Patents by Inventor Peter Kasting

Peter Kasting has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • MEGA LENS STYLE TAB MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20140298240
    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented method for managing tabs in a graphical user interface. The method includes receiving a first user input that selects a first tab from among a plurality of tabs in a tab area of a tabbed interface. The method further includes expanding a dimension of the first tab and each of a first subset of tabs, from among and including fewer than all of the plurality of tabs, around the first tab in response to receiving the first user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: John Nicholas JITKOFF, Scott R. Violet, Peter Kasting
  • Tab management in a browser
    Patent number: 8762879
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tab management in a browser, such as a web browser. In a first embodiment, a method creates a new tab in a browser on a device. An opener tab that opened the new tab is determined on the device. A tab opened from the opener tab is determined on the device. Finally, the new tab is positioned, on the device, adjacent to the tab opened from the opener tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Goodger, Brian Rakowski, Linus Upson, Glen Murphy, Peter Kasting