User interface system

A method of rendering a personalized graphical user interface, the method comprising:

• receiving generic data relating to an application at a GUI assembler associated with a user device;
• retrieving user specific data from a user data memory associated with the user device;
• retrieving a guideline from a UI memory associated with a user device, the guideline specifying a look and feel of the graphical user interface;
• and
• assembling a personalized graphical user interface according to the guideline based on the user specific data and the generic data.

A method of generating a personalized graphical user interface in an interactive TV system, comprising:

• receiving an input at a user device from a remote control operated by a user, the input specifying a request to display information different from information contained in a first graphical user interface being presented to the user;
• sending a request from the user device to a web interface server for generic information relating to at least one application;
• receiving the generic information relating to the at least one application at the user device from a web interface server;
• retrieving at least one instruction from a UI memory associated with the user device, the at least one instruction corresponding to a display of generic information in a second graphical user interface;
• and
• assembling the second graphical user interface on the user device according to the at least one instruction retrieved from the UI memory and the generic information received from the web interface server.

An interactive television system comprising:

• a user device including a memory, and a user interface assembler;
• and
• a server, coupled to the user device via a network, to provide generic data to the user device via the network,
• wherein a personalized graphical user interface is generated by the user interface assembler from the generic data received from the server and user specific data from the memory.

A machine-readable medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform a method including:

• receiving generic data relating to an application at an assembler associated with a user device;
• retrieving user specific data from a memory associated with the user device;
• retrieving a guideline from the memory associated with a user device, the guideline specifying a look and feel of q graphical user interface;
• and
• assembling the graphical user interface according to the guideline based on the user specific data and the generic data.

A machine-readable medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform a method including:

• receiving an input at a user device from a remote control operated by a user, the input specifying a request to display information different from information contained in a first graphical user interface being presented to the user;
• sending a request from the user device to a server for generic information relating to at least one application;
• receiving the generic information relating to the at least one application at the user device from the server;
• retrieving at least one instruction from a memory associated with the user device, the at least one instruction corresponding to a display of the generic information in a second graphical user interface;
• and
• assembling the second graphical user interface on the user device according to the at least one instruction retrieved from the memory and the generic information received from the server.