Ruby Lee Lee

US Patent:

20180260081, Sep 13, 2018

Filed:

Jul 30, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/446760

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Tien-Chieh Huang - Montreal, CA
Ruby Lee - San Francisco CA, US
Pierre-Antoine Manzagol - Montreal, CA
Roger Delano Paul McFarlane - Montreal, CA
Shibl Mourad - Montreal, CA
Mathieu Perreault - Montreal, CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/0482
G06F 3/0481
G06F 9/48

Abstract:

A technique includes determining a ranked list of tasks that are ranked based on a likelihood of being selected by a user, the ranked list of tasks including a site identifier that identifies a site and a mode of navigation for the site as either a launch mode to launch a new page from the site or a switch mode to switch to a stored context of the site, displaying a task switcher/launcher interface that includes a selectable icon for a plurality of tasks from the ranked list of tasks, receiving, by a client application, a signal selecting one of the displayed tasks, determining a site and a mode of navigation for the selected task, and performing, by the client application, site navigation for the selected task based upon the mode of navigation for the selected task. A mode of navigation may include launch mode or switch mode.

US Patent:

20150169154, Jun 18, 2015

Filed:

Feb 19, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/184650

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Ruby LEE - San Francisco CA, US
John Nicholas JITKOFF - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/0484

Abstract:

Systems and methods for presenting information in a header region of an application are provided. In some aspects, a URL is received in an omnibox of an application window of a computer. A page corresponding to the URL is presented in a page display region of the application window. The URL is presented in the omnibox. A collapsed form of the URL and connection information associated with the page are presented in a button of the application window adjacent to the omnibox. The collapsed form of the URL includes a representation of a top-level domain and a hierarchy of the URL. The collapsed form of the URL includes different text from the URL.