HYBRID MOBILE INTERACTIONS FOR NATIVE APPS AND WEB APPS

摘要

There is disclosed a system, including apparatus, methods and computer programs, for running native software applications (apps) and HTML5 web-based apps on a computing device, particularly a mobile computing device, in a multitasking mode of operation. In one embodiment, touch screen displays having one or more browsers are adapted to run one or more HTML5 apps, and receive input from hand gestures. One or more software modules execute on the operating system and are responsive to a dragging gesture applied to an HTML5 app displayed in a full screen mode, to subdivide the screen display and display the HTML5 app in one of the subdivided areas and display icons used to launch a second HTML5 app in a different one of the subdivided areas. The second HTML5 app is run concurrently with the first HTML5 app in order to provide multi-tasking between the first and second apps.

主权项

1. A computing device, comprising:
a touch screen configured to provide a screen display and receive input from hand gestures; a computer system operative to control the screen display, the computer system including an operating system and one or more browsers configured for execution with the operating system, wherein the one or more browsers are configured to execute one or more web apps; and one or more software modules configured for execution with the operating system, the software modules configured to respond to a dragging hand gesture applied to a web app being displayed in a full screen mode within the one or more browsers, by:
subdividing the screen display of the one or more browsers into multiple subdivided areas, and displaying the web app within one of the subdivided areas;launching a second web app and displaying the second web app within a different one of the subdivided areas; andproviding concurrent display of the web app and the second web app in a split-screen mode to facilitate user multitasking.