Patent ID: 7808380
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for customizing indicator information for displaying status information to a user, comprising: a receiver for receiving status information from each of a plurality of devices, wherein the receiver assigns the status information received from each of the plurality of devices to one of a plurality of classes to generate class information for each of the plurality of classes, wherein each of the plurality of classes is associated with a different characteristic of the plurality of devices; an information stretcher for stretching the status information received from at least one of the plurality of devices by a predetermined amount; a plurality of manipulators for altering at least one attribute of the class information for at least one of the plurality of classes; a logical combiner for combining class information from the plurality of classes into a plurality of combinational groups to customize a content of indicator information in each of the plurality of combinational groups, wherein each of the plurality of combinational groups is formed according to a predetermined function; an information sequencer for modifying an order of indicator information from the plurality of combinational groups to generate a stream of indicator information, wherein the order of information in the stream of indicator information is modified to customize a display of the stream of indicator information, wherein the stream of indicator information comprises a serial stream of bits of indicator information; a serial-to-parallel converter for converting the serial stream of bits of indicator information to parallel streams of indicator information, wherein the parallel streams of indicator information are used for displaying the status information of the plurality of devices; and a display for displaying the status information of the plurality of devices to the user using the parallel streams of indicator information.