Patent ID: 8667425

Claim:
An article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device to: output, for display, a first image; receive an indication of a first user interaction with a touch-sensitive input device, the first user interaction indicating a first plurality of portions of the first image, wherein a greater pressure or contact area associated with the first user interaction with the touch-sensitive input device indicates a respectively greater number of the first plurality of portions of the first image; responsive to receiving the indication of the first user interaction, remove the first plurality of portions of the first image, such that the first plurality of portions are entirely removed from display in the first image; receive an indication of a second user interaction with the touch-sensitive input device, the second user interaction indicating a second plurality of portions of the first image, the second plurality of portions of the first image being different than the first plurality of portions of the first image, wherein a greater pressure or contact area associated with the second user interaction with the touch-sensitive input device indicates a respectively greater number of the second portions of the first image; responsive to receiving the indication of the second user interaction, remove the second plurality of portions of the first image, such that the second plurality of portions are entirely removed from display in the first image; output, for display, a second image comprising an animated image or video that is revealed in response to removal of the first plurality of portions and second plurality of portions of the first image, thereby providing a simulated scratch-off user interface; receive an indication of a third user interaction with the touch-sensitive input device, the third user interaction indicating a third plurality of portions of the first image and at least a portion of the second image; and responsive to receiving the indication of the third user interaction: remove the third plurality of portions of the first image, such that the third plurality of portions are entirely removed from display in the first image; and output, for display, an enlarged portion of the second image, the enlarged portion including at least the portion of the second image and at least one additional portion of the second image different from at least the portion of the second image.