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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2006
Dale Ducharme, Toronto, CA;
Dale Ducharme, Toronto, CA;
Research In Motion, Ltd, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
There is provided a method and system for customizing a customizable theme of a user interface of a computer system. The user interface includes a plurality of screens having one or more modifiable screen attributes. The method further includes: receiving a base theme comprising a plurality of layers, each of said layers comprising at least one object, at least some of said at least one object having one or more graphical properties; mapping each of the screens to each of said layers; mapping each respective screen attribute to the graphical properties related to the respective screen attribute, said mapped screens and screen attributes defining the customizable theme of the user interface; receiving a user input to modify said at least one screen attribute corresponding to a first screen to customize the customizable theme; and modifying the graphical properties related to the modified screen attribute.