USER INTERFACE HAVING CUSTOMIZABLE TEXT STRINGS

• US 20100145675A1
• Filed: 12/04/2008
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Lloyd, Owen W., Peters, Teresa M., Yovin, John A., Sabotta, Kenneth Q.
• Application Number:
  US12/328,091
• Publication Number:
  US 20100145675A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191

Abstract

A user interface having customizable text strings is described. In an implementation, a mobile communication device comprises one or more modules to provide an option to specify a target demographic for the mobile communication device. The option is configured such that a language, intended market, and at least one other characteristic of the target demographic may be specified. One or more text strings may then be obtained based on the target demographic that was specified to be output in a user interface on the mobile communication device.

Claims

1. A mobile communication device comprising one or more modules to:

provide an option to specify a target demographic for the mobile communication device, the option to specify a language, intended market, and at least one other characteristic of the target demographic; and

obtain one or more text strings based on the target demographic to be output in a user interface on the mobile communication device.

2. A mobile communication device as described in claim 1, wherein the language and the intended market are specified using a language code and a country code, respectively.

3. A mobile communication device as described in claim 2, wherein the at least one other characteristic of the target demographic is an age group.

4. A mobile communication device as described in claim 2, wherein the at least one other characteristic of the target demographic is whether the mobile communication device is to be used for personal or business purposes.

5. A mobile communication device as described in claim 1, wherein the option is output by the mobile communication device via a user interface.

6. A mobile communication device as described in claim 1, wherein each of the one or more text strings are output in response to an occurrence of respective one of a plurality of events.

7. A mobile communication device as described in claim 6, wherein at least one of the events is an incoming telephone call.

8. A method as described in claim 6, wherein at least one of the events is receipt of a text message.

9. A mobile communication device as described in claim 6, wherein at least one of the events is receipt of an email.

10. A mobile communication device as described in claim 1, wherein the one or more modules that provide the option and obtain the one or more text strings are part of an operating system.

11. A mobile communication device as described in claim 1, wherein the one or more modules provide the option via a user interface that is output at the mobile communication device such that a user may specify at least one of the text strings that are obtained.

12. A method comprising:

making a plurality of themes accessible at a site over a network, each to be applied to a user interface of a mobile communication device, one or more of the themes being targetable to a particular demographic through customizable text strings; and

collecting revenue that is based at least in part on access to at least one of the themes.

13. A method as described in claim 12, wherein the customizable text string are to be output in the user interface of the mobile communication device in response to an occurrence of an event at the mobile communication device.

14. A method as described in claim 13, wherein the event includes an incoming telephone call, receipt of a text message, or receipt of an email.

15. A method as described in claim 12, wherein the revenue is collected to output one or more advertisements at the site.

16. A method as described in claim 12, wherein the revenue is collected through purchase of the at least one theme.

17. One or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that are executable by a device to output an option to customize text strings that are to be output in a user interface by the device in response to an occurrence of a respective one of a plurality of events that relate to receipt of a communication at the device.

18. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17, wherein another one of the plurality of events relate to hardware functionality of the device.

19. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17, wherein the text strings are part of a theme to be applied to the user interface of the device.

20. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17, wherein the communication is a telephone call or a text message.