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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2012
Michael Matas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kimon Tsinteris, San Francisco, CA (US);
Austin Sarner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Melcher, New York, NY (US);
Michael Matas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kimon Tsinteris, San Francisco, CA (US);
Austin Sarner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Melcher, New York, NY (US);
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Particular embodiments display an object at a first position on a screen of an electronic device; and in response to a user selecting the object with one or more fingers and moving the fingers around the screen, display an animated sequence depicting the object moving around the screen tracking movements of the user's fingers, movements of the object in the first animated sequence simulating a visual effect of the object being tethered to the user's fingers by one or more springs.