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Controlling window using touch-sensitive edge

US10318130B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Google LLC · US

Inventors

David Joseph Murphy · San Francisco, US
Nicholas John Foster · Oakland, US
Thomas Moltoni · London, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 12, 2016
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 28, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2203/04803
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes: receiving, by a computing device, an input generated by a user touching a location on a touch-sensitive edge; determining whether a display contains a window split; when the display contains the window split, determining, in response to the input, whether the location is within a predefined proximity of the window split; when the location is within the predefined proximity of the window split, repositioning the window split on the display based on the input. When the display does not contain the window split, and when the location is not within the predefined proximity of the window split, a new window split can be created on the display, in response to the input, based on the location.

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