Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Paula Julia Chuchro

Michael J Patten

Mark Yalovsky

Christian Klein

Sean O Lyndersay

Scott David Schenone

Jason Craig Nelson

Robert Disano

Marty J Hall

Melissa Susan Kerr

Ritika Kapadia

Sean Gary Nordberg

Jerome Jean-Louis Vasseur

Adam Edward Barrus

Akriti Dokania

Laura J McDermott

Rose E Zeller

Laura J Mcdermott

Techniques for application launching in a multi-display device are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus such as a mobile device includes multiple interconnected display devices. According to one or more implementations, techniques described herein enable application launching behavior to be determined based on context information. For instance, based on a determined context condition of a multi-display client device, an application launch behavior is determined and used to launch an application on the client device.

Application launching in a multi-display device

Various embodiments utilize context positioning of an input mechanism to convey at least one action associated with the input mechanism. At times, the input mechanism is associated with multiple actions. Input received via at the input mechanism can be analyzed to determine which action of the multiple actions to perform. In some embodiments, the input mechanism can be physically and/or visually moved to a different location based upon the determined action.

Contextual browser frame and entry box placement

Determining browsing activities is described. In one or more implementations, browsing history data, indicating navigation to websites using a web platform, is analyzed to determine a browsing activity, such as shopping, planning a trip, and so forth. The websites navigated to using the web platform as part of the browsing activity are then stored with the browsing activity to enable subsequent access to the websites. In one or more implementations, for each browsing activity, one or more suggested websites which are related to the browsing activity are determined and stored with the browsing activity to enable access to the suggested websites.

Determining browsing activities

Multiple tabs are displayed in a tab row, with each tab corresponding to a respective display of content. In response to receiving a single action user input, two or more of the multiple tabs are grouped together into a tab group that is displayed in the tab row instead of the two or more tabs. These two or more tabs may be grouped together according to a wide range of options that may be designated by a user. Tab groups enable simultaneous interaction with individual tabs of the tab group, such as sharing, saving, and viewing content associated with the individual tabs. Ungrouped tabs and tab groups displayed in the tab row can further be sorted for display according to one or more user preferences to enhance the overall experience in interacting with different displays of content.

Tab sweeping and grouping

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Paula Julia Chuchro