US 11,816,308 B2
Web browser tab navigation during video conference session
Tori Jeannette Rice, Indianapolis, IN (US)
Assigned to Salesforce, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Salesforce, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/649,496.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,425, filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0308716 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 65/403 (2022.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0489 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0483 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04897 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for web browser tab navigation, comprising:
initiating, via a web browser and in a first tab of a plurality of tabs of the web browser, a video conference session of a video conference application;
rendering a visual component in a user interface of the video conference session that indicates enablement of tab navigation functionality for the video conference application, the visual component indicating a first option to enable visual marking of the first tab, a second option to request a second web browser of a second attendee to visually distinguish a second tab that is actively hosting the video conference application within the second web browser, and a third option to disable visual marking of the first tab, wherein the enablement of the tab navigation functionality is based at least in part on an extension for the video conference application being installed in the web browser;
receiving an input selecting the first option via the visual component to visually distinguish the first tab from the plurality of tabs for a duration of the video conference session; and
causing for display the visual marker associated with the first tab for the duration of the video conference session based at least in part on receiving the input.