METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING USER-SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON-SCREEN CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH AN ANIMATED WIDGET

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention are operable to display entertaining or amusing, user-specific content (e.g., amusing, short on-screen messages relating to the user's profession) adjacent to objects rendered during unresponsive system states (e.g., animated objects, such as a rotating wheel or hour glass animation, etc.). Additionally, content rendered by embodiments of the present invention may be related or unrelated to an application and/or a process currently being executed by computer system that may be causing the system's current unresponsive state. As such, embodiments of the present invention can improve an end-user's experience during unresponsive system states by entertaining end-users until the computer system can return to a previous activate state and resume performance of standard operations.

主权项

1. A method of rendering content on a display of a computing device, said method comprising:
rendering an animated object on a graphical user interface responsive to a detection of an unresponsive state associated with said computing device; receiving a selection of an amusing content to be displayed contemporaneously with said animated object during said unresponsive state wherein said amusing content is specific to a user; rendering said amusing content contemporaneously with said animated object on said graphical user interface; and detecting an active state associated with said computing device, wherein rendering of said amusing content is terminated upon said detection of said active state.