Method and system for selecting skinnable interfaces for an application
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1. A method for selecting skinnable interfaces comprising:
- accessing user specific information upon installation of an application on a computing resource that is associated with a user, said user associated with said user specific information;
determining a selected user interface (UI) skin from a plurality of UI skins based on said user specific information;
configuring said application to incorporate said selected UI skin as a default UI skin for said application;
wherein said user specific information comprises behavioral logic available on said computing resource, said behavioral logic associating said user to said selected UI skin;
wherein said selected UI skin is associated with a selected business partner chosen from a plurality of business partners based on said user specific behavioral logic, and wherein said plurality of UI skins is associated with said plurality of business partners;
wherein said user specific behavioral logic associates a user as a customer of said selected business partner; and
wherein said user purchased said computing resource from said selected business partner.
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Abstract
A method for selecting skinnable interfaces and a system for implementing the same. The method discloses accessing user specific information upon installation of an application on a computing resource. The computing resource is associated with a user that is associated with the user specific information. The method continues by associating the user with a selected selected skin from a plurality of user interface (UI) skins. The association between the user and the selected UI skin is based on the user specific information. Thereafter, the method continues by configuring the application to display the selected UI skin as a default UI skin for the application.
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1. A method for selecting skinnable interfaces comprising:
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accessing user specific information upon installation of an application on a computing resource that is associated with a user, said user associated with said user specific information; determining a selected user interface (UI) skin from a plurality of UI skins based on said user specific information; configuring said application to incorporate said selected UI skin as a default UI skin for said application; wherein said user specific information comprises behavioral logic available on said computing resource, said behavioral logic associating said user to said selected UI skin; wherein said selected UI skin is associated with a selected business partner chosen from a plurality of business partners based on said user specific behavioral logic, and wherein said plurality of UI skins is associated with said plurality of business partners; wherein said user specific behavioral logic associates a user as a customer of said selected business partner; and wherein said user purchased said computing resource from said selected business partner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A business partner specific user interface on a computer, comprising:
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a background presentation comprised of a bitmap image formed within a window on said computer as background to a user interface application, wherein said background presentation is associated with a selected skin chosen from a plurality of skins based on user specific behavioral logic, wherein said user specific behavioral logic is obtained during installation of an application on a computing resource; and at least one category that is dynamically defined based on said user specific behavioral logic and that is added to said background presentation in said selected skin for said user interface application, wherein said category comprises related links to local resources on said computing resource and web based resources; wherein said selected UI skin is associated with a selected business partner chosen from a plurality of business partners based on said user specific behavioral logic, and wherein said plurality of UI skins is associated with said plurality of business partners; wherein said user specific behavioral logic associates a user as a customer of said selected business partner; and wherein said user purchased said computing resource from said selected business partner. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer system comprising:
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a processor; a computer readable memory coupled to said processor and containing program instructions that, when executed, implement a method for selecting skinnable interfaces comprising; accessing user specific information upon installation of an application on a computing resource that is associated with a user, said user associated with said user specific information; determining a selected user interface (UI) skin from a plurality of UI skins based on said user specific information; and configuring said application to incorporate said selected UI skin as a default UI skin for said application; wherein said user specific information comprises behavioral logic available on said computing resource, said behavioral logic associating said user to said selected UI skin; wherein said selected UI skin is associated with a selected business partner chosen from a plurality of business partners based on said user specific behavioral logic, and wherein said plurality of UI skins is associated with said plurality of business partners; wherein said user specific behavioral logic associates a user as a customer of said selected business partner; and wherein said user purchased said computing resource from said selected business partner. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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