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Method for utilizing look and feel in a graphical user interface

US8225234B2 · kind B2 · utility

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50References

36Claims

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Assignee

Oracle International Corporation · US

Inventors

Daryl B. Olander · Boulder, US
Richard Feit · Boulder, US
Edward O'Neil · Seattle, US
Timothy Breeden · Boulder, US
Scott Musson · Arvada, US
Christopher Jolley · Broomfield, US
Thomas A. Cook · Boulder, US
Sathyanarayana Giridhar · Sammamish, US
Jason Howes · Cambridge, US
Douglas Dew · Champaign, US
Fernand Galiana · Thornton, US
Robert Bergman · Columbus, US
Brodi Beartusk · Lafayette, US
Purushotham Babu Naidu · Lafayette, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 27, 2004
Grant date	Jul 17, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 6, 2027

Classification

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

Abstract

A method for rendering a graphical user interface (GUI), comprising providing for the representation of the GUI as a set of objects wherein the objects are organized in a logical hierarchy, associating a theme with a first object in the set of objects, rendering the first object according to the theme, rendering any descendents of the first object according to the theme, wherein any descendents of the first object can override the theme, and wherein one of the set of objects can communicate with another of the set of objects.

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