Patent ID: 8875054

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: providing a control object for display on a graphical user interface presented on a display of a device, the control object including at least one knob element; receiving a first input indicating a user interaction with the control object; adding, in response to the first input, a slider element to the control object, the slider element being added below the knob element, the slider element not being visible prior to receiving the first input and having a first dimension and a second dimension, where the second dimension is longer than the first dimension; receiving a second input indicating motion in the graphical user interface, the direction of the motion being along the second dimension of the slider element; changing a value of the control object according to the direction of the motion; and augmenting the knob element and the slider element to provide visual cues of the value of the control object by at least partially cumulatively filling portions of the knob element and the slider element, wherein a contiguous outline surrounds both the knob element and the slider element, the contiguous outline reflecting a perimeter of a combined knob element and slider element.