Patent ID: 9137034
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a user interface for controlling devices that are currently connected to a network, the method comprising: displaying a user interface on one or more devices connected to the network capable of displaying a user interface, the user interface including at least one reference associated with each of said devices connected to the network for user selection of said one or more devices that are currently connected to the network; and in response to selection of a reference associated with a device from the user interface, using the selected reference for communicating with the selected device over the network to access user interface information for the selected device and dynamically generating a web-based control page for display on a browser for user interaction with the selected device via the web-based control page using the accessed user interface information, wherein the accessed user interface information comprises graphical user interface information for generating a graphical user interface for the web-based control page, wherein the web-based control page is generated based on the accessed user interface information from the selected device.