Application launching animation for connecting a tile and surface
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsSteven P. Benario, Maverick Velasco, Bonny Lau
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an application presentation system may allow a user to visually track a change between states of an application by having a marker visual that becomes an application visual. The application presentation system may present a predecessor visual 402 representing a predecessor operational state of an application. The application presentation system may change the application into a successor operational state with a successor visual 404. The application presentation system may present a transition animation tracking a transition between the predecessor operational state and the successor operational state.
Claims20
A machine-implemented method, comprising:
- presenting, with a computing device, a marker visual representing a placeholder state of an application;
- changing the application, with the computing device, from the placeholder state to an interactive state represented by an application visual;
- tracking, with the computing device, an application aspect of the application;
- presenting, with the computing device, a transition animation tracking a transition between the placeholder state and the interactive state of the application, the transition animation including an application visual aspect representing the application aspect as the application aspect becomes active;
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- presenting, with the computing device, the application visual representing the interactive state of the application.
A tangible machine-readable medium comprising a set of instructions stored thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
- present a marker visual representing a placeholder state of an application;
- change the application from the placeholder state to an interactive state represented by an application visual;
- track an application aspect of the application;
- present a transition animation tracking a transition between the placeholder state and the interactive state of the application, the transition animation including an application visual aspect representing the application aspect as the application aspect becomes active;
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- present the application visual representing the interactive state of the application.
An application presentation system, comprising:
- a display to present a graphical user interface;
- an input device to receive a user input;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- present, via the display, a marker visual representing a placeholder state of an application,
- change the application from the placeholder state to an interactive state represented by an application visual,
- track an application aspect of the application,
- present, via the display, a transition animation tracking a transition between the placeholder state and the interactive state of the application, the transition animation including an application visual aspect representing the application aspect as the application aspect becomes active, and
- present, via the display, the application visual representing the interactive state of the application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.