Title: Resolution independent user interface design
Type: published application
Application publication number: 20060284878
Publication date: December 21, 2006
Filing date: July 21, 2006
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AIPW Summary: Resolution independent GUI images can be created by using material map objects. The information in a material map object describes a GUI object such that the GUI object can be rendered at any resolution. The GUI objects are described according to class (e.g., pushbutton, check box, slider) and individual attributes of the object (like outline color) can be specified. Certain object attributes are predefined for certain screen resolutions (see paragraph 0025); however, any “non-physical” attributes are resolution independent. One example given uses an XML tree to define the material map.