Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for configuring a user interface

US7917855B1 · kind B1 · utility

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7References

16Claims

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Assignee

Symantec Operating Corporation · US

Inventors

Vekeepuram R. Satish · Fremont, US
Manish Parekh · San Jose, US
Shailendra Itnal · Santa Clara, US
Darshana Ashok Daga · Jamkhed, IN
Ronald Karr · Palo Alto, US
Amol Narayan Godbole · Fremont, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 1, 2002
Grant date	Mar 29, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 1, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/451
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for configuring a user interface is disclosed. The method and apparatus allow for the determination of a function provided by the user interface using a skin. Such a skin includes information regarding an object, where the object represents an entity managed using the user interface.

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