Method and apparatus for managing user interfaces
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsMark Ryan, R. Tyler Wallis, William S. Robbins, Susan Steele
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a tablet with a touch-sensitive display. The tablet can be adapted to present a user interface (UI), receive a UI policy from a service provider of a communication system communicatively couplable to the tablet to manage operations of the UI, detect a request from a user of the tablet to adapt the UI, and manage the adaptation of the UI according to the UI policy. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims25
A communication device, comprising:
- a tablet with a touch-sensitive display,
- wherein a base unit is communicatively couplable to the tablet by way of a cordless phone protocol and a wireless data protocol to provide voice and data communication services to the tablet, and
- wherein the tablet is adapted to:
- present a user interface (UI);
- receive a UI policy from a service provider of a communication system communicatively couplable to the tablet to manage operations of the UI;
- detect a request from a user of the tablet to adapt the UI;
- and
- manage the adaptation of the UI according to the UI policy.
A computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions to:
- present a user interface (UI);
- receive from a communication system a UI policy to manage presentation aspects of the UI;
- detect a request to adapt the UI;
- and
- manage the adaptation of the UI according to the UI policy.
A communication system, comprising a controller to transmit to a communication device a graphical user interface (GUI) policy to manage a GUI presented by an operating system of the communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.