Patents by Inventor Christopher Patrick

Christopher Patrick 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).

  • Fan
    Patent number: 11846299
    Abstract: A fan is disclosed. The fan includes a base mountable to a ceiling; a base motor contained in the base; a multi-section shaft operably connected to the base motor and moveable between a collapsed position and an extended position; and a fan assembly connected to the multi-section shaft and including a fan motor and at least one fan blade operably connected to the fan motor, wherein in response to a signal, the base motor raises or lowers the fan assembly by moving the multi-section shaft between the collapsed position and the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Phansee Company, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Emanuel Noble, Christopher Patrick Noble
  • Publication number: 20230400197
    Abstract: An air treatment system (100) for treating air of an inhabited space (1). The air treatment system has an air preparation module (3) and a cryogenic module (5). The air preparation module (3) is configured to receive air extracted from the inhabited space (1) and is configured to increase the pressure of the extracted air so as to increase the density and decrease the moisture content of the extracted air, thereby converting the extracted air into dry air. The cryogenic module (5) is coupled to the air preparation module (3) to receive the dry air and is configured to decrease a temperature of the dry air such that at least part of at least one component of the dry air is separated and removed from the dry air thereby converting the dry air into treated air for delivery into the inhabited space (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Patrick BOYLE, Richard Hugh REYNOLDS
  • Publication number: 20230403509
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for configuring an electronic device to control a first controllable external device. The process includes receiving information corresponding to the first controllable external device, and determining, based on the received information, whether the first controllable external device is associated with a plurality of controllable functions associated with a plurality of subcomponents of the first controllable external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Taylor G. CARRIGAN, Patrick L. COFFMAN, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Tiffany S. JON, Andrew S. KIM, Lauren K. TROTTIER
  • Patent number: 11829576
    Abstract: Systems and processes for manipulating a graphical user interface are disclosed. One process can include receiving user input through a crown to rotate a virtual object. The process includes selecting a surface of the object from among the multiple surfaces of the object in response to determining that the crown rotation exceeded a speed threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Zambetti, Gary Ian Butcher, Imran Chaudhri, Jonathan R. Dascola, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Aurelio Guzman, Jonathan P. Ive, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Duncan Robert Kerr, Stephen O. Lemay, Natalia Maric, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Publication number: 20230362123
    Abstract: A technique for electronic message user interfaces. In particular, the technique displays, on a display, an electronic message user interface and receives user input from a touch-sensitive surface, a rotatable input mechanism, and/or peripherals such as a microphone to access, compose, and manipulate electronic messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Alan C. DYE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Imran CHAUDHRI, Jonathan R. DASCOLA, Jonathan P. IVE
  • Patent number: 11800001
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays an incoming call user interface in response to receiving an indication of an incoming call. In some embodiments, the incoming call user interface is displayed overlaid on a respective user interface that is optionally associated with an application other than the application associated with the incoming call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Woo Chang, Nathan De Vries, Marcel Van Os, Christopher Patrick Foss, Heena Ko, Patrick L. Coffman, Robert Garcia, III
  • Patent number: 11795327
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to flexible wax compositions and a method of making the same. Described herein is a wax composition containing about 20 wt % to about 45 wt % monoacylglycerides, about 28 wt % to about 40 wt % diacylglycerides, and about 10 wt % to about 45 wt % acylglyceride polymers, which contain one or more dimerized fatty acid residue and a plurality of glycerol moieties. The flexible wax composition described herein has an average creep stiffness of less than about 30 MPa and can be used in candles, paper coatings, box coatings, fruit coatings, broadsizing for OSB, tire and rubber, polyvinyl chloride piping, crayons, and personal care applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Todd L. Kurth, Mariah Elizabeth Lindahl, Timothy Alan Murphy, Christopher Patrick Stevermer
  • Publication number: 20230334432
    Abstract: Techniques for a displaying user interfaces screens of a calendar application include displaying different screens based on an input modality. The calendar application may respond differently to inputs from a touch-sensitive screen, inputs from a rotatable input mechanism, inputs having higher intensities, inputs having lower intensities, and so forth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Imran CHAUDHRI, Stephen O. LEMAY, Alan C. DYE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Christopher WILSON, Eric Lance WILSON, Lawrence Y. YANG, Jonathan P. IVE, Britt K. NELSON, Dennis S. PARK
  • Patent number: 11787945
    Abstract: Described herein is a polymerized biorenewable, petroleum based, previously modified, or functionalized oil, comprising a polymeric distribution having about 2 to about 80 wt % oligomer content, a polydispersity index ranging from about 1.0 to about 5.0, and sulfur content ranging from 0.001 wt % to about 8 wt %. Methods of manufacturing the polymerized oil as well as its incorporation into asphalt paving, roofing, and coating applications are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Todd L. Kurth, Scott Nivens, Christopher Patrick Stevermer, Hassan Ali Tabatabaee
  • Patent number: 11782573
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for enabling an activity using a computer system. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for invoking an activity associated with an application are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for customizing displayed content based on circumstances under which the content was invoked are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing applications that were used to enable activities are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing settings for applications used to enable activities are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yongjun Zhang, Reza Abbasian, Darin Adler, Steven Falkenburg, Craig M. Federighi, Christopher Patrick Foss, Heena Ko, Grant Paul, James S. Savage, Caelan G. Stack, Charles H. Ying, Mark M. Xue, Patrick L. Coffman
  • Patent number: 11785387
