Patent Grant
10971112
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Utilities for theming software applications are known in software applications and products. Themes persistently deploy a color palette (static set of colors and color effects) that is applied to UI elements, components, backgrounds, text, icons, logos, and user interactions that provide visual affordances (e.g. click/tap selections, mouse rollover, and selected control states, etc.). Theme color palettes can represent a company or product brand, a location within an application, or simply a preferred set of aesthetic colors which collectively impart a “brand experience.” Additionally, the brand color palette and specific assignments to various UI elements determine the level of readability and usability known as “accessibilities” that are carefully chosen to create a consistent, intuitive, recognizable, and delightful user experience for operating the software.
However, a user's repetitive experience of a persistent theme color palette can easily become boring and mundane when using the branded software product over and over again, especially in enterprise environments when users engage in software on a daily basis. Additionally, individual users have their own color preferences and tastes making it impossible to satisfy everyone with a single color set.
A brand experience is crucial for emulating the identity of a company or product, but when combined with interaction states and accessibilities requirements, making changes to a brand color palette is very complex and difficult to do, and can risk the effectiveness for communicating the brand identity as well as usability.
In the drawings, like reference numbers generally indicate identical or similar elements. Additionally, generally, the left-most digit(s) of a reference number identifies the drawing in which the reference number first appears.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide for a method, device, system, and computer program product for configuring a graphical user interface according to a user's preferences; for dynamically adjusting elements and components of the graphical user interface according to user contexts and data; and for automatically theming a graphical user interface according to a user-provided artifact.
Provided is a highly flexible, automated system that deploys an array of methods and systems to vary a user's experience of a theme in a software product without sacrificing usability or, in the instance of a branded theme, without sacrificing usability or violating the intimacy of the brand color palette. In certain embodiments, the system may dynamically introduce non-repetitive subtle variations in color tones and effect (e.g. color shade, hue, opacity, transparency, rasterization, sharpness, etc.) in an animated fashion. The system may also incorporate animating graphical elements that can relate to a brand as well as communicate useful application information to users (e.g. the positive/negative status of the application, task completeness, etc.).
In certain embodiments, the theme incorporates parameters for brand elements and effect changes in ways that do not violate the intent of the brand. These automated changes can be driven by various methods and combinations of methods, including without limitation application data as determined by user actions in conjunction with mathematical algorithms, auto-randomizers, or user configuration of elements of the theme. In certain embodiments, the elements of the theme may include without limitation colors, shapes, motions, and sounds, all of which may be dynamically varied according to the present disclosure.
In certain embodiments, the theme includes a brand definition that constrains a user's configuration to values or parameters within the defined brand. In this way, a user's theme may be customized, but only to the extent that it does not interfere with usability or violate the intimacy of the brand color palette. In certain embodiments, the brand definition may be turned off, allowing the user to configure their themed environment without constraint.
A brand definition may be created, managed, etc. by among others an administrator who may employ among other things any number of mechanisms (including for example an Application Programming Interface (API), a web-based or other interface, etc.) and who may be identified, controlled, etc. by among other things access credentials, roles/duties/etc., operational rules/rights/etc. (through for example an Access Control List (ACL)), etc.
A user environment may comprise aspects of an enterprise software system and may apply modern design principles for a completely reimagined user experience that among other things delivers a personalized, responsive, seamless, and simple user experience across applications (including legacy and new), devices (including, inter alia, desktop computer, notebook computer, laptop computer, tablet, smartphone, smart watch, etc.), and deployment options (such as for example on-premise, cloud, as-a-service, etc.).
