Method, apparatus and system for management of application switching in an electronic device
OwnerMichael William Brown, Sang-Heun Kim +1inventors
InventorsMichael William Brown, Sang-Heun Kim, Orlin Vesselinov Stoev
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Abstract
A method for managing an application switcher is provided. An embodiment includes loading a plurality of web pages and associating each web page with an application switcher application, and additionally associating the application switcher application with another application. When the application switcher application is invoked, both the open web pages and the another application are available for direct selection and invocation.
Claims17
A computing device configured for application switching comprising:
- storage configured to maintain a web-browser application, an application switcher application and at least another application;
- at least one processor connected to said storage and configured to execute said web-browser application and said at least another application;
- said at least another application having an application identifier;
- a display connected to said at least one processor and configured to generate web pages via said web-browser application and to generate said at least another application;
- and
- an interface connected to said processor;
- said processor configured to access, via said interface, at least one web-site comprising a plurality of web pages maintained by at least one web-server;
- each of said web-sites having a different web page identifier;
- said processor configured to associate each of said web page identifiers with said application switcher application;
- and,
- said processor configured to associate said at least another application identifier with said application switcher application, such that upon invocation of said application switcher application each of said web page identifiers and said at least one another application identifier are generated on said display.
A method of managing application switching in a computing device, the method comprising:
- loading a plurality of web pages into storage of said computing device;
- each of said web pages having a different web page identifier;
- associating, using a processor in said computing device, each web page identifier with an application switcher application maintained in said storage of said computing device;
- and,
- associating, using said processor, at least another application identifier respective to another application, with said application switcher application;
- invoking said application switcher application in said processor;
- and,
- generating, using said processor, each of said web page identifiers and said another application identifier.
A computer readable medium for maintaining a plurality of programming instructions for a processor of a computing device such that when executed said said programming instructions configure said processor to perform a method of managing application switching on said computing device;
- said method comprising.
- loading a plurality of web pages into storage of said computing device;
- each of said web pages having a different web page identifier;
- associating, using a processor in said computing device, each web page identifier with an application switcher application maintained in said storage of said computing device;
- and,
- associating, using said processor, at least another application identifier respective to another application, with said application switcher application;
- invoking said application switcher application in said processor;
- and,
- generating, using said processor, each of said web page identifiers and said another application identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.