Changing animation displayed to user

• US 9,612,714 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2013
• Issued: 04/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Moore, David M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kumar, Anil N
• Application Number:
  US13/900,343
• Publication Number:
  US 20140157193A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,413 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems

Abstract

A computing system may perform a method comprising displaying, on a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display of the computing system, a plurality of initial animations to a user, each of the plurality of animations being displayed in response to an identical function call, having an identical visual appearance, and being displayed to prompt an input from the user. The method may also comprise monitoring, by a processor of the computing system, the user'"'"'s input to each of the plurality of animations. The method may also comprise displaying, by the GUI, a subsequent animation to the user, the subsequent animation being displayed in response to the identical function call but having a different visual appearance than the plurality of initial animations, the different visual appearance of the subsequent animation being based on the monitored inputs.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, are configured to cause a computing system to at least:

display a first animation to a user, the first animation continuously moving from an original position on the display to a final position on the display and being displayed to prompt an input from the user;

monitor the user'"'"'s interaction with the first animation while the first animation is moving, the monitored interaction including the user moving a cursor to the final position and waiting for the first animation to arrive at the final position;

determine that the first animation has been displayed to the user at least a threshold number of times, the threshold number being at least two; and

display a second animation to the user, the second animation being subsequent to the first animation and continuously moving from the original position on the display to the final position on the display faster than the first animation, the faster continuous change from the original position on the display to the final position on the display of the second animation being based on the monitored interaction with the first animation and the determination that the first animation has been displayed to the user at least the threshold number of times.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the monitoring the user'"'"'s interaction includes determining that the user is anticipating the movement of the first animation from the original position to the final position.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the monitoring the user'"'"'s interaction includes determining that the user has clicked on an object of the animation at the final position after the object of the animation has arrived at the final position.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

the monitoring the user'"'"'s interaction includes determining that the user has moved a cursor to an end point of the animation before the animation has arrived at the end point; and

the continuously moving from the original position to the final position faster is based on the determination that the user has moved the cursor to the end point of the animation before the animation has arrived at the end point.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

the monitoring the user'"'"'s interaction includes determining that the user has clicked on an object of the animation within a threshold period of time; and

the continuously moving from the original position to the final position faster is based on the determination that the user has clicked on the object of the animation within the threshold period of time.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the continuously moving from the original position to the final position faster includes an increased speed of movement of the animation across the display.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the continuously moving from the original position to the final position faster includes a final image of the animation without motion of the animation.

19. The storage medium of claim 1, wherein the monitored interaction includes the user moving the cursor to the final position before the first animation arrives at the final position and waiting for the first animation to arrive at the final position.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing system to at least:

display, on a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display of the computing system, a first animation to a user, the first animation changing appearance as a function of time and being displayed to prompt an input from the user;

monitor, by the at least one processor of the computing system, the user'"'"'s input to the first animation, the input including moving a cursor to a final position of the first animation before the animation arrives at the final position;

determine that the animation has been displayed to the user at least a threshold number of times, the threshold number being at least two; and

display, by the GUI, a second animation to the user, the second animation being subsequent to the first animation and having a different appearance to the first animation based on the monitored input from the user and the determination that the animation has been displayed to the user at least the threshold number of times, without receiving an instruction from the user to change the animation.

9. The storage medium of claim 8, wherein the first animation changing appearance includes the animation moving across a display as a function of time.

10. The storage medium of claim 8, wherein the first animation changing appearance includes the animation moving across a display from an original position to the final position.

11. The storage medium of claim 8, wherein the monitoring the user'"'"'s input includes determining that the user has clicked on the first animation within a threshold period of time.

12. The storage medium of claim 8, wherein the monitoring the user'"'"'s input includes determining that the first animation has been displayed to the user at least a threshold number of times, the threshold number being at least two.

13. The storage medium of claim 8, wherein the second animation changes appearance faster as a function of time than the first animation.

14. The storage medium of claim 8, wherein:

the first animation changing appearance includes the first animation moving across a display as a function of time, and

the second animation moves across the display more quickly than the first animation for which the user'"'"'s input was monitored.

15. The storage medium of claim 8, wherein:

the first animation changing appearance includes the first animation moving across a display from a first portion of the display to a final portion of the display, and

the second animation includes the second animation appearing at the final portion of the display without the second animation moving across the display.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing system to at least:

display, on a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display of the computing system, a first animation to a user, the first animation moving from an original position on the display to a final position on the display and being displayed to prompt an input from the user;

monitor, by the at least one processor of the computing system, the user'"'"'s interaction with the displayed first animation;

determine, by the at least one processor, that the monitored interaction includes the user moving a cursor to the final position on the display and waiting for the first animation before the first animation moves to the final position;

determine, by the at least one processor, that the first animation has been displayed to the user at least a threshold number of times, the threshold number being at least two; and

display, by the GUI, a second animation to the user, the second animation being subsequent to the first animation and moving from the original position on the display to the final position on the display faster than the first animation, the faster change being based on the determining.

17. The storage medium of claim 16, wherein the determining includes determining that the monitored interaction includes the user moving the cursor to the final position on the display and clicking on the first animation within a threshold period of time.

18. The storage medium of claim 16, wherein the determining includes determining that the monitored interaction includes the user moving the cursor to the final position on the display and that the first animation has been displayed to the user at least a threshold number of times, the threshold number being at least two.