Abstract: A method and apparatus for ranked presentation of user-interface display elements is disclosed. A device will hold data that indicates a priority order for selecting user-interface display elements, such as buttons, labels, etc., to present. When a user-interface skin is loaded onto the device and the skin has a limited number of slots (i.e., segments, spaces, places, etc.) for presenting user-interface display elements, the priority order will be used as a basis to select which elements to present in the available slots. For example, if the skin has only five slots for presentation of user-interface display elements, just the top five elements in the priority list will be presented. Those top five elements can then be presented in any order, such as in priority order, alphabetical order, or randomly.

Abstract: Wireless devices such as cell phones and personal digital assistants are automatically provisioned with a user interface skin, application logic, and/or wireless communications services based on demographics data acquired from the subscriber/user of the device. A computing system that implements the provisioning features acquires the demographics data and categorizes the subscriber/user into one of a predetermined demographics type or category, e.g., Baby Boomer, Teenager, Female-led family, Retiree, etc. Such demographic categories may also include business professions, e.g., Health Professional, Claims Adjuster, Attorney, Stock Broker, Real Estate Broker, etc. Such provisioning with a user interface skin, application logic, and/or services may occur initially, e.g., at the time of sale, and/or may occur later on as the subscriber demographics change and such changes are recorded in a subscriber profile database.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for ranked presentation of user-interface display elements is disclosed. A device will hold data that indicates a priority order for selecting user-interface display elements, such as buttons, labels, etc., to present. When a user-interface skin is loaded onto the device and the skin has a limited number of slots (i.e., segments, spaces, places, etc.) for presenting user-interface display elements, the priority order will be used as a basis to select which elements to present in the available slots. For example, if the skin has only five slots for presentation of user-interface display elements, just the top five elements in the priority list will be presented. Those top five elements can then be presented in any order, such as in priority order, alphabetical order, or randomly.