US Patent 9292955 Sequencing of animations in software applications

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for defining a sequence of animations for changing visible and non-visible values of objects. One or more programmatic calls is received, the calls including animations and sequencing for their performance. Consecutive frames of the animations are displayed according to the animations and the sequencing defined in the programmatic calls. Non-displayed properties of the objects in the animations are changed in coordination with the displaying of the consecutive frames.