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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Christopher J. Dawson, Arlington, VA (US);

Vincenzo V. Diluoffo, Sandy Hook, CT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02);
Abstract

In general, embodiments of the invention provide an approach to organize a user interface, such as a computer desktop, based on the role or activity of the current user. Specifically, a display area configuration of a user device is defined by selecting resources from a plurality of available resources to include in a display area configuration, building a profile from the selected resources to preserve the display area configuration, and saving the profile. The display area is then built on a user device when the profile is selected from the user device.


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