Drag toolbar to enter tab switching interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9547525-B1
Application number	US-201313972815-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Aug 21, 2013
Priority date	Aug 21, 2013
Publication date	Jan 17, 2017
Grant date	Jan 17, 2017

Abstract

Aspects of the subject technology relate to switching tabs in an application. A system is configured to provide for the display an application interface. The application interface includes a toolbar and content associated with a first tab from a plurality of tabs open in the application. The system is further configured to receive, via an input device, a swipe gesture on the toolbar in the application interface and enter, in response to the receiving of the swipe gesture, a tab switching mode in the application in which a tab switching interface is displayed on the touch screen.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
displaying an application interface on a touch screen, the application interface comprising an address toolbar and content associated with a first tab from a plurality of tabs open in a web client application, the address toolbar being configured to receive or display a uniform resource locator (URL);
receiving, on the touch screen, a swipe gesture on the address toolbar for the web client application;
visually dragging, in response to the receiving of the swipe gesture, the address toolbar and the content in a direction of the swiping gesture; and
displaying on the touch screen as the address toolbar is visually dragged, based on the swipe gesture and visually dragging the address toolbar, a tab switching interface comprising a visual representation of at least a portion of the plurality of tabs with corresponding selectable components, and a tab utility interface adjacent to the visual representation,
wherein the tab utility interface comprises one or more visual elements for performing one or more tab-related actions including adding a new tab and indicating a number of the plurality of tabs open in the web client application.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the web client application is a web browser.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a user selection of a selectable component corresponding to a second tab;
displaying, in response to the receiving of the user selection, content for the second tab corresponding to the selectable component.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the user selection is a touch-interaction in the tab switching interface.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an additional swipe gesture in the tab switching interface; and
scrolling, in response to the receiving of the additional swipe gesture, through the selectable components in the tab switching interface.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the additional swipe gesture is a horizontal swipe gesture.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the additional swipe gesture is a continuation of the swipe gesture received on the address toolbar for the application.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the swipe gesture is a vertical swipe gesture configured to drag the address toolbar downward.

9. A system, comprising:
one or more processors; and
a machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
providing for display an application interface on a touch screen, the application interface comprising an address toolbar and content associated with a first tab from a plurality of tabs open in a web client application, the address toolbar being configured to receive or display a uniform resource locator (URL);
receiving, via an input device, a swipe gesture on the address toolbar in the application interface;
visually dragging, in response to the receiving of the swipe gesture, the address toolbar and the content in a direction of the swiping gesture; and
displaying on the touch screen as the address toolbar is visually dragged, based on the swipe gesture and visually dragging the address toolbar, a tab switching interface comprising a visual representation of at least a portion of the plurality of tabs with corresponding selectable components, and a tab utility interface adjacent to the visual representation,
wherein the tab utility interface comprises one or more visual elements for performing one or more tab-related actions including adding a new tab and indicating a number of the plurality of tabs open in the application.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the input device is a touch screen and the application interface is displayed on the touch screen.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the application is a web browser.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving a user selection of a selectable component corresponding to a second tab;
displaying, in response to the receiving of the user selection, content for the second tab corresponding to the selectable component.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving an additional swipe gesture in the tab switching interface; and
scrolling, in response to the receiving of the additional swipe gesture, through the selectable components in the tab switching interface.

14. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
displaying a browser interface on a touch screen, the browser interface comprising an address toolbar and content associated with a first tab from a plurality of tabs open in a web browser, the address toolbar being configured to receive or display a uniform resource locator (URL);
receiving, on the touch screen, a swipe gesture on the address toolbar in the browser interface;
visually dragging, in response to the receiving of the swipe gesture, the address toolbar and the content in a direction of the swiping gesture; and
displaying on the touch screen as the address toolbar is visually dragged, based on the swipe gesture and visually dragging the address toolbar, a tab switching interface comprising a visual representation of at least a portion of the plurality of tabs with corresponding selectable components, and a tab utility interface adjacent to the visual representation,
wherein the tab utility interface comprises one or more visual elements for performing one or more tab-related actions including adding a new tab and indicating a number of the plurality of tabs open in the browser interface.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving a user selection of one of the selectable components corresponding to a second tab;
displaying, in response to the receiving of the user selection, content for the second tab.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving an additional swipe gesture in the tab switching interface; and
scrolling, in response to the receiving of the additional swipe gesture, through the selectable components in the tab switching interface.

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Trainor David Andrew
• Weber Arnaud Claude

Classifications

• G06F3/04883 Primary

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F9/48 Primary

  Program initiating; Program switching, e.g. by interrupt · CPC title

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title