| US 7,430,722 B2 | ||
| Method and system for selecting skinnable interfaces for an application | ||
| Geoffrey Martin, Scotts Valley, Calif. (US); Janet Sailor, San Leandro, Calif. (US); Anthony Reyes, San Francisco, Calif. (US); and Ruth Lim, Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 18, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/804,989. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/508439, filed on Oct. 02, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0076306 A1, Apr. 07, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—762 [715/866; 715/764; 715/745; 715/746; 715/735; 715/744] | 24 Claims |
| 1. A method for selecting skinnable interfaces comprising:
accessing user specific information upon installation of an application on a computing resource that is associated with a
user, said user associated with said user specific information;
determining a selected user interface (UI) skin from a plurality of UI skins based on said user specific information;
configuring said application to incorporate said selected UI skin as a default UI skin for said application;
wherein said user specific information comprises behavioral logic available on said computing resource, said behavioral logic
associating said user to said selected UI skin;
wherein said selected UI skin is associated with a selected business partner chosen from a plurality of business partners
based on said user specific behavioral logic, and wherein said plurality of UI skins is associated with said plurality of
business partners;
wherein said user specific behavioral logic associates a user as a customer of said selected business partner; and
wherein said user purchased said computing resource from said selected business partner.
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