Background area 110 may comprise a still image, a video, or a combination of image(s) and/or video(s). The background area may be selected from a preset list provided within the user environment, or from an external source. The image(s) that comprise the background area may be of any resolution or format, including, but not limited to, common raster formats such as JPEG, Exif, TIFF, GIF, BMP, PNG, WEBP or others, or common vector formats such CGM, SVG, or others. In certain embodiments, the image(s) are in vector formats that allow for machine-based manipulation of their content. In certain embodiments, the machine-based manipulation of the content includes the ability to scale to any device form size without loss of clarity. In some embodiments, the user environment may convert a common raster format image to a common vector format image. This conversion ensures the above mentioned images can be scaled to any device form size without loss of clarity. The video(s) that comprise the background area may be of any resolution or format, including, but limited to, WEBM, MKV, FLV, VOB, OGG, AVI, MOV, WMV, MPG, MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, or others. In certain embodiments, the video comprises a vector-based animation. In certain embodiments, the video comprises a vector-based animation in SVG format.
The preview area 220 comprises a home theme preview area 221 and an application theme preview area 222. The home theme preview area 221 displays the selected preset theme 212 as applied to a home screen, such as that shown in
Theme menu bar area 230 comprises selectable options 231 related to the theming of the user environment. In certain embodiments, the options 231 comprise “Done,” “Reset,” “Edit,” “Cancel,” and a theme option list 232. If the user selects “Done,” the user environment may return to the home screen or an application of the user environment with the selected theme 212 applied. If the user selects “Reset,” the selected theme 212 and related parameters are returned to their original values. In some embodiments, the original values or the related parameters may be a preset default state. In some embodiments, the original values may be the values as set when the user entered the theme selecting and configuration area of the user environment. If the user selects “Edit,” the theme configuration area of the environment may be launched. If the user selects “Cancel,” the user environment may return to the home screen or an application of the user environment with the theme and configuration values set as when the user entered the theme selecting and configuration area of the user environment. If the user selects the theme option list 232, additional options may be displayed. For example, a user may be presented with the options of “Add Theme Image,” “Save to Themes,” “My Color Palettes,” and “My Effects.” If the user selects “Add Theme Image,” the image import area of the environment may be launched. If the user selects “Save to Themes,” the particular configuration of theme elements and configuration values may be saved and stored for later recall and the newly-saved theme may appear in gallery area 210. If the user selects “My Color Palette,” the user's color palette's area may be launched. In certain embodiments, the user may select from one or more color palettes under the “My Color Palette” option. If the user selects “My Effects,” the user's effects area may be launched.
The home preview area 321 and application preview area 322 may be independently selectable and configurable. Upon selection of either home preview area 321 or application preview area 322, configuration area 310 may display the elements and current values associated with the selected theme 212 as applied to the home area or application area, respectively. In this way, users are able to further customize their environment through the ability to configure the theme as applied to the home area and applications of the user environment independently of one another. For example, application preview area 322A is selected in
Configuration area 310 may comprise a configuration menu bar 311 and an element configuration area 313. Configuration menu bar 311 may comprise selectable options 312 associated with various aspects of the theme. In some embodiments, configuration menu bar 311 comprises selectable options for “Colors,” “Effects,” “Motion,” and “Sources.” User selection of a selectable option 312 may display the theme elements associated with that option in element configuration area 313 and the values associated with the selected preview area. For example, in
Element configuration area 313 may comprise any user-configurable elements 314 of the theme associated with the selectable option 312. For example, the element configuration area 313 in
Element configuration area 313 in
Element configuration area 313 in
Element configuration area 313 in
These data sources may be linked to sensors or sets of sensors that report on the conditions of where the user environment is being displayed. For example, ambient light element 314G and 314H may be linked or connected to a light sensor, weather element 314G and 314H may be linked or connected to a temperature sensor, and facial recognition element 314G and 314H may be linked or connected to a camera. The sensor or sensors may be purpose-built hardware, or software that uses a hardware sensor. The sensor or sensors are able to analyze various ambient aspects of the location where the user environment is being displayed and convert them into digitally retrievable parameters that may be reported to the user environment for storage and later retrieval, or utilized in real-time by the user environment. Application data may be obtained through any typical means, e.g., APIs, interfaces, etc. External data may be obtained through any typical means, e.g., from a device connected remotely to the device on which the user environment is being displayed. The data values of any of these sources may be reported to the user environment for storage and later retrieval, or utilized in real-time by the user environment. This will be further described with respect to
