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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
John Nicholas Jitkoff, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniel T. Erat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Glen Murphy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Nicholas Jitkoff, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniel T. Erat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Glen Murphy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes presenting a first window in a graphical user interface. The method includes presenting at least a portion of each secondary window. The method includes presenting one or more indicators indicating that additional windows exist. The method includes receiving a first user selection of a first one of the indicators. The method includes bringing at least one of the additional windows to the foreground, moving the at least one of the additional windows across the graphical user interface to be in view of the graphical user interface, sending the first window and the secondary windows behind the at least one of the additional windows, and moving at least one of the first window and the secondary windows across the graphical user interface to be out of view of the graphical user interface.