Wayne H Scott

US Patent:

7831930, Nov 9, 2010

Filed:

Nov 6, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/288727

Inventors:

Mauro Dresti - West Covina CA, US
Patrick H. Hayes - Mission Viejo CA, US
Robert Campbell - Costa Mesa CA, US
Steve LanPing Huang - Placentia CA, US
Weidong William Wang - Tustin CA, US
Han-Sheng Yuh - Walnut CA, US
Sandro David Klein - Cypress CA, US
Alex Louie - Los Angeles CA, US
Cheryl Scott - Austin TX, US
Wayne Scott - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

Universal Electronics Inc. - Cypress CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715835, 715714, 715747, 715811

Abstract:

A hand-held electronic device having a remote control application user interface that functions to displays operational mode information to a user. The graphical user interface may be used, for example, to setup the remote control application to control appliances for one or more users in one or more rooms, to perform activities, and to access favorites. The remote control application is also adapted to be upgradeable. Furthermore, the remote control application provides for the sharing of operational mode information.

US Patent:

8176432, May 8, 2012

Filed:

Nov 8, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/290605

Inventors:

Sandro David Klein - Cypress CA, US
Ingvald Alain Smith-Kielland - Diamond Bar Boulevard CA, US
Alex Louie - Los Angeles CA, US
Cheryl Scott - Austin TX, US
Wayne Scott - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

UEI Electronics Inc. - Cypress CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715772, 715740, 715810, 715835, 715817, 715821, 715836

Abstract:

A user interface for displaying graphical operational mode information to a user of a universal remote control. The user interface displays to the user in a circular queue arrangement iconic representations of every home appliance which the universal remote control is setup to control. The user may then interact with the user interface to select an iconic representation of the one of the home appliances which the user desires to control. In response to this selection, the user interface will display the iconic representation of the home appliances such that the iconic representation of the home appliance indicated by the user is moved to a predetermined position in the circular queue arrangement relative to the remaining iconic representations and/or is given an appearance distinct from the appearance of the remaining iconic representations within the circular queue arrangement. In this manner, the user interface indicates to the user the current operational mode of the universal remote control.

US Patent:

62790161, Aug 21, 2001

Filed:

Sep 21, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/938032

Inventors:

David De Vorchik - Seattle WA
Oshoma Momoh - Seattle WA
Timothy Allen Satalich - Redmond WA
Richard S. Turner - Woodinville WA
Lauren Beth Gallagher - Seattle WA
Wayne G. Scott - Austin TX

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

707526

Abstract:

A standard user interface enables a user to filter an arbitrary unfamiliar data set intuitively and effectively. The illustrated interface includes a header control presenting labels, filters, and pulldown menus for each attribute of a data set, presented by an associated display control. The control communicates with a data provider through a set of APIs included in the computer's operating system. Through these APIs the data provider indicates the labels and menus to be displayed, while the header control passes new filter criteria to the data provider as it is specified by the user. The data provider filters the data set according to the user-specified filter criteria, and returns the filtered data set for display by the display control. Desirably, new filter criteria are passed to the data provider as they are being typed by the user, allowing the data provider to return successively smaller sets of result data, thus giving the visual impression of a shrinking data set. Non-textual filtering criteria can be input using non-textual interfaces, specified by the data providers.