Drag toolbar to enter tab switching interface

• US 9,547,525 B1
• Filed: 08/21/2013
• Issued: 01/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Trainor, David Andrew, Weber, Arnaud Claude
• Primary Examiner(s): Chow, Doon
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tsai, James T
• Application Number:
  US13/972,815
• Time in Patent Office: 1,245 Days
• Field of Search: 715/777
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/48 Program initiating; Program switching, e.g. by interrupt

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.

Claims

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.