Patent ID: 8004541
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for maintaining visual continuity of visual elements in a user interface for an application, the method comprising: receiving, in response to a selection in a first user interface view of the application, an instruction to transition from the first view to a second user interface view of the application, each view including a plurality of visual elements; receiving, from the application, the visual elements corresponding to the first view and the visual elements corresponding to the second view; determining sets of visual elements from the visual elements corresponding to the first view and the visual elements corresponding to the second view, each set comprising one of visual elements removed between the first view and the second view, visual elements retained from the first view in the second view, and visual elements added between the first and the second view; retrieving, for each set of visual elements, a system defined transition style for rendering the set of visual elements between the first view and the second view; and rendering each set of visual elements on a screen responsive to the system defined transition style to transition the first view to the second view.