Patent ID: 6263346
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
In a network of client computers controlled by a server computer storing all application and operating system programs used in the client computers, a system for storing data representative of customized client computer graphical user interfaces comprising:means for using said stored programs to create an initial graphical user interface to be used in said client computers,means for storing data representative of said initial graphical user interface,user interactive display means in at least one of said client computers for forming a subsequent graphical user interface by selective user customization of said initial graphical user interface,means for determining the differences between said subsequent user customized interface and said initial user interface,means for storing data representative of only the differences of said subsequent interface from said initial interface, andmeans for displaying said subsequent user interface by modifying the data representative of said initial interface with the data representative of said differences.