Adaptable user interface for business software

US7900152B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Jakob Peter Nielsen · Redmond, US
• Nicholas Justin Lowe · Mercer Island, US
• Kevin M. Honeyman · Fargo, US
• Cary Rohwer · Duvall, US
• Brian Glaeske · Fargo, US
• Hans Roed Mark · Farum, DK
• Morten Holm-Petersen · Copenhagen, DK
• Arne de Booij · Amersfoort, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 23, 2005
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An adaptable user interface is formed based on a role assumed by a user and the identification of tasks in a process that need to be performed. For each role assumed by the user, a set of tasks assigned to the role is identified. Each task is evaluated to determine if it is an active task that needs to be performed in one or more processes. For each active task, an element is added to the user interface.