Patent ID: 9262849
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing chart animation control, the method comprising: receiving a change to a displayed visualization, wherein the visualization comprises a chart, the chart comprising a plurality of data elements, the plurality of data elements comprising parts of the chart that represent a series value; determining to animate an update of the visualization according to the change to the displayed visualization, the determination including determining that a storyboard construction of required frames does not exceed a threshold time and determining that a count of the plurality of data elements comprising the parts of the chart that represent the series value does not exceed a threshold count number; in response to determining to animate the update of the visualization according to the change: constructing storyboards of the required frames of an animation of the update, rendering the animation of the update, displaying the animation of the update, and displaying the update of the visualization after the displaying of the animation of the update.