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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2008
Kenneth L. Young, Sammamish, WA (US);
Steven Charles White, Redmond, WA (US);
Christian B. Schormann, Seattle, WA (US);
Kenneth L. Young, Sammamish, WA (US);
Steven Charles White, Redmond, WA (US);
Christian B. Schormann, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein are directed to automatically generating an animation for a transition between a current state and a new state. In one embodiment, a computer system accesses state properties of a visual element corresponding to a current state the visual element is in and a new state the visual element is to be transitioned to. The state properties include visual properties and transition description information. The computer system determines the differences between the visual properties of the current state and the new state and automatically generates an animation based on the determined differences between the visual properties for the current state and the new state, such that the animation is playable to transition the visual element from the current state to new state.