Patent ID: 7623888
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A wireless handheld device comprising: a processor; data storage; a display screen; a wireless communication interface for communicating over an air interface; ranking-data stored in the data storage, the ranking-data defining a rank-ordered listing of N user-interface display elements; and program logic stored in the data storage and executable by the processor, wherein the program logic is executable with respect to a first user-interface skin defining P slots for presentation of user-interface display elements, where 1<P<N, (i) to select the top P ranked user-interface display elements of the rank-ordered listing, and (ii) to present the P selected user-interface display elements in the P slots of the first user-interface skin on the display screen, and wherein the program logic is executable with respect to a second user-interface skin defining P′ slots for presentation of user-interface display elements, where 1<P′<N and where P′ is not equal to P, (i) to select the top P′ ranked user-interface display elements of the rank-ordered listing, and (ii) to present the P′ selected user-interface display elements in the P′ slots of the second user-interface skin on the display screen.