Patent ID: 9110568
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: collecting user activity metadata generated by, and associated with, a user's interaction with online content; opening a plurality of tabs of the online content in a graphical user interface of a window of a browser application; positioning the opened tabs in a first arrangement of tabs in the browser window; determining, through a processor of one or more computer systems, a relative importance of each of the plurality of opened tabs to the user based on the user activity metadata associated with the online content in each of the opened tabs; receiving an indication of a selection of a graphical user interface element included in the browser window; and automatically, based on receipt of the indication of the selection and without requiring further input from the user: determine a first subset of the opened tabs and a second subset of the opened tabs based at least on the relative importance of each of the plurality of opened tabs to the user, the second subset of the opened tabs determined as less important to the user than the first subset of the opened tabs; re-position the first subset of the opened tabs relative to each other in a second arrangement of the opened tabs within the browser window of the graphical user interface without opening an additional tab, wherein the second arrangement is different from the first arrangement and wherein the re-positioning is based at least on the relative importance of each of the tabs included in the first subset of opened tabs; and dock the second subset of the opened tabs, wherein the docking decouples each of the opened tabs included in the second subset of opened tabs from the browser application, and wherein the docking removes each of the opened tabs included in the second subset of opened tabs from the browser window, each decoupled docked tab being a primary windowing element that when maximized is displayed in a new instance of the browser application.