Patent ID: 8631349
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for changing an application User Interface (UI) in a portable terminal using a menu theme information, the method comprising: loading UI theme information contained in menu theme information; selecting a main window image from the loaded UI theme information; selecting theme index table information, wherein the theme index table information includes a plurality of tables of colors, fonts, lines, and backgrounds; creating the application UI consistent with a menu UI using the selected theme index table information and the selected main window image, wherein the menu UI is a main menu and a menu tree as well as an idle screen displayed when a portable terminal is powered on; and, storing the created application UI as a basic interface, wherein the colors of the application UI are selected based on values of contrast and complement of the menu UI, and wherein the colors of the application UI are automatically extracted from each image of the menu theme information.