Method and apparatus for managing user interfaces

摘要

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a tablet with a touch-sensitive display. The tablet can be adapted to present a user interface (UI), receive a UI policy from a service provider of a communication system communicatively couplable to the tablet to manage operations of the UI, detect a request from a user of the tablet to adapt the UI, and manage the adaptation of the UI according to the UI policy. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
presenting, by a communication device comprising a processor, a user interface; receiving, by the communication device, a user interface policy from a service provider of a communication system in communication with the communication device to manage operations of the user interface, the user interface policy including a branding policy comprising a look-and-feel of the user interface that, when presented at a touch-sensitive display of the communication device, is consistent with a brand image, the brand image thereby conveyed through the user interface; detecting, by the communication device, a request from a user of the communication device to perform an adaptation of the user interface to generate an adapted user interface, wherein the adaptation of the user interface comprises an addition to the user interface associated with a service; analyzing, by the communication device, the adapted user interface to determine compliance with the user interface policy; managing, by the communication device, the adaptation of the user interface according to the user interface policy by:
determining whether the user is subscribed to the service,responsive to determining that the user is not subscribed to the service, presenting to the user via the user interface an option to initiate a subscription to the service and thereby enable the service, andrejecting the request to perform the adaptation of the user interface, responsive to the user not subscribing to the service; and performing, by the communication device, the adaptation of the user interface responsive to determining that the user is subscribed to the service and determining that the adaptation of the user interface complies with the user interface policy.