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US 2008/0307365 A1Published application
Object transitions
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsJohn O. Louch, Imran A. Chaudhri, Christopher Hynes, Timothy Wayne Bumgarner, Eric Steven Peyton
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Abstract
Object transitions can include providing a graphical transition of an object item that retains an aspect ratio associated with the object item while transitioning the object item into an instance of an executing object associated with the object item.
Claims32
One or more computer readable media storing instructions that are executable by a processing device, and upon such execution cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
- providing a display environment including one or more object items;
- receiving a user selection of at least one of the object items;
- and
- graphically transitioning the object item into an instance of an executing object within the display environment while retaining an aspect ratio associated with the object item.
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An operating system for a computing device, the operating system comprising:
- a display environment engine operable to generate a display environment for a user comprising one or more application items disposed within the display environment;
- an interface engine operable to receive input from the user, the input at least comprising a selection of the one or more application items from the display environment;
- and
- a transition engine operable to provide a graphical transition of the selected application item to an instance of an executing application associated with the selected application item, the transition retaining the aspect ratio of the application item through one or more successive transition states between a first transition state and a final transition state.
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A user interface comprising:
- an interface environment;
- and
- one or more object items distributed within the interface environment;
- wherein the interface environment is configured to graphically transition a selected object item from the one or more object items to form an object instance based upon user input, the graphical transition comprising successive transition states which retain an aspect ratio associated with the object item.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.