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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2011
Arnaud Claude Weber, Saratoga, CA (US);
Roma Rajni Shah, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alex Neely Ainslie, San Francisco, CA (US);
Glen Murphy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Arnaud Claude Weber, Saratoga, CA (US);
Roma Rajni Shah, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alex Neely Ainslie, San Francisco, CA (US);
Glen Murphy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for switching between opened web pages in a web browser using a dragging motion across a touchscreen device are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an input of a touch gesture comprising a dragging motion beginning near a first lateral edge of a touchscreen interface towards a second lateral edge of the touchscreen interface, and controlling the switching of a currently displayed open web page in the web browser to another one of a plurality of opened web pages in the web browser based on the touch gesture. The selection of which open web page to switch to is determined based on the distance of the dragging motion of the touch gesture. Systems, graphical user interfaces, and machine-readable media are also provided.