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Optimizing a user interface for a computing device

  • US 8,924,873 B2
  • Filed: 11/23/2010
  • Issued: 12/30/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for defining a display area configuration of a user device, comprising:

  • associating a user with one role of a plurality of roles, wherein the user may only be associated with a single role at a time;

    selecting one or more resources from a plurality of available resources, wherein the selected one or more resources comprise at least one application associated with the one role;

    receiving the one or more resource selections to include in a display area configuration;

    excluding from the display area configuration, by disabling credentials of the user, one or more resources from the plurality of available resources, wherein the excluded one or more resources are associated with a role of the plurality of roles other than the one role;

    building a profile from the selected resources to preserve the display area configuration;

    saving the profile;

    linking the profile to at least one calendar event;

    building the display area on a user device in response to an occurrence of the at least one calendar event, the display area comprising the selected one or more resources comprising the at least one application associated with the one role;

    logging a period of time the user does not access a resource currently included in the display area configuration; and

    removing the resource in the display area configuration when the period of time reaches a predefined threshold.

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