Patent ID: 7536653
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A portable terminal for presenting information regarding a plurality of devices in a proximate environment, said portable terminal having a digital processor and related memory, an operator movable operating element, a display for selectively displaying information data of a selected one of said devices, and means for selecting any one of said devices comprising: an array of display objects representing individual devices, said array being at least partially displayed on said display, and a marker displayed on said display, said array and said marker being movable relative to one another, wherein the movement of the movable operating element by an operator results in a substantially coincident movement of said array of marker and said movable operating element is positioned so that it appears to an operator to at least partially overlap with the display such that said array or said marker appears to an operator to be an integral part of the operating element and that the array and the movable operating element appear to either rotate about the same axis or move parallel to one another.