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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2001
Thomas Brune, Hannover, DE;
Ingo Hütter, Pattensen, DE;
Thomas Brune, Hannover, DE;
Ingo Hütter, Pattensen, DE;
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
Two or more electronic devices are connected via a bus system building a cluster or chain of devices. A device can be selected using a control device, wherein an user interface for the selected device is generated based on description data which are stored in the selected device and are transferred to the control device. A single user interface is shown on a display of the control device which allows to operate at least two devices simultaneously. The user interface of a first device is displayed as main user interface and the user interface of a second device is rendered within the main interface as reduced user interface which includes only operation elements necessary for operation of the second device in combination with the first device.