Patent ID: 9639242
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. An information processing apparatus capable of executing a plurality of applications, the information processing apparatus comprising: a memory that stores a set of instructions; at least one processor that executes the instructions to: receive a registration request of an application button from each of the plurality of applications; display, according to a reception of the registration request of an application button, the application button on a menu screen for selecting one application from the plurality of applications; generate a transition image for animation using an image of the application button displayed on the menu screen; and perform control such that, according to selection of one application button on the menu screen, if a transition image using an image of the selected application button has been generated, screen transition to a screen of an application corresponding to the selected application button is performed after displaying an animation using the transition image, and if the transition image using the image of the selected application button has not been generated, the screen transition to the screen of the application corresponding to the selected application button is performed without displaying the animation.