APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING USER INTERFACE ACCORDING TO USER PREFERENCE

• US 20150331602A1
• Filed: 07/24/2015
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: SON, Kyoung-ho, JUNG, Dong-Shin, LEE, Jae-shin
• Granted Patent: US 10,884,595 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions

Abstract

Provided are an apparatus and method for setting a user interface according to user preferences, more particularly, an apparatus and method for setting the user interface according to the user preferences, in which the user interface can be set up by reflecting the user preferences, and the set user interface is synchronized in order to be used in other devices. The apparatus includes a user-interface-configuration unit that is notified of an update and rearrangement of a predetermined user interface element by a user, a user-information-management unit that manages security information of the user that reconfigures the user interface element, and a user-interface-tree-management unit that reconfigures a predetermined user-interface tree based on the reconfigured user-interface element.

Claims

1. A method of setting a user interface according to user preferences, the method comprising:

requesting user interface element from a first device;

receiving by a second device, the user interface element;

synchronizing user interfaces stored in the second device based on the user interface information which reflects the user preferences; and

storing the user interface information, and

wherein the synchronizing comprises;

applying changes in the received user interface element to the user interfaces stored in the second device using an interface identifier.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface element comprises the interface identifier, a lock that indicates whether the user interface element has been created, updated, or destroyed, and a link that indicates an object address that can be executed by the user interface element.