Patent ID: 8997011
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G05D,G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a system of audio/video components, comprising: displaying to a user, in a graphical user interface, representations of audio/video components from a component library, each representation of an audio/video component corresponding to a physical audio/video component that is available for inclusion in the system and associated with a corresponding component profile for that physical audio/video component that includes information regarding the physical audio/video component's capabilities; placing a selected plurality of representations of audio/video components from the component library in a configuration workspace of the graphical user interface, to indicate their inclusion in the system; drawing connections between particular ones of the selected plurality of audio/video components in the configuration workspace, in response to the user interacting with the graphical user interface; determining, by a processor, one or more realized services that the system is capable of providing based on the selected plurality of audio/video components and the drawn connections between particular ones of the selected plurality of audio/video components; and displaying to the user, in the graphical user interface, indications of the one or more realized services that the system is capable of providing.