US 2008/0189680 A1 · User experience customization framework

Abstract

A user experience (“UX”) customization framework is provided that enables the customization of the UX provided by an operating system (“OS”) and application programs executing on the OS. The UX customization framework includes a UX platform engine that processes UX markup language files to create a customized UX. UX markup language files include data that is formatted according to a UX markup language. The UX markup language is a superset of the hypertext markup language that defines additional markup language tags for use in creating a customized UX, such as tags through which the functionality provided by an OS component or an application program that is exposed through an application programming interface may be utilized within the UX.

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A method for providing a customized user experience for a computing system, the method comprising:

storing a user experience markup language file, the user experience markup language file comprising one or more markup tags for accessing functionality through an application programming interface (API) exposed by a computer program;
and
executing a user experience platform engine on the computing system for processing the user experience markup language file to generate the customized user experience, the user experience platform engine operative to determine that the user experience markup language file has a markup tag contained therein for accessing functionality through an API exposed by a computer program, and in response thereto, to call the API to utilize functionality exposed through the API in the customized user experience.

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User experience customization framework

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