Methods, Apparatus and Systems for Displaying and/or Facilitating Interaction with Secure Information via a Channel Grid Framework

An apparatus serving as a user platform operated by a user to facilitate display of, and interaction with, secure user-centric information, the apparatus comprising:

• a display device to display a desktop for the user platform;
• at least one communication interface to facilitate wired and/or wireless communications via one or more transmission media;
• at least one memory to store processor-executable instructions;
• and
• at least one processor communicatively coupled to the display device, the at least one communication interface, and the at least one memory, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions by the at least one processor, the at least one processor manages display of and interaction with the secure user-centric information by controlling the display device to display the desktop for the user platform as a channel grid framework, the channel grid framework including a plurality of user-selectable items representing a corresponding plurality of authorized channels through which the user receives and/or interacts with respective portions of the secure user-centric information,
• wherein:
• the channel grid framework occupies a majority of the desktop;
• the channel grid framework includes a two-dimensional twelve-item array of identically-sized user-selectable items;
• the plurality of user-selectable items included in the channel grid framework is based at least in part on information access rights and/or security protocols respectively associated with the corresponding plurality of channels, the user, and the user platform;
• the plurality of authorized channels includes at least a first authorized channel through which the user receives and/or interacts with first authenticated channel information constituting a first portion of the secure user-centric information;
• the first authenticated channel information is provided by at least one authenticated channel application and/or at least one authenticated service;
• and
• the plurality of user-selectable items includes at least a first user-selectable item representing the first authorized channel.