Patents by Inventor Donald M. Firlik
Donald M. Firlik 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).
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Patent number: 11783223Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure present devices, methods, and computer readable medium for techniques for creating machine learning models. Application developers can select a machine learning template from a plurality of templates appropriate for the type of data used in their application. Templates can include multiple templates for classification of images, text, sound, motion, and tabular data. A graphical user interface allows for intuitive selection of training data, validation data, and integration of the trained model into the application. The techniques further display a numerical score for both the training accuracy and validation accuracy using the test data. The application provides a live mode that allows for execution of the machine learning model on a mobile device to allow for testing the model from data from one or more of the sensors (i.e., camera or microphone) on the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Michael R. Siracusa, Alexander B. Brown, Dheeraj Goswami, Nathan C. Wertman, Jacob T. Sawyer, Donald M. Firlik
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Patent number: 11662996Abstract: A technique for downgrading applications to placeholder applications in order to free up storage space in a user device. Based on a variety of heuristics, a number of installed applications are identified as candidates for a downgrade. The downgrading of the identified applications involves creating a placeholder application for each of the identified applications. The identified applications are temporarily deleted while keeping the user data associated with the identified applications intact and the placeholder applications are installed.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Inventors: Christopher S. Linn, Eric S. Brown, Eric O. Carlson, Cindy M. Barrett, Jonathan M. Grynspan, Donald M. Firlik, Cameron S. Birse, Timothee Geoghegan
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Publication number: 20220244941Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique for downgrading applications to placeholder applications in order to free up storage space in a user device. Based on a variety of heuristics, a number of installed applications are identified as candidates for a downgrade. The downgrading of the identified applications involves creating a placeholder application for each of the identified applications. The identified applications are temporarily deleted while keeping the user data associated with the applications intact and the placeholder applications are installed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Christopher S. LINN, Eric S. BROWN, Eric O. CARLSON, Cindy M. BARRETT, Jonathan M. GRYNSPAN, Donald M. FIRLIK, Cameron S. BIRSE, Timothee GEOGHEGAN
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Patent number: 11314498Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique for downgrading applications to placeholder applications in order to free up storage space in a user device. Based on a variety of heuristics, a number of installed applications are identified as candidates for a downgrade. The downgrading of the identified applications involves creating a placeholder application for each of the identified applications. The identified applications are temporarily deleted while keeping the user data associated with the applications intact and the placeholder applications are installed.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Inventors: Christopher S. Linn, Eric S. Brown, Eric O. Carlson, Cindy M. Barrett, Jonathan M. Grynspan, Donald M. Firlik, Cameron S. Birse, Timothee Geoghegan
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Patent number: 11281369Abstract: In an example method, a user interface is presented by a device on a touch sensitive surface of the device. The device presents a keyboard image on a touch sensitive surface of the device. The device then receives a first touch input selecting a key of the keyboard image and responsive to receiving the first touch input, displays a primary character associated with the selected key. While maintenance of physical contact is detected by the touch sensitive surface, the device receives a touch gesture starting at the key of the keyboard image and continuing in a diagonal direction along a face of the key. Responsive to receiving the touch gesture, the device displays an alternative character associated with the selected key.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Inventors: Behzad Aghaei, Timothy V. Isted, Maxwell O. Drukman, Donald M. Firlik, Christopher A. Lattner, Kenneth S. Orr, Andreas Wendker
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Patent number: 10942645Abstract: In an example method, a user interface is presented by a device on a touch sensitive surface of the device. The user interface includes a first portion for displaying a sequence of code and a second portion for displaying suggested bracketed functions. The device receives a first touch gesture dragging a suggested bracketed function from the second portion to the first portion of the user interface. Responsive to receiving the first touch gesture, the suggested bracketed function is inserted into the sequence of code. The bracketed function encloses at least a portion of the sequence of code. The device receives a second touch gesture dragging an end bracket associated with the inserted bracketed function. Responsive to receiving the second touch gesture, the sequence of code is modified such that the bracketed function encloses an additional portion of the sequence of code.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Behzad Aghaei, Christopher A. Lattner, Donald M. Firlik, Kenneth S. Orr, Matthew M. Patenaude, Maxwell O. Drukman, Michael S. Ferris, Samuel C. Page, Sonny Falk, Timothy V. Isted, William A. Dudney, Jr.
