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User interface element

  • US 9,229,604 B2
  • Filed: 09/01/2011
  • Issued: 01/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing a user interface, the method comprising:

  • generating, on an electronic device comprising an electronic display and in response to the electronic device detecting subject information, a user interface element on the electronic display;

    performing, upon first initially displaying the user interface element, without the user interacting with the user interface element, an elastic expansion of at least one border of said user interface element,wherein said elastic expansion comprises expanding said at least one border to a first position and retracting said at least one border to a second position while implementing the initial display such thata transition appears, to a user, on the electronic display that the at least one border is bouncing between the first position and the second position as the user interface element is first initially displayed over a portion of and less than all of the electronic display andwithout the user interacting with the user interface element; and

    populating said user interface element with at least one item of the subject information,wherein the populating said user interface element with the at least one item of the subject information comprisespopulating said user interface element with the at least one item of the subject information after an elastic expansion reaches a peak threshold.

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