US 11,703,990 B2
Animated visual cues indicating the availability of associated content
Lawrence Fubini Waldman, Kirkland, WA (US); Cole Jagger Poelker, Asheville, NC (US); Annika Elias, North Bend, WA (US); Matthew Benjamin Blank, Redmond, WA (US); and Caleb Warren, Woodinville, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/995,799.
Prior Publication US 2022/0050578 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04812 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/04812 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for generating a visual cue providing a preview of associated content, the method for execution on a computing device comprising:
receiving a selection input for initiating a display of selected content, and
in response to the received selection input:
determining if a temporary preview of a portion of other content is to be displayed concurrently with the selected content identified in the selection input, wherein the portion of the other content is to be identified as associated content for concurrent display with the selected content if the other content is related to the selected content;
causing an automatic display of the temporary preview of the associated content using a first user interface arrangement comprising a rendering of the selected content that is concurrently displayed with a rendering of the associated content, wherein the display of the first user interface arrangement is in response to determining that the associated content is in existence, wherein a position and size of the rendering of the selected content includes at least a portion of the selected content, wherein the first user interface arrangement is bypassed if the other content is not related to the selected content, wherein the temporary preview of the selected content is displayed for a preset time period and the temporary preview of the selected content disappears after a lapse of the time period;
causing a transition from the display of the first user interface arrangement to a display of a second user interface arrangement, wherein the transition increases the size of the rendering of the selected content, and wherein the transition ends with the second user interface arrangement that displays the rendering of the selected content at a new size that covers a portion of a user interface surface that rendered the associated content; and
in response to the transition from first user interface arrangement that rendered both the selected content and the associated content to the second user interface arrangement, rendering a graphical element indicating an availability of the associated content.