Data structure and method facilitating a custom user interface

摘要

A data structure (338) for use in providing a user interface appearance comprises idle screen data (350) corresponding to a first screen appearance and main menu screen data (352) corresponding to a second screen appearance, wherein the idle screen data and the main menu screen data are compiled versions of a text markup language. A method (FIG. 4) for generating the data structure comprises specifying a skin element set (400) and a theme element set (402) and associating each of the displayable items of the theme set with a display location (404) to create a theme description, and compiling to create a binary theme file (406) for customizing a user interface. A communication device (200) uses the data structure for displaying a user interface presentation.