Patent ID: 7360158
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: G06Q,G09B,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of providing educational information about a wireless electronic communications system, the educational information being wireless terminal configuration specific, comprising: displaying a system comprising a predetermined set of multiple components of a wireless electronic communication system as a preconfigured display of a plurality of graphical objects, each graphical object corresponding to a component of the system, the display showing a physical relationship between the components of the system, the display further showing at least one connecting graphical object representing a connection between a first and a second component of the system, an appearance of the connecting graphical object indicating a nature of the connection between the first and second components, the display further comprising a menu portion comprising selectable sub-interfaces, one sub-interface representing a user equipment configuration, the menu further comprising a plurality of simulations responsive to a selection of a sub-interface for a user equipment configuration and a plurality of service options responsive to the selection of a second sub-interface; receiving a first signal indicative of a selection of one of the plurality of graphical objects in the display, said signal being indicative of a request for educational information regarding a component corresponding to said selected graphical object, an appearance of said graphical object in the display changing to indicate its selection, said change in appearance being one of a change in a dimensionality of said selected graphical object, a size of said selected graphical object, and a shape of said selected graphical object; in response to said request for educational information, displaying first information regarding the component of the system corresponding to the selected graphical object, the first information including information relating to one of an identity, a function, and a characteristic of the component corresponding to the selected graphical object; and further in response to said request for information, providing second information regarding a connection between the component corresponding to the selected graphical object and a component corresponding to a second graphical object connected to the selected graphical object in the preconfigured display, the connection being represented by a connection graphical object, the connection graphical object including one of a pipeline image and a data line image, the information including one of a characteristic of the connection and a status of a data transfer between the component corresponding to the selected graphical object and the component corresponding to the graphical object connected thereto, the second information being provided by a change in appearance in said connection graphical object upon the selection of the graphical object; and further in response to selection of a sub-interface for a user equipment configuration different from a first selection of a sub-interface for a user equipment configuration, reconfiguring said preconfigured network to display a different network configuration consistent with the selection of said different sub-interface and further providing, upon selection, a display of an associated simulation with the selected different sub-interface or providing, upon selection, a display of an associated service option with the selected different sub-interface.