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Publication number: 20200380301Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure present devices, methods, and computer readable medium for techniques for creating machine learning models. Application developers can select a machine learning template from a plurality of templates appropriate for the type of data used in their application. Templates can include multiple templates for classification of images, text, sound, motion, and tabular data. A graphical user interface allows for intuitive selection of training data, validation data, and integration of the trained model into the application. The techniques further display a numerical score for both the training accuracy and validation accuracy using the test data. The application provides a live mode that allows for execution of the machine learning model on a mobile device to allow for testing the model from data from one or more of the sensors (i.e., camera or microphone) on the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Michael R. Siracusa, Alexander B. Brown, Dheeraj Goswami, Nathan C. Wertman, Jacob T. Sawyer, Donald M. Firlik
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Publication number: 20200004414Abstract: In an example method, a user interface is presented by a device on a touch sensitive surface of the device. The user interface includes a first portion for displaying a sequence of code and a second portion for displaying suggested bracketed functions. The device receives a first touch gesture dragging a suggested bracketed function from the second portion to the first portion of the user interface. Responsive to receiving the first touch gesture, the suggested bracketed function is inserted into the sequence of code. The bracketed function encloses at least a portion of the sequence of code. The device receives a second touch gesture dragging an end bracket associated with the inserted bracketed function. Responsive to receiving the second touch gesture, the sequence of code is modified such that the bracketed function encloses an additional portion of the sequence of code.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Behzad Aghaei, Christopher A. Lattner, Donald M. Firlik, Kenneth S. Orr, Matthew M. Patenaude, Maxwell O. Drukman, Michael S. Ferris, Samuel C. Page, Sonny Falk, Timothy V. Isted, William A. Dudney, Jr.
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Patent number: 10430072Abstract: In an example method, a user interface is presented by a device on a touch sensitive surface of the device. The user interface includes a first portion for displaying a sequence of code and a second portion for displaying suggested bracketed functions. The device receives a first touch gesture dragging a suggested bracketed function from the second portion to the first portion of the user interface. Responsive to receiving the first touch gesture, the suggested bracketed function is inserted into the sequence of code. The bracketed function encloses at least a portion of the sequence of code. The device receives a second touch gesture dragging an end bracket associated with the inserted bracketed function. Responsive to receiving the second touch gesture, the sequence of code is modified such that the bracketed function encloses an additional portion of the sequence of code.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Behzad Aghaei, Christopher A. Lattner, Donald M. Firlik, Kenneth S. Orr, Matthew M. Patenaude, Maxwell O. Drukman, Michael S. Ferris, Samuel C. Page, Sonny Falk, Timothy V. Isted, William A. Dudney
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Publication number: 20190205028Abstract: In an example method, a user interface is presented by a device on a touch sensitive surface of the device. The device presents a keyboard image on a touch sensitive surface of the device. The device then receives a first touch input selecting a key of the keyboard image and responsive to receiving the first touch input, displays a primary character associated with the selected key. While maintenance of physical contact is detected by the touch sensitive surface, the device receives a touch gesture starting at the key of the keyboard image and continuing in a diagonal direction along a face of the key. Responsive to receiving the touch gesture, the device displays an alternative character associated with the selected key.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Behzad Aghaei, Timothy V. Isted, Maxwell O. Drukman, Donald M. Firlik, Christopher A. Lattner, Kenneth S. Orr, Andreas Wendker
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Publication number: 20190187974Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique for downgrading applications to placeholder applications in order to free up storage space in a user device. Based on a variety of heuristics, a number of installed applications are identified as candidates for a downgrade. The downgrading of the identified applications involves creating a placeholder application for each of the identified applications. The identified applications are temporarily deleted while keeping the user data associated with the applications intact and the placeholder applications are installed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Christopher S. LINN, Eric S. BROWN, Eric O. CARLSON, Cindy M. BARRETT, Jonathan M. GRYNSPAN, Donald M. FIRLIK, Cameron S. BIRSE, Timothee GEOGHEGAN
