Patent ID: 8037423

Claim:
A method for selectably presenting icons related to information technology processes by a user means of a computer system, the computer system having a memory, a display screen and a point and select device, comprising a. recording in the computer system of an association provided by a user of at least two information technology processes with an enclosing icon data record, each of the at least two information technology system associated with a distinct visual icon; b. rendering an enclosing icon on the display screen as derived from the enclosing icon data record as a result of the boot up process of the computer, the enclosing icon presenting a visually distinct signage, and the enclosing icon adapted for alternatively and selectable instantiating a first enclosing state and a presenting state; c. displaying the enclosing icon in the first enclosing state; d. receiving from the user a command to render the enclosing icon in the presenting state; e. rendering the enclosing icon in the presenting state and at least two process icons in an instantiation of a software code comprised within the memory of the computer system and upon selection of the enclosing icon by means of the point and select device, wherein each process icon is uniquely associated with one of the at least two information technology processes previously associated with the enclosing icon by the user and each process icon initiates a unique information technology process when selected by means of the point and select device; f. wherein the signage is visually associated with a corporation; g. wherein the signage of the enclosing icon includes personalized information associated with a user of the computational device, whereby the personalized information may be collected by an intelligent client executable by the computer system, and the computer systems automatically monitors interaction of the user with a computer and recommends to the user an addition or a deletion of a process icon associated with a one or more process icons on the basis of a comparison of the a record of the user's interaction with the computer system and digitized representations of computer interaction patterns.