Patents by Inventor Colin H. Barrett

Colin H. Barrett 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).

  • Devices and Methods for Processing Touch Inputs Based on Their Intensities
    Publication number: 20170046038
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a user interface of a first third-party application that runs within an operating system. The device detects an input on a touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to a first portion of the user interface of the first third-party application. If the input meets first gesture recognition criteria and the input meets first intensity criteria specified by the first third-party application, the device performs the first operation associated with the first portion of the user interface of the first third-party application. If the input meets the first gesture recognition criteria but does not meet the first intensity criteria specified by the first third-party application, the device forgoes performance of the first operation associated with the first portion of the user interface of the first third-party application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Peter L. Hajas, Colin H. Barrett, Olivier D.R. Gutknecht, Sophia Teutschler, Morgan H. Winer