Patent №
US 8,631,340
Granted
2014-01-14
Filed 2008
Owner
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
2
nlp · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12146429
Techniques to facilitate finding a tab or tabs in a user interface window are described. Various embodiments present tabs, individual tabs being associated with an opened document such as a web page or an activity, in a user interface window and automatically group at least some of the tabs together in a visually distinctive way. In at least some embodiments, this grouping is performed in response to a user interacting with the tabs in a particular way. For instance, a user may cause a tab to be created or moved within the user interface window such that the tab is grouped with a tab group or ungrouped from a tab group. Furthermore, one or more embodiments provide for certain tab-related actions, such as selecting an active tab and changing a display of a title of a tab, which can be performed in a manner based at least in part on this grouping.
AI classification
Ownership
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
assignment · 213840578
Assignors
SCHREINER, TONY E, EPLING, JEREMIAH S, DRISLANE, HELEN E, ENS, MICHAEL J
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.