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Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2020
Applicant:

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventor:

Olfert Paul Paulsen, Dragør, DK;

Assignee:

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/22 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); H04L 67/75 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/22 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 9/452 (2018.02); H04L 67/75 (2022.05);
Abstract

A system and method for allowing a companion device to serve as a user interface for another network device is disclosed. The companion device includes a display element, an input device and a software program that enables the companion device to create standard graphical items on that display. The network device transmits a list of graphical descriptors to the companion device, which the companion device uses to create the user interface. Additionally, the network device also transmits to the companion device, the commands that the companion device is to transmit based on user input. In this way, the companion device does not require any knowledge of the operation or functionality of the network device in order to serve as its user interface.


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