed in a memory 112 for operational use of remote 102.
  • the skin installed in memory 112 comprises a calendar, i.e., a table or schedule of days, weeks and months with particular events. Each event corresponds to a certain skin.
  • a certain time period relates to an international soccer tournament, and the UI's background colors activated a certain day or parts thereof represent the teams involved in the matches played on that day.
  • the calendar may comprise its own timer as part of a script, or is controlled via a timer 114 resident at remote 102.
  • the user may have subscribed to the service provided by server 106 and may have provided personal background information at registering with the service, such as country, region or city of residence, birthdays of the family members, wedding day celebration, upcoming graduation day, etc.
  • the script downloaded in the skin is then personalized, by way of service, so as to provide the UI of remote 102 with an associated skin at the proper day for that proper region.
  • server 106 may also automate the skinning under control of a calendar, instead of being triggered by the user initiating access of server 106.
  • Server 106 may be implemented by multiple machines at various sites that together constitute the back end. That is, one machine runs the registration service, and another machine runs the supply of the skins, etc. Incorporated herein by reference: U.S. serial no.
  • An Internet site contains links to appliance-dependent control and feature option information, which can be downloaded to the programmable control as a graphic user interface (GUI).
  • GUI graphic user interface
  • a user interface is provided at the site for the user to easily specify a target appliance, and thereafter selectively download the interface and control information that is available for the target appliance.
  • the Internet site also contains links to other providers of configurations and macros, such as system integrators who provide interfaces based on an inventory of the user's controllable equipment, hobbyist who share configurations and macros that they've found useful, and so on.
  • 09/160,490 (attorney docket PHA 23,500) filed 09/25/98 for Adrian Turner et al., for CUSTOMIZED UPGRADING OF INTERNET-ENABLED DEVICES BASED ON USER-PROFILE, and published as WOOO 17789.
  • This patent document relates to a server system that maintains a user profile of a particular end-user of consumer electronics network-enabled equipment and a database of new technical features for this type of equipment. If there is a match between the user-profile and a new technical feature, and the user indicates to receive information about updates or sales offers, the user gets notified via the network of the option to obtain the feature.
  • 09/544,666 (attorney docket US 000089) filed 04/06/00 for Rik Sagar for HANDHELD RETRIEVES UI FROM SERVER FOR CONTROL OF APPARATUS NIA SERVER, and published as WO0123994.
  • This patent document relates to a handheld remote with a wireless modem to send an identifier to a server on the Internet.
  • the server has a look-up table to associate the identifier with a URL.
  • the URL specifies a CGI program on another machine on the Internet. The machine controls equipment through execution of the CGI program.

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L'invention porte sur un service d'habillage via Internet de l'interface utilisateur d'appareils électroniques grand public permettant d'illustrer certains jours fériés ou événements publics.
PCT/IB2005/050359 2004-02-02 2005-01-27 Delegation a internet de services d'habillage d'interfaces utilisateurs d'appareils electroniques grand public WO2005073849A2 (fr)

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