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 into an interactive state represented by an application visual;
- tracking a speed of a transition between the placeholder state and the interactive state of the application;
- presenting, with the computing device, a transition animation tracking the transition;
- basing a speed of the transition animation on the speed of the transition;
- tracking an application aspect of the application;
- presenting an application visual aspect in the application visual representing the application aspect as the application aspect becomes active;
- presenting a completed application visual representing the interactive state of the application.
A tangible machine-readable medium having a set of instructions detailing a method stored thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform the method, the method comprising:
- presenting a marker visual representing a placeholder state of an application;
- changing the application into an interactive state represented by an application visual;
- tracking a speed of an opening transition between the placeholder state and the interactive state of the application;
- presenting an opening transition animation tracking the opening transition;
- basing a speed of the opening transition animation on the speed of the opening transitions;
- tracking an application aspect of the application;
- presenting an application visual aspect in the application visual representing the application aspect as the application aspect becomes active;
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- presenting a completed application visual representing the interactive state of the application.
An application presentation system, comprising:
- an input device configured to receive a user input selecting an application
- a processor configured to change the application from a placeholder state to an interactive state, to track a speed of a transition between the placeholder state and the interactive state of the application, to track an application aspect of the application, and to base a speed of a transition animation on the speed of the transition;
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- a display configured to present a marker visual representing the placeholder state, the transition animation tracking the transition, an application visual aspect in the application visual representing the application aspect as the application aspect becomes active, and a completed application visual representing the interactive state of the application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.