System And Method For Providing User Access

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for providing a display, a graphical user interface rendered on the display having associated with it a plurality of objects representative of one or more computing functions, and a processor for varying the position of at least one of the plurality of objects, wherein the processor provides for the continuous repositioning of at least one of the plurality of objects.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A computer system, comprising:
 a display;   a graphical user interface rendered on the display, wherein the graphical user interface displays a plurality of objects representative of one or more computing functions;   a processor that varies a size of at least one of the plurality of objects based on determining a sum total of a frequency of user interaction of each of a plurality of users with the at least one of the plurality of objects.   
     
     
         2 . The computer system of  claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of objects further includes a user object that is representative of a user. 
     
     
         3 . The computer system of  claim 2 , wherein the processor filters the plurality of objects based on a selection of the user object. 
     
     
         4 . The computer system of  claim 3 , wherein the processor varies the size of the at least one of the plurality of objects based on the frequency of user interaction of the user with the at least one of the plurality of objects. 
     
     
         5 . The computer system of  claim 1 , wherein the processor varies a position of the at least one of the plurality of objects based on the frequency of user interaction of a user with the at least one of the plurality of objects. 
     
     
         6 . The computer system of  claim 1 , wherein the processor varies a position of a first object of the plurality of objects that is proximate to one or more of a boundary of the graphical user interface and a second object of the plurality of objects. 
     
     
         7 . The computer system of  claim 1 , further comprising a control device that facilitates the frequency of user interaction, and wherein the control device is one of a cursor and a touch-screen. 
     
     
         8 . The computer system of  claim 1 , further comprising a skin that encompasses the at least one of the plurality of objects. 
     
     
         9 . The computer system of  claim 8 , wherein the skin facilitates the frequency of user interaction with the at least one of the plurality of objects. 
     
     
         10 . The computer system of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the processor increases a first size of a first object of the plurality of objects relative to a second size of a second object of the plurality of objects based on a first sum total of the frequency of user interaction of each of the plurality of users with the first object higher than a second sum total of the frequency of user interaction of each of the plurality of users with the second object, and   wherein the processor decreases the first size relative to the second size based on the first sum total of the frequency of user interaction lower than the second sum total of the frequency of user interaction.   
     
     
         11 . The computer system of  claim 1 , wherein the processor varies the size of the at least one of the plurality of objects based on an importance of the at least one of the plurality of objects to the user. 
     
     
         12 . The computer system of  claim 1 , wherein the processor varies a position of the at least one of the plurality of objects based on one or more of billiard ball physics, a user defined fixed placement, and an automatic fixed placement. 
     
     
         13 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
 rendering, by a display, a graphical user interface;   displaying, by the graphical user interface, a plurality of objects representative of one or more computing functions; and   varying, by a processor, a size of at least one of the plurality of objects based on determining a sum total of a frequency of user interaction of each of a plurality of users with the at least one of the plurality of objects.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein one of the plurality of objects further includes a user object that is representative of a user. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising filtering, by the processor, the plurality of objects based on a selection of the user object. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein further comprising varying, by the processor, the size of the at least one of the plurality of objects based on the frequency of user interaction of the user with the at least one of the plurality of objects. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising varying, by the processor, a position of the at least one of the plurality of objects based on the frequency of user interaction of a user with the at least one of the plurality of objects. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising varying, by the processor, a position of a first object of the plurality of objects that is proximate to one or more of a boundary of the graphical user interface and a second object of the plurality of objects. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising facilitating, by a control device, the frequency of user interaction, wherein the control device is one of a cursor and a touch-screen. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising encompassing, by a skin, the at least one of the plurality of objects. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , facilitating, by the skin, the frequency of user interaction with the at least one of the plurality of objects. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 increasing, by the processor, a first size of a first object of the plurality of objects relative to a second size of a second object of the plurality of objects based on a first sum total of the frequency of user interaction of each of the plurality of users with the first object higher than a second sum total of the frequency of user interaction of each of the plurality of users with the second object, and   decreasing, the processor, the first size relative to the second size based on the first sum total of the frequency of user interaction lower than the second sum total of the frequency of user interaction.   
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising varying, by the processor, the size of the at least one of the plurality of objects based on an importance of the at least one of the plurality of objects to the user. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising varying, by the processor, a position of the at least one of the plurality of objects based on one or more of billiard ball physics, a user defined fixed placement, and an automatic fixed placement.