公开(公告)号：US20180260081A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-13

申请号：US14446760

申请日：2014-07-30

Applicant: GOOGLE INC.

Inventor： Philippe J. Beaudoin ,  Tien-Chieh Huang ,  Ruby Lee ,  Pierre-Antoine Manzagol ,  Roger Delano Paul McFarlane ,  Shibl Mourad ,  Mathieu Perreault

IPC: G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F9/48

CPC classification number: G06F9/4806 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/0483

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.