Patents by Inventor Daniel Sean HSU

Daniel Sean HSU 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).

  • Publication number: 20220374109
    Abstract: Systems and processes for using display representations are provided. For example, at a first time, a first plurality of objects is displayed, and a first plurality of relationships associated with the first plurality of objects is identified. A display representation is obtained, including a plurality of first object representations as displayed at the first time and a plurality of first relationship representation as identified as the first time. At a second time, an input is received from the user. In response to receiving the input from the user, the display representation is retrieved, the retrieved display representation including a plurality of second object representations corresponding to a second plurality of displayed object as displayed at the second time and a plurality of second relationship representations as identified at the second time. An output responsive to the input is provided based on the retrieved display representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Conrad B. KRAMER, Daniel Sean HSU, Yi MA, Kevin D. PITOLIN, Antoine R. RAUX
  • Patent number: 11442607
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An example process for performing a task includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory, determining whether a shortcut criteria is met and in accordance with a determination that the shortcut criteria is met: displaying a first affordance corresponding to a first task of a shortcut over a user interface, determining whether the first task can be completed without displaying an application interface corresponding to the first task, in accordance with a determination that the first task can be completed without displaying the application interface, performing the first task while displaying the first affordance, and in accordance with a determination that the first task cannot be completed without displaying the application interface, displaying the application interface, and completing the first task using the application interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ayaka Nonaka, Daniel Sean Hsu, Ian J. McDowell, Nicholas Christian Frey, Charles B. Etzel, Conrad B. Kramer, Jay Moon, Elizabeth Elsa Perakis, Ari Weinstein
  • Publication number: 20210349605
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An example process for performing a task includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory, determining whether a shortcut criteria is met and in accordance with a determination that the shortcut criteria is met: displaying a first affordance corresponding to a first task of a shortcut over a user interface, determining whether the first task can be completed without displaying an application interface corresponding to the first task, in accordance with a determination that the first task can be completed without displaying the application interface, performing the first task while displaying the first affordance, and in accordance with a determination that the first task cannot be completed without displaying the application interface, displaying the application interface, and completing the first task using the application interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ayaka NONAKA, Daniel Sean HSU, Ian J. MCDOWELL, Nicholas Christian FREY, Charles B. ETZEL, Conrad B. KRAMER, Jay MOON, Elizabeth Elsa PERAKIS, Ari WEINSTEIN