Methods and apparatuses for controlling the appearance of a user interface
First Claim
1. A method to display user interface elements on a data processing system, the method comprising:
- automatically determining, based on a primary color, a plurality of secondary colors for the user interface elements; and
displaying the user interface elements using the plurality of secondary colors.
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Abstract
Methods, systems and machine readable media for displaying (e.g., information from multiple calendars) using different secondary colors generated according to primary colors in a data processing system. In one exemplary method, a calendar interface is displayed on a display device, wherein the calendar interface is capable of displaying calendar events for a user, and a control interface is displayed, which control interface allows the user to selectively display calendar events simultaneously from at least two calendars of the user in the calendar interface. Each of the calendars can have a primary color for display; and, secondary colors are automatically determined based on the primary color for the user interface elements associated with a calendar.
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66 Claims
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1. A method to display user interface elements on a data processing system, the method comprising:
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automatically determining, based on a primary color, a plurality of secondary colors for the user interface elements; and
displaying the user interface elements using the plurality of secondary colors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A machine readable medium containing executable computer program instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause said system to perform a method to display user interface elements on the data processing system, the method comprising:
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automatically determining, based on a primary color, a plurality of secondary colors for the user interface elements; and
displaying the user interface elements using the plurality of secondary colors. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A data processing system to display user interface elements, the data processing system comprising:
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means for automatically determining, based on a primary color, a plurality of secondary colors for the user interface elements; and
means for displaying the user interface elements using the plurality of secondary colors. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method of controlling a graphical user interface of a data processing system, the method comprising:
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presenting a range of colors which appear to vary in a substantially continuous manner;
receiving a user input selecting a color from said range of colors;
automatically determining, based on said color from said range of colors, a plurality of colors for a corresponding plurality of user interface elements;
displaying said plurality of user interface elements with said plurality of colors. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A machine readable medium containing executable computer program instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause said system to perform a method of controlling a graphical user interface of said data processing system, the method comprising:
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presenting a range of colors which appear to vary in a substantially continuous manner;
receiving a user input selecting a color from said range of colors;
automatically determining, based on said color from said range of colors, a plurality of colors for a corresponding plurality of user interface elements;
displaying said plurality of user interface elements with said plurality of colors. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A data processing system of a graphical user interface, the data processing system comprising:
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means for presenting a range of colors which appear to vary in a substantially continuous manner;
means for receiving a user input selecting a color from said range of colors;
means for automatically determining, based on said color from said range of colors, a plurality of colors for a corresponding plurality of user interface elements;
means for displaying said plurality of user interface elements with said plurality of colors. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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