Patent ID: 9529487
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: determining that a browser application is operating on a computing device, the browser application comprising a plurality of tabs, wherein a first web application operates in a first tab of the tabs, and a second web application operates in a second tab of the tabs; determining that the computing device includes a fast-switch list of an operating system that exclusively includes one or more applications currently operating on the computing device including a visual identifier corresponding to the browser application, wherein the fast-switch list includes a designation of one of the applications as being an active application on the computing device, and wherein the active application on the computing device is selectable from the one or more applications of the fast-switch list upon a detection of a keystroke that changes the designation of the active application to a selected one of the applications; and adding a visual identifier associated with the first web application to the fast-switch list of the operating system responsive to detecting a request received through the browser application to pin the first tab of the tabs associated with the first web application, a name field of the pinned first tab of the tabs being replaced with an identifier corresponding to the first web application, wherein after the adding the fast-switch list includes at least two visually distinct visual identifiers both corresponding to the browser application, the at least two visually distinct visual identifiers including the visual identifier associated with the first web application, wherein the visual distinction distinguishes the browser application from the first web application operating within the first tab of the browser application, wherein the first web application continues to operate in the first tab subsequent to the adding of the first web application to the fast-switch list, wherein a selection of the visual identifier corresponding to the first web application designates the first tab of the browser application as the active application in the fast-switch list, and wherein a selection of the visual identifier corresponding to the browser application designates a most-recently active tab of the browser application as the active application, wherein the second tab corresponding to the second web application is the most recently active tab of the browser application.