Dynamically configurable graphical user environment
First Claim
1. A system for providing a graphical user interface environment on a user'"'"'s screen of a computer system, comprising:
- a library of graphical elements, each graphical element of said library having particular display characteristics and being capable of being displayed independently of one another;
a first configuration file, said configuration file containing function calls to a subset of graphical elements within said library of graphical elements, which when activated retrieves said set of graphical elements; and
, a graphical user interface, said graphical user interface displays said set of retrieved graphical elements on the users screen.
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Abstract
A system and method that provides for presenting a dynamically configurable graphical user environment. The invention as embodied defines both an interface, and an interface engine. The look, layout and to some extent the behavior of a graphical desktop produced with the invention is defined by a configuration file called a “skin”. The skin is passed by an interface engine at runtime, which is communication with a library of graphical elements, produces the visual display. This methodology allows changes to the desktop to be made quickly without any changes to the interface engine itself. Thus, the system is highly customizable and may be adapted for particular users or environments.
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16 Claims
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1. A system for providing a graphical user interface environment on a user'"'"'s screen of a computer system, comprising:
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a library of graphical elements, each graphical element of said library having particular display characteristics and being capable of being displayed independently of one another;
a first configuration file, said configuration file containing function calls to a subset of graphical elements within said library of graphical elements, which when activated retrieves said set of graphical elements; and
,a graphical user interface, said graphical user interface displays said set of retrieved graphical elements on the users screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of creating a graphical user environment in a computer system, comprising:
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parsing a first configuration file, said configuration file containing function calls to a subset of graphical elements within said library of graphical elements, each graphical element of said library having particular display characteristics and being capable of being displayed independently of one another;
retrieving said set of graphical elements; and
,displaying the graphical elements on the screen. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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