The user environment may use the value as an input to the rendering of the selected theme 212, or the rendering of various user-configurable elements 314 of selected theme 212. For example, a timer may be linked to the selected theme 212's color saturation element, and the colors may desaturate based on the duration of the user's session. In another embodiment, the temperature may be mapped to the chroma and hue of the selected theme 212. The colder the outside temperature is, the warmer the color temperature of the selected theme 212, and vice versa. In another embodiment, the shape, border radius, or line thickness of the selected theme 212 may be linked to the application state such that the shapes vary when the application state is loading, idle, or busy. The edges of the shape may further roughen or smoothen when the idle or busy state duration increases. In another embodiment, the speed, gravity, scale, path, or direction of background animation of the selected theme 212 may be linked to the number of work items a user has on their calendar, with a fuller calendar generating livelier animations and emptier calendar generating slower, more subtle animations. In another embodiment, the animations of selected theme 212 may be tied to a user's update notifications, with more frequent update notifications leading to subtle animations, and vice versa. In another embodiment, the animations of selected theme 212 may be linked to the user's keyboard, with more rapid keystrokes generating livelier animations, and vice versa. In another embodiment, the pitch, timbre, intensity, or duration of sounds of selected theme 212 may be dynamically varied by the clock, with sounds getting increasingly vivid throughout the morning and then progressively softer over the course of the afternoon. In another embodiment, the pitch, timbre, intensity, or duration of the sounds of selected theme 212 may be dynamically varied according to criticality of notifications, with critical notification sounds being more intense. In another embodiment, the pitch, timbre, intensity, or duration of the sounds of the selected theme 212 may be mapped to the user's workflow speed, such that when the user works quickly and triggers many actions within a short time frame, the sounds get shorter. One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the aforementioned list is not exhaustive, and various data sources may be associated with a myriad of parameters of selected theme 212 in any number of relationships for introducing dynamic variation into selected theme 212 within the spirit of present disclosure.
As shown in
In certain embodiments, toggles 317A-H in
Other controls associated with a particular element 314 may include, without limitation, buttons, switches, input areas for text entry, etc. For example, as shown in
As shown in
In the client device 406, the sensor notification service 408 is an engine configured to manage the distribution of the digitally retrievable parameters from the sensors 402. For example, sensor 402-1 may be a light sensor and sensor 402-2 may be a temperature sensor. The sensor notification service 408 receives the digitally retrievable parameters from the light and temperature sensor outputs and distributes the digitally retrievable parameters to the associated ambient light element 314G and 314H and weather element 314G and 314H, respectively. In an embodiment, the digitally retrievable parameters may include characteristics associated with the sensor. For example, if sensor 402 is a light sensor, the parameters may include a luminosity value, a gain value, and an infrared value. In another example, if sensor 402 is a temperature sensor, the parameters may include a temperature reading and a voltage level associated with the temperature reading. In another example, if sensor 402 is an audible sensor, the parameters may include a noise figure value in decibels (dB), a voltage level associated with the noise figure, and an attenuation value in dB. One skilled in the art will appreciate that the aforementioned lists are not exhaustive, and any aspect of characterizations associated with the sensors may be present within the scope of the present disclosure. In an embodiment, the sensor notification service 408 additionally stores a copy of the digitally retrievable parameters for each of the sensors 402 for later recall in a database in the client device 406, currently not shown in
The adaptive component 412 is an engine, which maintains the relationship between the output of sensors 402 and associated data elements on the end user browser 416. For example, the adaptive component 412 may manage a configurable element 316G, such as ambient light, on the end user browser 416 and the associated light sensor 402-2. If a user adjusts the ambient light 316G slider on the end user browser 416, the adaptive component 412 may manage the real time adjustments of the movement of data in the user environment associated with the ambient light. Specifically, the adaptive component 412 may introduce variations to one or more aspects of the selected theme 212 in real time. For example, a user may move the slider for the palette variance 315A to 35% from 75%. In response, the adaptive component 412 will update a variable, such as a widget or function, tied to the palette variance 315A slider such that the value decreases from 75% to 35%.
