Patent ID: 7805528
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: G06F,G08C,H04L,H04M,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A user interface apparatus for context-aware environments, comprising: a button input means for sensing activation of a button; a wireless communication means for transferring a plurality of control messages through a wireless network to selectively control various electronic appliances; and a controlling means for sensing a button activation pattern, creating a first control message in response to when sensing the button activation pattern is within a first time window and in response to a first environment where the user interface apparatus is located when sending the button activation pattern, creating a second control message in response to when sensing the button activation pattern is within the first time window and in response a second environment where the user interface apparatus is located when sending the button activation pattern, creating a third control message in response to when sensing the button activation pattern is within the second time window and in response to the first environment where the user interface apparatus is located when sending the button activation pattern, transmitting the first control message to a first device controlling apparatus through the wireless communication means to control a corresponding first electronic appliance in the first environment in accordance to a time and environment based user pattern, transmitting the second control message to a second device controlling apparatus through the wireless communication means to control a corresponding second electronic appliance in the second environment in accordance to the time and environment based user pattern, and transmitting the third control message to the first device controlling apparatus through the wireless communication means to control a corresponding third electronic appliance in the first environment in accordance to the time and environment based user pattern.