Skin button enhancements for remote control

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APP PUB NO 20040100490A1
SERIAL NO

10302469

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Creating a skin for a client device, including creating, in dependence upon button attributes, one or more buttons for the skin, in which the skin includes one or more buttons for the skin and each button comprises graphics associated with a portion of a GUI on the client device, and downloading the one or more buttons for the skin from a source of skins to the client device. Embodiments include downloading only a subset of the buttons for a skin, including incrementally downloading two or more staggered subsets of the buttons for a skin to entice viewers to take one or more predetermined actions. Embodiments include programming triggers for date and time, wherein the triggers go off regardless whether the client device is presently available to receive downloaded buttons.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Boston, Stephen B Cedar Park, TX 34 1326
Paolini, Michael A Austin, TX 285 20593

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