Patent ID: 8826170
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for switching between tabbed windows, the method comprising: receiving an input of a touch gesture comprising a dragging motion via a touch interface of a device; determining whether the touch gesture begins within a predetermined distance from a first edge of the touch interface and proceeds towards a second edge of the touch interface; and in response to determining that the touch gesture begins within the predetermined distance from the first edge and proceeds towards the second edge, providing a plurality of tabbed windows in an application for display from a perspective vertically above the plurality of tabbed windows, and wherein each of the plurality of tabbed windows is configured to be provided for display along a respective plane, and wherein each of the respective planes corresponding to the plurality of tabbed windows is angled at a different degree with respect to the perspective vertically above the plurality of tabbed windows than the remaining respective planes corresponding to the remaining plurality of tabbed windows.