Patent ID: 8205008
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for allowing device control and access to digital content through pluggable user interfaces, comprising: a hub which enables communication with a plurality of target devices and services; a resource server, which executes on one or more computers and which includes a resource and usage database which stores information about resources that are associated with the target devices and services, including mandatory and optional properties and access rights, for the purpose of allowing control of the target devices and services via the hub, and one or more pluggable user interfaces which enable access to the target devices and services; wherein, for each particular user using the system, the resource server matches that particular user with a pluggable user interface that the particular user can then use as their personal interface to access and control the target devices and services; a front-end that enables users to control and access the plurality of target devices using their pluggable user interface; and wherein the hub is a Universal Control Hub and the system is further configured to provide the front-end to the Universal Control Hub as an online service.