MOVEMENT ENDPOINT EXPOSURE

• US 20130169649A1
• Filed: 01/04/2012
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Zou, Song, Luengen, Ross N., Bates, Megan A., Zhang, Shaojie
• Application Number:
  US13/343,638
• Publication Number:
  US 20130169649A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/473
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/00 Animation

Abstract

Movement endpoint exposure techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an input is received by a computing device to cause output of an animation involving movement in a user interface. Responsive to the receipt of the input, an endpoint is exposed to software of the computing device that is associated with the user interface, such as applications and controls. The endpoint references a particular location in the user interface at which the animation is calculated to end for the input.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an input by a computing device to cause output of an animation involving movement in a user interface; and

responsive to the receiving of the input, exposing an endpoint to software of the computing device that is associated with the user interface, the endpoint referencing a particular location in the user interface at which the animation is calculated to end for the input.

2. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the exposing is performed during the output of the animation by the computing device.

3. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the software is an application or control that is executed by the computing device.

4. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the animation involves a display of inertia such that the movement in the user interface is configured to continue after provision of the input.

5. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the exposing is performed before the particular location in the user interface referenced by the endpoint is output for display in the user interface by the computing device.

6. A method as described in claim 1, further comprising adjusting the endpoint responsive to data received from the software to change the endpoint of the animation from the particular location to another location in the user interface.

7. A method as described in claim 1, further comprising prioritizing fetching and rendering of content associated with the endpoint by the software responsive to the exposing.

8. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the exposing is performed via an application programming interface.

9. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the input is a gesture.

10. A method as described in claim 9, wherein the gesture is detected by the computing device using touch functionality or a camera.

11. A system comprising:

an input device; and

one or more modules implemented at least partially in hardware and communicatively coupled to the input device, the one or more modules configured to recognize an input detected using the input device as a gesture that is configured to initiate an animation involving movement in a user interface, calculate an endpoint that describes a particular location in the user interface at which the movement is to end for the input, and expose the calculated input to software that is associated with causing the user interface to be generated.

12. A system as described in claim 11, wherein the movement of the animation involves inertia.

13. A system as described in claim 11, wherein the one or more modules are configured to expose the endpoint via an application programming interface.

14. A system as described in claim 13, wherein the application programming interface is accessible via a pull model such that application programming interface is configured to be queried by the software.

15. One or more computer-readable storage media comprising computer-executable instructions that, responsive to execution on a computing device, causes the computing device to recognize an input as a gesture configured to cause output of an animation involving movement having inertia and responsive to the recognition of the input, initiate output of the animation for display in a user interface by the computing device and expose an endpoint for the animation to software associated with generating the user interface, the endpoint describing a particular location in the user interface at which the movement is to end for the animation.

16. One or more computer-readable storage media as described in claim 15, wherein the endpoint is configured to be exposed via an application programming interface.

17. One or more computer-readable storage media as described in claim 16, wherein the application programming interface is accessible via a pull model such that application programming interface is configured to be queried by the software.

18. One or more computer-readable storage media as described in claim 15, wherein the instructions are further configured to adjust the endpoint responsive to data received from the software to change the endpoint of the animation from the particular location to another location in the user interface.

19. One or more computer-readable storage media as described in claim 15, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the software to prioritize fetching and rendering of content associated with the endpoint responsive to the exposure of the endpoint.

20. One or more computer-readable storage media as described in claim 15, wherein the software is an application or control that is executed by the computing device.