Patent 8127239 was granted and assigned to Apple (company) on February, 2012 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In one aspect, one or more computer storage media can store executable instructions causing a processor to perform operations that include: providing a display environment including one or more object items; receiving a user selection of at least one of the object items; and, graphically transitioning the object item into an instance of an executing object within the display environment while retaining an aspect ratio associated with the object item.