Institut fur Informatikder Technischen Universit at Munc henA Client-Server Architecture for CustomizedGraphical User Interfaces on the Client SideRoland HaratschVollst andiger Abdruck der von der Fakult at fur Informatik der TechnischenUniversit at Munc hen zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades einesDoktors der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.)genehmigten Dissertation.Vorsitzende: Univ.-Prof. G. J. Klinker, Ph.D.Prufer der Dissertation:1. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. J. Eickel2. Univ.-Prof. Dr. H. M. GerndtDie Dissertation wurde am 29.04.2009 bei der Technischen Universit atMunc hen eingereicht und durch die Fakult at fur Informatik am 29.10.2009angenommen.AbstractThis thesis treats the generation of customized graphical user interfaces for restricted client de-vices, which are mainly characterized by severe limitations in terms of processing power, availablememory, and input/output interface. Since the late 1990s devices like mobile phones, PDAs, etc.have proliferated in the consumer and embedded market. In the beginning, these limited devicescould hardly access Web content and other network services on the application layer, since theInternet technology and its provided services like the World Wide Web (WWW) have originallyassumed networked clients with su cient system resources.