User interface with dynamic transition times

• US 9,916,069 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2014
• Issued: 03/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Williams, Todd Matthew, Renfroe, Jason W.
• Primary Examiner(s): ENGLAND, SARA M
• Application Number:
  US14/477,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20160070440A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,286 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

An adaptive user interface of a computing device receives a user input triggering an animation in the user interface. The animation is configured to progress from an animation start to an animation finish in a transition time dynamically selected from a range of possible transition times based on a duration between the user input triggering the animation and an immediately previous user input. The animation is presented with the dynamically selected transition time.

Claims

1. A method for providing an adaptive user interface of a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving a user input triggering an animation in the user interface, the animation configured to progress from an animation start to an animation finish in a first transition time dynamically selected from a range of possible transition times, the first transition time selected based on a duration between the user input triggering the animation and an immediately previous user input;

presenting the animation with the dynamically selected first transition time;

receiving a subsequent user input triggering the animation in the user interface, the animation configured to progress from the animation start to the animation finish in a second transition time dynamically selected from the range of possible transition times, the second transition time selected based on a duration between the subsequent user input triggering the animation and a user input immediately preceding the subsequent user input, and wherein the second transition time is greater than the first transition time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a dynamically selected transition time increases as the duration between the user input triggering the animation and the immediately previous user input increases.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising comparing the duration between the user input triggering the animation and the immediately previous user input to a threshold duration, selecting a longer transition time as the first dynamically selected transition time if the duration is longer than the threshold duration, and selecting a shorter transition time as the first dynamically selected transition time if the duration is shorter than the threshold duration.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a dynamically selected transition time includes a default transition time multiplied by a speed factor, the speed factor being calculated based on the duration between the user input triggering the animation and the immediately previous user input and the default transition time being specified in animation data for the animation.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the speed factor for the dynamically selected transition time is increased or decreased from a last speed factor by a ramping value comprising a dynamically selected incremental amount.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the dynamically selected incremental amount increases as the duration between the user input triggering the animation and the immediately previous user input increases.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the dynamically selected incremental amount decreases as the duration between the user input triggering the animation and the immediately previous user input increases.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the dynamically selected incremental amount is selected based on one or more of an application to which the user input is applied and a type of user interaction with the computing device.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein the default transition time is defined based on one or more of a user identity, a history of user input provided by a user, and a type of user input provided by the user.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising modifying behavior of one or more other user interface elements based on a dynamically selected transition time.

11. A computing device for providing an adaptive user interface, the computing device comprising:

a display for presenting the user interface;

a user input interface for receiving and processing user input affecting information presented on the display;

a logic machine; and

a storage machine storing instructions executable by the logic machine to;

receive, via the user input interface, a user input triggering an animation in the user interface, the animation configured to progress from an animation start to an animation finish in a first transition time dynamically selected from a range of possible transition times, the first transition time selected based on a duration between the user input triggering the animation and an immediately previous user input;

present, via the display, the animation with the dynamically selected transition time;

receive, via the user input interface, a subsequent user input triggering the animation in the user interface, the animation configured to progress from the animation start to the animation finish in a second transition time dynamically selected from the range of possible transition times, the second transition time selected based on a duration between the subsequent user input triggering the animation and a user input immediately preceding the subsequent user input, and wherein the second transition time is greater than the first transition time.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein a dynamically selected transition time increases as the duration between the user input triggering the animation and the immediately previous user input increases.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising comparing the duration between the user input triggering the animation and the immediately previous user input to a threshold duration, selecting a longer transition time as the first dynamically selected transition time if the duration is longer than the threshold duration, and selecting a shorter transition time as the first dynamically selected transition time if the duration is shorter than the threshold duration.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein a dynamically selected transition time includes a default transition time multiplied by a speed factor, the speed factor being calculated based on the duration between the user input triggering the animation and the immediately previous user input and the default transition time being specified in animation data for the animation.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the speed factor for the dynamically selected transition time is increased or decreased from a last speed factor included in a last dynamically selected transition time for a last animation triggered by the immediately previous user input by a ramping value comprising a dynamically selected incremental amount.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the dynamically selected incremental amount increases as the duration between the user input triggering the animation and the immediately previous user input increases.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the dynamically selected incremental amount decreases as the duration between the user input triggering the animation and the immediately previous user input increases.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the dynamically selected incremental amount is selected based on one or more of an application to which the user input is applied and a type of user interaction with the computing device.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the default transition time is defined based on one or more of a user identity, a history of user input provided by a user, and a type of user input provided by the user.

20. A method for providing an adaptive user interface of a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving a user input triggering an animation in the user interface, the animation configured to progress from an animation start to an animation finish in a first transition time dynamically selected from a range of possible transition times, the first transition time selected based on a ramping factor and a duration between the user input triggering the animation and an immediately previous user input;

presenting the animation with the dynamically selected transition time;

receiving a subsequent user input triggering the animation in the user interface, the animation configured to progress from the animation start to the animation finish in a second transition time dynamically selected from the range of possible transition times, the second transition time selected based on a ramping factor and a duration between the subsequent user input triggering the animation and a user input immediately preceding the subsequent user input, and wherein the second transition time is greater than the first transition time.