The renderer 412 is an engine managing the visual display of the end user browser 416's GUI, according to an embodiment. Specifically, the renderer 412 manages the placement of the elements on the display of the end user browser 416; any modifications or selections to the user environment performed by the user; and, ensures the elements of the user environment adhere to the themed environment of the end user browser 416. In addition, the renderer 412 visually adjusts the selected theme 212 based on any modifications performed by the adaptive component 412. For example, as shown in
In some embodiments, the drag and drop area 511 may initially be empty, and the preview area 520 may display a default theme in home screen preview area 521 and application preview area 522 with associated color palette 523 and color palette slider 524 set halfway. A user may drag a user-supplied artifact such as a photo or image over drag and drop area 511 and drop the user-supplied artifact in order to import the user-supplied artifact into the theme. The color of the dynamic and static elements of the theme can be determined by an analysis of the user-supplied artifact. In some embodiments, the user-supplied artifact is analyzed via a rasteration technique to determine the dominant colors of the user-supplied artifact. In certain embodiments, the rasteration can be described as follows:
In an embodiment, the renderer 414 may rescale the image to a desired image size for analysis when the size of the image is too large. For example, a desired image size may be 1024 pixels by 768 pixels. The renderer 414 may rescale the image to the desired image size that maintains the same color scheme as the larger image without loss of color information. In an embodiment, if the image size is too large for rescaling the image resulting in loss of color information, at minimum the dominant colors obtained will be returned and utilized by the system for determining a theme color palette.
One of ordinary skill in the art may understand that any appropriate method for determining the dominant colors of the user-supplied artifact may be applied to the user-supplied artifact. In certain embodiments, libraries such as Color Thief may be used to determine the dominant colors of the user-supplied artifact. In certain embodiments, additional colors may be calculated from the dominant colors for generation of a color palette to be used for the theme of the user environment. In certain embodiments, complementary and/or inverse colors are calculated from the dominant colors of the user-supplied artifact. Example pseudocode implementing the determination of a color palette from a user-supplied artifact is provided, wherein the user-supplied artifact is rendered using an HTML canvas. The example pseudocode is for illustrative purposes only, and is not intended to serve as a complete description of all of the elements and features of apparatus and systems that utilize the structures or methods described herein. Many other implementations may be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reviewing the disclosure.
In certain embodiments, the colors determined and/or calculated from the user-supplied artifact may be applied as the color palette of the theme of the user environment, while the user-supplied artifact may itself be used as a background to the home screen of the user environment. Color palette 523 may display the determined and/or calculated color palette of the user-supplied artifact, while color palette slider 524 allows the user to vary the colors of color palette 523. A more subtle color palette may decrease the variance, hue, tint, shade, tone, saturation, lightness, chroma, intensity, brightness, or other characteristics of color palette 523, while a more intense color palette may increase the variance, hue, tint, shade, tone, saturation, lightness, chroma, intensity, brightness, or other characteristics of color palette 523. The home screen preview area 521 and application preview area 522 may display a preview of the theme with the color palette of the user-supplied artifact as shown by color palette 523 and varied by color palette slider 524 applied to the various color elements of the theme. The user-supplied artifact may itself be used as a background to the home screen of the user environment.
In some embodiments, the color palette 523 and previews 521 and 522 of the theme according to the dominant colors of the user-supplied artifact may be generated as follows. The load path for a cascading style sheet (CSS) theme of the home preview area 521 and application preview area 522 is parameterized. The color palette that was determined and/or calculated from the user-supplied artifact is composed into a new, custom CSS theme, which is passed to the parameterized CSS path load of the home preview area 521 and application preview 522, which are then rendered with the custom theme. The display of color palette 523 may be similarly generated from the determined and/or calculated colors of the user-supplied artifact. In certain embodiments, the elements of the user environment are identified and have the determined and/or calculated colors from the user-supplied artifact assigned to them. In certain embodiments, more saturated colors may be useful for aspects of the user environment such as highlighted items, title bars, links, etc. In certain embodiments, calculated complementary and/or inverse colors may be used for text to ensure contrast readability when highlighted. In certain embodiments, this may be done using a CSS stylesheet or programmatically using JavaScript. Example pseudocode implementing the assignment of determined and/or calculated colors from a user-supplied artifact to an aspect of the user environment is provided. The example pseudocode is for illustrative purposes only, and is not intended to serve as a complete description of all of the elements and features of apparatus and systems that utilize the structures or methods described herein. Many other implementations may be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reviewing the disclosure.
