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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2013
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Aaron J. Sauve, Seattle, WA (US);
Tony E. Schreiner, Redmond, WA (US);
Charles Cummins, Seattle, WA (US);
Cornelis K. Van Dok, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a method for pinning a tab in a tabbed browser. Briefly stated, browsing software is configured to recognize a 'pin' event, such as a hot key, a menu selection, and the like. Upon recognizing the pin event, the browsing software splits a display screen into a pinned window and a tabbed window. The tabbed window displays one or more open tabs and the content of the currently in focus tab. The pinned window may display content that was previously displayed within one of the tabs in the tabbed window or may display new content. The browsing software may configure the navigation of the pinned window differently than the navigation for the tabs in the tabbed window.