Patent ID: 8762845

Claim:
In a graphical user interface of a device having a processor, a method for providing sound effects, comprising the steps of: accessing a first theme of a plurality of themes, the first theme including associations between object state transitions and sound effects; displaying an object in a first state on a display component associated with the device; receiving a user input associated with a transition of the object to a second state; identifying a sound effect associated with the transition from the first state to the second state using a state table, said state table associating the transition with a corresponding combination of the first state and the second state; and reproducing the identified sound effect on an audio output component of the device, in conjunction with the transition from the first state to the second state of the displayed object, wherein the state table stores information identifying a plurality of combinations of object states with a respective plurality of transitions, each having an associated sound effect, and wherein the first theme includes the state table and a second theme of the plurality of themes includes a second state table that defines a different sound effect for the transition of the displayed object from the first state to the second state.