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Patent number: 10268366Abstract: In an example method, a user interface is presented by a device on a touch sensitive surface of the device. The device receives a first touch input selecting a numeral presented in the user interface. Responsive to receiving the first touch input, a numeric keypad interface and a display element are presented. The device receives a second touch input selecting the display element. Responsive to receiving the second touch input, a rotary interface including the display element is presented. While the user is maintaining physical contact with the touch sensitive surface, the device receives a rotational touch gesture dragging the display element about the rotary interface. Responsive to receiving the rotational touch gesture, the numeral is modified.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Behzad Aghaei, Timothy V. Isted, Maxwell O. Drukman, Donald M. Firlik, Christopher A. Lattner, Kenneth S. Orr, Andreas Wendker
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Patent number: 10235152Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique for downgrading applications to placeholder applications in order to free up storage space in a user device. Based on a variety of heuristics, a number of installed applications are identified as candidates for a downgrade. The downgrading of the identified applications involves creating a placeholder application for each of the identified applications. The identified applications are temporarily deleted while keeping the user data associated with the applications intact and the placeholder applications are installed.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher S. Linn, Eric S. Brown, Eric O. Carlson, Cindy M. Barrett, Jonathan M. Grynspan, Donald M. Firlik, Cameron S. Birse, Timothee Geoghegan
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Publication number: 20160357536Abstract: A method and an apparatus for an application thinning mechanism are described. The thinning mechanism can select a subset of components from a universal application to assemble an application variant to be distributed and installed to a specific type of devices. The universal application may include every component, such as asset, resource or executable, built/developed for targeted device attributes to install one common application to multiple devices. For example, the thinning mechanism can use a trait vector associated with a type of devices to iterate through the components and identify assets to be included or packaged into in each target device specific application or application variant.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Donald M. Firlik, Patrick O. Heynen, David Makower, Andrew D. Boyko, Anders Bertelrud, Christopher T. Parker, Paul William Chinn, Robert Marini, Eric Olaf Carlson
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Publication number: 20160357432Abstract: In an example method, a user interface is presented by a device on a touch sensitive surface of the device. The user interface includes a first portion for displaying a sequence of code and a second portion for displaying suggested bracketed functions. The device receives a first touch gesture dragging a suggested bracketed function from the second portion to the first portion of the user interface. Responsive to receiving the first touch gesture, the suggested bracketed function is inserted into the sequence of code. The bracketed function encloses at least a portion of the sequence of code. The device receives a second touch gesture dragging an end bracket associated with the inserted bracketed function. Responsive to receiving the second touch gesture, the sequence of code is modified such that the bracketed function encloses an additional portion of the sequence of code.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Behzad Aghaei, Christopher A. Lattner, Donald M. Firlik, JR., Kenneth S. Orr, Matthew M. Patenaude, Maxwell O. Drukman, Michael S. Ferris, Samuel C. Page, Sonny Falk, Timothy V. Isted, William A. Dudney, JR.
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Publication number: 20160357431Abstract: In an example method, a user interface is presented by a device on a touch sensitive surface of the device. The device receives a first touch input selecting a numeral presented in the user interface. Responsive to receiving the first touch input, a numeric keypad interface and a display element are presented. The device receives a second touch input selecting the display element. Responsive to receiving the second touch input, a rotary interface including the display element is presented. While the user is maintaining physical contact with the touch sensitive surface, the device receives a rotational touch gesture dragging the display element about the rotary interface. Responsive to receiving the rotational touch gesture, the numeral is modified.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Behzad Aghaei, Timothy V. Isted, Maxwell O. Drukman, Donald M. Firlik, Christopher A. Lattner, Kenneth S. Orr, Andreas Wendker
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Publication number: 20160357545Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique for downgrading applications to placeholder applications in order to free up storage space in a user device. Based on a variety of heuristics, a number of installed applications are identified as candidates for a downgrade. The downgrading of the identified applications involves creating a placeholder application for each of the identified applications. The identified applications are temporarily deleted while keeping the user data associated with the applications intact and the placeholder applications are installed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Christopher S. LINN, Eric S. BROWN, Eric O. CARLSON, Cindy M. BARRETT, Jonathan M. Grynspan, Donald M. FIRLIK, Cameron S. BIRSE, Timothee GEOGHEGAN