Example CSS Pseudocode:
Example JavaScript Pseudocode:
In certain embodiments, BrandSmart toggle 319 may be toggled “on” or “off.” When toggled “off,” the determination of the most dominant colors of a user-supplied artifact is unrestrained, and may progress as described above, resulting in a color palette comprising any colors within the color spectrum. When toggled “on”, the system may restrict the user's customization parameters to those within a specified brand definition. When determining the most dominant colors of a user-supplied artifact, the resulting colors may be adapted to conform to a specified brand definition. In certain embodiments, colors outside of the parameters of the brand definition determined in the user-supplied artifact may be altered to conform to a specified brand definition such that the coloring of the user-supplied artifact conforms to the specified brand. The brand-conformed user-supplied artifact may then be utilized as a theme background without violating the intimacy of the brand color palette.
In an embodiment, the Living Brand Rendering Engine 600 may include one or more extensible modules. The extensible modules may be deployed in the same or separate system in any of the deployments described above. In addition, the extensible modules may be exported to any supported application in any device such as but not limited to a cellular phone, PC, tablet, or smart watch. In an embodiment, certain or all aspects (components) of the system in
In an embodiment, the background generator 660 is configured to continuously animate the background of the selected theme 212 without the need for user navigation selections or inputs. The background generator 660 automatically introduces subtle changes using various methods and/or a combination of methods such as, mathematical algorithms, an auto randomizer, and a configuration based on a manual selection of parameters, settings, options, including the ability to switch off. The background generator 660 may be used to continuously automate a background comprising a preset selected theme 212, a user-loaded artifact, or a polygonal background. A user may define whether the background contains the preset selected theme 212, the user-loaded artifact, or the polygonal background based on the selection of the selected theme 212. In an embodiment, when the background generator 660 uses the preset selected theme 212 or the user-loaded artifact, the background generator 660 auto-randomizes subtle variations of the theme. In an alternative embodiment, when the background generator 660 uses the polygonal background, the background generator 660 auto-randomizes the movement of various polygons across the background. This polygonal movement functionality will be described in
The components of
Method 700 shall be described with reference to
In 702, the background generator 660 shapes the initial positions of polygons on the themed environment. In an embodiment, the background generator 660 partitions the themed environment into one or more partition areas on the display screen. For example, the background generator 660 may partition the display of the end user browser 416 into three partition areas. In some embodiments, the partition areas are not displayed to the selected theme 212. More or less than three partitioned areas are possible, but three partitioned areas will be used in this description for illustrative purposes. In an embodiment, the number of partitioned areas may be configured in the Living Brand Drivers and Settings 630. The location of the centers for each of the partition areas are randomly set based on a random seeded function. In particular, the random seeded function receives two input parameters to calculate a location position on the display. For example, the two input parameters may be the X and Y positions around which a random number is generated. In an alternative embodiment, more than two parameters may be used to calculate the random seeded function. In some embodiments, the calculations for the random seeded function may use the width and the height of the current display the background generator 660 is executing on. In an alternative embodiment, the background generator 660 may use the display of the exported system to calculate the centers of the partitioned areas. The X and Y positions for each shape may be calculated as follows:
In some embodiments, the partitioned areas may exist in a separate location on the display. The partitioned areas may be non-overlapping and contain one or more polygonal shapes. In an embodiment, the polygonal shapes may contain one or more curves. The number of curves may be configured in the Living Brand Drivers and Settings 630. For example, the number of curves for each shape may be configured to be four. The polygons may include one or more Bezier curves used to draw a shape in the partitioned areas. After the X and Y positions for each of the shapes are defined, each of the shapes may be drawn in their respective partitioned areas, as explained below.
