Method and apparatus for adapting a graphical user interface
OwnerRobert Leslie Van Oostenbrugge, Paulus George Maria De Bot +1inventors
InventorsRobert Leslie Van Oostenbrugge, Paulus George Maria De Bot, Astrid Mathilda Ferdinanda Dobbelaar
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for adapting a graphical user interface. A skin is applied to the graphical user interface so as to influence its look and feel, in response to an event which does not originate from a user request to change the currently applied skin. Such an event may be a change of a category of presented information, a command received from a remote server, or a change of a user profile. Skins thus change dynamically without requiring an explicit user request.
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An apparatus comprising presentation means for presenting a graphical user interface and skin means for applying a skin to the graphical user interface so as to influence the look of the graphical user interface, characterized in that the skin means are adapted to change a currently applied skin in response to an event not originating from a user request to change the currently applied skin.
A method of transmitting information to an apparatus, the apparatus having presentation means for presenting a graphical user interface and skin means for applying a skin to the graphical user interface so as to influence the look of the graphical user interface, characterized in that the information comprises a skin change command to the apparatus for changing a currently applied skin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.