    Abstract: An electronic device, with a display device, a communication device, one or more processors and memory, displays a first representation of a first controllable external device, where the first controllable external device is situated at a location. The device detects a first input corresponding to a selection of the first representation of the first controllable external device. In response to detecting the first input, the device transmits instructions, using the communication device, to the first controllable external device to perform a function if the first controllable external device is of a first type or displays, using the display device, a user interface for controlling characteristics of the first controllable external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan, Patrick L. Coffman, Christopher Patrick Foss
  • Patent number: 11778024
    Abstract: Described are systems, methods, and media for providing secure and scalable decentralized computation for one or more decentralized applications. Features include a blockchain, and a plurality of nodes that are separated into at least a first specialized node type and a second specialized node type. Nodes of the first specialized node type can be assigned non-deterministic tasks to perform, and each of the nodes of the second specialized node type can be assigned deterministic tasks to perform. Thus, the disclosed systems and methods can achieve improvements in speed and cost that scale with hardware capacity without compromising decentralization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Dapper Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Dietrich Theodore Shirley, Fabiano Pereira Soriani, Christopher Patrick Scott, Layne Lafrance
  • Patent number: 11775141
    Abstract: Context-specific user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, provide, inter alia, indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. A user interface screen including a current time indicator and a first platter is displayed. The first platter is at a first position, is associated with a first application, and displays a first set of information obtained from the first application. The first set of information relates to a first temporal context of the current day. In response to detecting a user input, the first platter is displayed at a second position and a second platter is displayed at the first position. The second platter is associated with a second application and displays a second set of information obtained from the second application. The second set of information relates to a second temporal context of the current day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Heena Ko, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Kevin Will Chen, Joshua R. Ford, Christopher Patrick Foss, Aurelio Guzman, Stephen O. Lemay, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Joshua Weinberg, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: 11770238
    Abstract: Described are systems, methods, and media for providing secure and scalable decentralized computation for one or more decentralized applications. Features include a blockchain; and a plurality of nodes comprising a plurality of each of three specialized node types, the specialized node types comprising access nodes, security nodes, and execution nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Dapper Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Dietrich Theodore Shirley, Fabiano Pereira Soriani, Christopher Patrick Scott, Layne Lafrance
  • Publication number: 20230299967
    Abstract: A method for monitoring operation of a controller area network (CAN) comprising a plurality of nodes. The method comprises measuring a voltage associated with a CAN message transmitted on the network, determining a message signature in dependence on the measured voltage, and comparing the message signature with a node signature to determine the authenticity of the CAN message. One or more actions may be taken in dependence on the determined authenticity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Warwick Control Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Patrick Quigley, David Stewart Roy Charles
  • Patent number: 11765163
    Abstract: An electronic device performs techniques related generally to implementing biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for a biometric enrollment process tutorial. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for aligning a biometric feature for enrollment. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for enrolling a biometric feature. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for providing hints during a biometric enrollment process. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for application-based biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for autofilling biometrically secured fields. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for unlocking a device using biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for retrying biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for managing transfers using biometric authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Van Os, Peter D. Anton, Arian Behzadi, Jonathan R. Dascola, Lynne Devine, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Bradley W. Griffin, Jonathan P. Ive, Joseph A. Malia, Pedro Mari, Daamun Mohseni, Grant Paul, Daniel Trent Preston, William M. Tyler
  • Publication number: 20230289034
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for enabling an activity using a computer system. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for invoking an activity associated with an application are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for customizing displayed content based on circumstances under which the content was invoked are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing applications that were used to enable activities are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing settings for applications used to enable activities are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Yongjun ZHANG, Reza ABBASIAN, Darin ADLER, Patrick L. COFFMAN, Nicholas Stephen DOHERTY, Steven FALKENBURG, Craig M. FEDERIGHI, Kenneth Arthur Abraham FERRY, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Brian Erik GOLDBERG, Heena KO, Grant PAUL, Grant C. RITCHIE, Caelan G. STACK, Charles H. YING, Xiaoyue ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230291824
    Abstract: An electronic device having a user interface for accessing phone features. The user interface accounts for whether the electronic device is connected to a companion cellular phone. The user interface accounts for a headset is available for use to carry on a call. The user interface permits transition between using one or more of cellular phone, headset, and/or the electronic device to be used for carrying on incoming or outgoing calls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. YANG, Imran CHAUDHRI, Anton M. DAVYDOV, Alan C. DYE, Dylan Ross EDWARDS, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Jonathan P. IVE, Zachery KENNEDY, Stephen O. LEMAY
  • Patent number: 11752191
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of making engineered viral proteins and protein complexes that are useful as vaccine immunogens, engineered viral proteins and protein complexes made using such methods, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such engineered viral proteins and protein complexes. Such engineered viral proteins and protein complexes may comprise one or more cross-links that stabilize the conformation of an antibody epitope, such as a quaternary neutralizing antibody, and may exhibit an enhanced ability to elicit a protective immune response when administered to a subject as a component of a vaccine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher Patrick Marshall
  • Patent number: D1002146
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher Patrick Farris