Patent ID: 7930644
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: G05D,G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a system which includes a programmable multimedia controller comprising the steps of: providing a graphical programming environment; creating a library of components which are available for inclusion in a system, each of the components having an associated component profile which contains information regarding the component's capabilities; selecting, by a user, a plurality of components for inclusion in said system from said library of components and placing the selected components in a workspace of the graphical programming environment; and using the graphical programming environment, by the user, to draw connections between particular ones of the selected components, and from particular ones of the selected components and a programmable multimedia controller, to interconnect the selected components with the programmable multimedia controller in a desired configuration, wherein the programmable multimedia controller is arranged to control the selected components.