In 704, the background generator 660 draws the shapes on the themed environment. Continuing with the Bezier curves example from above, an API such as a Canvas API bezierCurveTo function, contained within the background generator 660, may be used to draw the shapes in each of the partitioned areas. The bezierCurveTo function draws the Bezier curves through each of the X and Y positions defined in 702. In order to draw a smooth convex Bezier shape, control points are first calculated with respect to the center point of the shape, the location of the shapes, and tangents of the curves. In order to calculate the control points for Bezier curves and center points, the following helper objects and helper variables shown below may be defined:
In an embodiment, a helper object, such as a shape object, may have the following properties:
In an embodiment, the calculation of the helper objects and helper variables are defined below. Example pseudocode implementing the calculation of the control points is shown below. The example pseudocode is for illustrative purposes only, and is not intended to serve as a complete description of all of the elements and features of apparatus and systems that utilize the structures or methods described herein. Many other implementations may be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reviewing the disclosure.
Once the Bezier curves are created via the bezierCurves.push function, the control points, controlPoint1 and controlPoint2, are fed into the bezierCurveTo API and the renderer 414 paints the shapes on the screen. In an embodiment, the bezierCurveTo API function may use the following equations to draw the Bezier Curves:
X=startX1+cos(angle*i)*((0.2083*screen.width)+random((0.4166*screen.width))); 1)
Y=startY1+sin(angle*i)*((0.3333*screen.height)+random((0.6666*screen.height))); 2)
In an alternative embodiment, the bezierCurveTo API function may use internal equations to draw the Bezier Curves.
In the two equations above, startX1 and startY1 define the locational coordinates of the controlPoint1. In an embodiment, more than one controlPoint may exist, such as 10 controlPoints. In an embodiment, the angle is a number ranging from 0 to 180 degrees or 0 to pi in radians. In an embodiment, the “i” variable is a number ranging from 0 to the number of points between startPoint and endPoint. The resultant X and Y coordinates for each calculation defines the locational coordinates for each of the Bezier curves drawn on the display. In an embodiment, the shapes may be drawn over a range of display pixels. For example, shape 1 and shape 3 may be drawn with three control points, where each shape is drawn over a minimum spanning distance of 300 pixels and a maximum spanning distance of 900 pixels around the CenterPoint.
In 706, the background generator 660 animates the movement of the shapes. In an embodiment, after the shape has been drawn on its respective partition on the screen, the controlPoints may randomly move to generate the background movement. In an embodiment, the background generator 660 uses mathematical algorithms to move the control points. For example, a liner interpolation or lerp function may be used to move the control points back and forth between a range of discrete set data points. In an embodiment, the lerp function results in a movement across a straight line over a configurable duration of time. In an alternative embodiment, the lerp function results in a movement across a straight line over a set or hard-coded duration of time. In an embodiment, the movement may be interpolated over 1/10th of a distance of the total range. For example, in some embodiments, the following equations may be used to define movement of the X and Y positions for each of the control points:
float X=lerp(form 1[i].position.x,formNew1[0][i],0.02); 1)
float Y=lerp(form 1[i].position.y,formNew1[1][i],0.02); 2)
In an embodiment, the creation of the X and Y positions may be created and shaped over a predetermined period of time. For example, the predetermined period of time may be 500 milliseconds. In an embodiment, a restart animation time may be set to define the amount of time required before starting the animation over again. For example, the restart animation time may be 500 milliseconds.
In an embodiment, the control points for each of the shapes may use different predetermined periods of time as well as different restart animation times. These differences create variations in shape movement between each of the respective shape, so no one shape moves like the other. In an embodiment, the predetermined period of time and the restart animation time are defined in the Living Brand Drivers and Settings 630.
