Patent ID: 9715864
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,G09G

Claim:
1. A method for content displaying implemented by a mobile device that comprises a display, the method comprising: detecting a user touch on the display via a graphical user interface; generating a lens animation effect in a region of content based on the user touch, wherein the lens animation effect at least magnifies the region of content shown on the display by a magnification level that depends on a duration of the user touch, wherein the magnification level starts from a first level that yields no magnification upon detection of the user touch and then increases throughout the duration of the user touch, wherein the region of content after magnification is displayed as a magnified region, and wherein the lens animation effect comprises an animated lens flare of the magnified region; setting a color of the animated lens flare based on at least one of the duration of the user touch or a pressure of the user touch; and displaying the lens animation effect on the display adjacent to a location of the user touch, wherein a center of the lens animation effect is vertically offset from the location of the user touch and based on an orientation of the mobile device.