1. Field of the Invention
The current disclosure relates to a method for facilitating selection between objects appearing in a user interface and, in particular, to a graphical user interface (GUI) for wireless connection systems.
2. Description of the Related Art
In current computer interfaces of wireless connection interface, list view is widely used for representing available clients.
This causes inconvenience to users looking for preferred clients with proper signal strength, since list view provides a cluttered presentation and confuses the user while selecting preferred client objects. Moreover, with the rapid development in wireless communication technology, the current computer human interface of wireless connection system is not able to fulfill the requirements of new generation wireless communication protocols such as Wi-Fi Direct, a peer-to-peer (P2P) technology. Such new generation wireless communication protocols provide connections of AP devices, connections of AP-like devices, and connections of sub-layer wireless devices. The sub-layer devices are defined as the wireless devices connecting to the AP devices or AP-like devices. The conventional interface of a wireless connection system is not able to display the connection of sub-layer wireless device. Therefore, there is a need for a method for facilitating selection between objects appearing in a computer GUI of wireless connection system having features of easy selection and displaying sub-layer client objects.
The object of the present invention is to provide a selection method of a GUI of a wireless connection system having features of rotary selection and displaying client objects in two layers. The present invention is limited to a specific apparatus, that is, a wireless control system, and thus provides a physical transformation of the specific apparatus.
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the method comprises the following steps: displaying a plurality of client objects in a first connection layer of a first interface, wherein the plurality of client objects in the first connection layer are displayed in a circular manner and the displayed client objects in the first connection layer are rotated by rotating a wheel on a mouse or sliding a finger on a touch screen; allowing the user to select a preferred client object from the plurality of client objects in the first connection layer by clicking a mouse button, wherein the selected client object will be moved to a predetermined position of the circularly disposed client objects; and displaying the client objects in a second connection layer if the selected client object connects to client objects in the second connection layer. The client objects in the second connection layer can also be rotated by rotating the wheel on the mouse or by sliding a finger on the touch screen. The wireless connection is then established with the selected client object in the first connection layer; the system provides a pop-up message window. The pop-up message window provides the connection type with selections of security authentication, selections of operation channel and selections of profile information.
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the method comprising the following steps: displaying a plurality of client objects in a first connection layer of a first interface, wherein the plurality of client objects in the first connection layer are displayed in a circular manner; rotating the displayed client objects until a preferred client object is moved into a middle position of the circularly displayed client objects, wherein the client object moved into the middle position of the circularly displayed client object is a preferred client object; and allowing the user to select the client object at the middle position of the circularly displayed client objects in the first connection layer.
The client objects in the second connection layer can also be rotated by rotating a mouse wheel or by sliding a finger on the touch screen. A wireless connection is then established with the selected client object in the first connection layer while providing a pop-up message. The pop-up message window provides the connection type with options of security authentication, options of operation channel and profile information.
In order to have further understanding of the techniques, means, and effects of the current disclosure, the following detailed description and drawings are hereby presented, such that the purposes, features and aspects of the current disclosure may be thoroughly and concretely appreciated; however, the drawings are provided solely for reference and illustration, without any intention to be used for limiting the current disclosure.
In order to explain the method for facilitating selection of objects appearing in a computer interface of the present invention more clearly, a bus architecture that utilizes the method of the present invention will be disclosed thereinafter.
In the step of establishing the wireless connection between the object with wireless connection request and the selected client object in the first connection layer, a pop-up message window provides the connection type with options of configuration method, options of operating channel and options of profile information.
While establishing the wireless connection between the object with wireless connection request and the selected client object in the first connection layer, the system provides a pop-up message window showing the connection type with options of configuration method, options of operating channel and profile information.
Although the present invention and its objectives have been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. For example, many of the processes discussed above can be implemented using different methodologies, replaced by other processes, or a combination thereof.
Moreover, the scope of the present application is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments of the process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, means, methods and steps described in the specification. As one of ordinary skill in the art will readily appreciate from the disclosure of the present invention, processes, machines, manufacture, compositions of matter, means, methods, or steps, presently existing or later to be developed, that perform substantially the same function or achieve substantially the same result as the corresponding embodiments described herein may be utilized according to the present invention. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to include within their scope such processes, machines, manufacture, compositions of matter, means, methods, or steps.
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61425227 | Dec 2010 | US |