In an embodiment, the movement may also apply during various user interactions with the screen. For example, when a user logins in to the system, the background generator 660 begins execution of the controlPoints movements. In another example, when a user clicks on an application tile 130 from the home screen 110 as shown in
Each of the systems, clients, and devices in
Each of the systems, clients, and devices in
In an embodiment, memory 903 may contain different components for retrieving, presenting, changing, and saving data. Memory 903 may include a variety of memory devices, for example, Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Static RAM (SRAM), flash memory, cache memory, and other memory devices. Additionally, for example, memory 903 and processing device(s) 902 may be distributed across several different computers that collectively comprise a system.
Processing device 902 may perform computation and control functions of a system and comprises a suitable central processing unit (CPU). Processing device 902 may comprise a single integrated circuit, such as a microprocessing device, or may comprise any suitable number of integrated circuit devices and/or circuit boards working in cooperation to accomplish the functions of a processing device. Processing device 902 may execute computer programs, such as object-oriented computer programs, within memory 903.
Further, operation of the disclosed embodiments has been described in the context of servers and terminals that implement storage apparatus such as databases. These systems can be embodied in electronic devices or integrated circuits, such as application specific integrated circuits, field programmable gate arrays and/or digital signal processors. Alternatively, they can be embodied in computer programs that execute on personal computers, notebook computers, tablets, smartphones or computer servers. Such computer programs typically are stored in physical storage media such as electronic-, magnetic- and/or optically-based storage devices, where they may be read to a processor, under control of an operating system and executed. And, of course, these components may be provided as hybrid systems that distribute functionality across dedicated hardware components and programmed general-purpose processors, as desired.
The foregoing description has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. It is not exhaustive and does not limit embodiments of the disclosure to the precise forms disclosed. Modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings or may be acquired from the practicing embodiments consistent with the disclosure. For example, some of the described embodiments may include software and hardware, but some systems and methods consistent with the present disclosure may be implemented in software or hardware alone. Additionally, although aspects of the present disclosure are described as being stored in memory, this may include other computer readable media, such as secondary storage devices, for example, hard disks, floppy disks, or CD ROM; the Internet or other propagation medium; or other forms of RAM or ROM.
The disclosure is also directed to computer program products comprising software stored on any computer useable medium. Such software, when executed in one or more data processing devices, causes data processing device(s) to operate as described herein. Embodiments of the disclosure employ any computer useable or readable medium, known now or in the future. Examples of computer useable mediums include, but are not limited to, primary storage devices (e.g., any type of random access memory), secondary storage devices (e.g., hard drives, floppy disks, Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM) disks, Zip disks, tapes, magnetic storage devices, optical storage devices, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), nanotechnological storage device, etc.), and communication mediums (e.g., wired and wireless communications networks, local area networks, wide area networks, intranets, etc.).
Based on the teachings contained in this disclosure, it will be apparent to persons skilled in the relevant art(s) how to make and use the disclosure using data processing devices, computer systems, and/or computer architectures other than that shown in
The illustrations of the embodiments described herein are intended to provide a general understanding of the various embodiments. The illustrations are not intended to serve as a complete description of all of the elements and features of apparatus and systems that utilize the structures or methods described herein. Many other embodiments may be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reviewing the disclosure. Other embodiments may be utilized and derived from the disclosure, such that structural and logical substitutions and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the disclosure. Additionally, the illustrations are merely representational and may not be drawn to scale. Certain proportions within the illustrations may be exaggerated, while other proportions may be minimized. Accordingly, the disclosure and the figures are to be regarded as illustrative rather than restrictive.
In addition, in the foregoing Detailed Description, various features may be grouped or described together for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure. This disclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that all such features are required to provide an operable embodiment.
Particular method elements or steps described herein could be executed in different orders without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure.
This application is a Divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 15/290,820, filed Oct. 11, 2016, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/242,696, entitled “DYNAMICALLY-THEMED DISPLAY UTILIZING PHYSICAL AMBIENT CONDITIONS,” filed on Oct. 16, 2015, all of which are incorporated herein in their entirety.
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