Configuring user interfaces in electronic devices

• US 20070260749A1
• Filed: 05/02/2006
• Published: 11/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Stripe, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Lahdensivu, Kimmo
• Granted Patent: US 9,092,239 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/246
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A method and an electronic device arranged to execute application programs, wherein the device comprises an operating system enabling a separation of user interface data from the rest of the data processing system, the device being arranged to check, in response to starting an execution of the application program, whether screen size information of the application program corresponds to a display size of the terminal; and download, in response to the screen size of the application program differing from the display size of the terminal, a new user interface file with an appropriate screen size from a network server.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

starting an execution of an application program in a terminal comprising an operating system enabling a separation of user interface data from the rest of the data processing system;

checking whether screen size information of the application program corresponds to a display size of the terminal; and

in response to the screen size of the application program differing from the display size of the terminal, downloading a new user interface file with an appropriate screen size from a network server.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the screen size information of the application program is stored in a user interface descriptor of the application program.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

prior to downloading the new user interface file from the network server, examining whether the application program includes any further user interface files; and

selecting a user interface file appropriate for the terminal for further usage, if included in the application program.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the application program includes a network address of the network server providing user interface files to be downloaded.

5. An electronic device comprising:

a data processing unit;

a memory, coupled to said data processing unit, for storage of an operating system and application programs, said operating system enabling a separation of user interface data from the rest of data processing operations;

an input/output interface coupled to said memory and data processing unit;

the data processing unit being arranged to check, in response to starting an execution of one of the application programs, whether screen size information of the application program corresponds to a display size of the terminal; and

the input/output interface being arranged to download, in response to the screen size of the application program differing from the display size of the terminal, a new user interface file with an appropriate screen size from a network server.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein

the device is arranged to check the screen size information of the application program from a user interface descriptor of the application program.

7. The device according to claim 5, the device being further arranged to

examine, prior to downloading the new user interface file from the network server, whether the application program includes any further user interface files;

and

select a user interface file appropriate for the terminal for further usage, if included in the application program.

8. The device according to claim 5, wherein

the device is arranged to retrieve a network address of the network server from a predefined location in the application program.

9. The device according to claim 5, wherein

the operating system is the Symbian operating system.

10. A computer program product, stored on a computer readable medium and executable in a data processing device, for updating a user interface file for an application program, the computer program product comprising:

a computer program code section for starting an execution of the application program;

a computer program code section for checking whether screen size information of the application program corresponds to a display size of the terminal; and

a computer program code section, responsive to the screen size of the application program differing from the display size of the terminal, for downloading a new user interface file with an appropriate screen size from a network server.

11. The computer program product according to claim 10, further comprising:

a computer program code section for checking the screen size information of the application program from a user interface descriptor of the application program.

12. The computer program product according to claim 10, further comprising:

a computer program code section for examining, prior to downloading the new user interface file from the network server, whether the application program includes any further user interface files; and

a computer program code section for selecting a user interface file appropriate for the terminal for further usage, if included in the application program.

13. The computer program product according to claim 10, further comprising:

a computer program code section for retrieving a network address of the network server from a predefined location in the application program.

14. The computer program product according to claim 10, wherein

the computer program product is compatible with Symbian operating system.