Patents by Inventor Henri Lamiraux
Henri Lamiraux 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: 9509829Abstract: A communications system by which a user may provide inputs using an accessory device is provided. The accessory device may provide instructions to the communications device over any suitable wired or wireless communications path. The accessory device may include any suitable input mechanism for providing an input, including for example one or more switches, sliders, knobs, keys, motion sensing components, environmental sensing components, or any other input mechanism that the user may actuate. A communications system by which a communications device may transmit urgent communications requests is provided. The user may select an urgent option when transmitting a communications request to cause the recipient communications device to enable an urgent mode in which the recipient communications device may change the notification scheme to ensure that the recipient receives the urgent communications request.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Apple, Inc.Inventors: Michael Culbert, Scott Forstall, Henri Lamiraux, Michael Lee, David Tupman
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Patent number: 8553856Abstract: Systems, methods and machine readable media for processing voicemails are described. In one embodiment, a method includes presenting, on a first data processing system, a first user interface which is capable of presenting data representing a plurality of voicemails and receiving from the first user interface a selection for playback of one of the plurality of voicemails. The data representing the plurality of voicemails are received from a second data processing system which includes a voicemail system which records voicemails left for customers of a public telephone carrier, and the first user interface is configured to receive the selection of any one of the plurality of voicemails in any order. Systems, media and other methods are also described.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2007Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gregory Novick, Freddy Allen Anzures, Henri Lamiraux
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Patent number: 8549085Abstract: Conditional communication settings may be defined by a user of a communications device to be transmitted with a communication to a receiving device, where the receiving device may be restricted from performing a user-specified type of communication operations with a user-specified contact until the conditional communication settings are satisfied. The conditional communication settings may include a condition value setting, which may be a task to be performed by a recipient, a date and/or time, a location, an operation to be performed by a third party contact, or other suitable criterion. The receiving device may detect whether such condition value setting has been satisfied. Unless the condition value setting has been satisfied, the receiving device may be prevented from performing the user-specified type of communication operation with the user-specified contact.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michael Lee, Henri Lamiraux, Christopher Ryan, Scott Forstall
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Patent number: 8542206Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for interpreting manual swipe gestures as input in connection with touch-sensitive user interfaces that include virtual keyboards are disclosed herein. These allow for a user entering text using the virtual keyboard to perform certain functions using swipes across the key area rather than tapping particular keys. For example, leftward, rightward, upward, and downward swipes can be assigned to inserting a space, backspacing, shifting (as for typing capital letters), and inserting a carriage return and/or new line. Various other mappings are also described. The described techniques can be used in conjunction with a variety of devices, including handheld devices that include touch-screen interfaces, such as desktop computers, tablet computers, notebook computers, handheld computers, personal digital assistants, media players, mobile telephones, and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Wayne Carl Westerman, Henri Lamiraux, Matthew Evan Dreisbach
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Patent number: 8391844Abstract: Systems, methods and Computer readable media for providing or managing or using voicemails are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a first data processing system, data representing an expiration time of a voicemail left for a user of the first data processing system and storing the data representing the expiration time for later use by the first data processing system. Systems, media, and other methods are also described.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2007Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gregory Novick, Henri Lamiraux, Jeremy Wyld, Jeffrey Bush
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Publication number: 20120011462Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for interpreting manual swipe gestures as input in connection with touch-sensitive user interfaces that include virtual keyboards are disclosed herein. These allow for a user entering text using the virtual keyboard to perform certain functions using swipes across the key area rather than tapping particular keys. For example, leftward, rightward, upward, and downward swipes can be assigned to inserting a space, backspacing, shifting (as for typing capital letters), and inserting a carriage return and/or new line. Various other mappings are also described. The described techniques can be used in conjunction with a variety of devices, including handheld devices that include touch-screen interfaces, such as desktop computers, tablet computers, notebook computers, handheld computers, personal digital assistants, media players, mobile telephones, and combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Inventors: Wayne Carl Westerman, Henri Lamiraux, Matthew Evan Dreisbach
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Patent number: 8059101Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for interpreting manual swipe gestures as input in connection with touch-sensitive user interfaces that include virtual keyboards are disclosed herein. These allow for a user entering text using the virtual keyboard to perform certain functions using swipes across the key area rather than tapping particular keys. For example, leftward, rightward, upward, and downward swipes can be assigned to inserting a space, backspacing, shifting (as for typing capital letters), and inserting a carriage return and/or new line. Various other mappings are also described. The described techniques can be used in conjunction with a variety of devices, including handheld devices that include touch-screen interfaces, such as desktop computers, tablet computers, notebook computers, handheld computers, personal digital assistants, media players, mobile telephones, and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2007Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Wayne Carl Westerman, Henri Lamiraux, Matthew Evan Dreisbach
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Publication number: 20110078267Abstract: Conditional communication settings may be defined by a user of a communications device to be transmitted with a communication to a receiving device, where the receiving device may be restricted from performing a user-specified type of communication operations with a user-specified contact until the conditional communication settings are satisfied. The conditional communication settings may include a condition value setting, which may be a task to be performed by a recipient, a date and/or time, a location, an operation to be performed by a third party contact, or other suitable criterion. The receiving device may detect whether such condition value setting has been satisfied. Unless the condition value setting has been satisfied, the receiving device may be prevented from performing the user-specified type of communication operation with the user-specified contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michael Lee, Henri Lamiraux, Christopher Ryan, Scott Forstall
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Patent number: 7860935Abstract: Conditional communication settings may be defined by a user of a communications device to be transmitted with a communication to a receiving device, where the receiving device may be restricted from performing a user-specified type of communication operations with a user-specified contact until the conditional communication settings are satisfied. The conditional communication settings may include a condition value setting, which may be a task to be performed by a recipient, a date and/or time, a location, an operation to be performed by a third party contact, or other suitable criterion. The receiving device may detect whether such condition value setting has been satisfied. Unless the condition value setting has been satisfied, the receiving device may be prevented from performing the user-specified type of communication operation with the user-specified contact.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michael Lee, Henri Lamiraux, Christopher Ryan, Scott Forstall
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Publication number: 20090170486Abstract: A communications system by which a user may provide inputs using an accessory device is provided. The accessory device may provide instructions to the communications device over any suitable wired or wireless communications path. The accessory device may include any suitable input mechanism for providing an input, including for example one or more switches, sliders, knobs, keys, motion sensing components, environmental sensing components, or any other input mechanism that the user may actuate. A communications system by which a communications device may transmit urgent communications requests is provided. The user may select an urgent option when transmitting a communications request to cause the recipient communications device to enable an urgent mode in which the recipient communications device may change the notification scheme to ensure that the recipient receives the urgent communications request.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventors: Michael Culbert, Scott Forstall, Henri Lamiraux, Michael Lee, David Tupman
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Publication number: 20090172118Abstract: Conditional communication settings may be defined by a user of a communications device to be transmitted with a communication to a receiving device, where the receiving device may be restricted from performing a user-specified type of communication operations with a user-specified contact until the conditional communication settings are satisfied. The conditional communication settings may include a condition value setting, which may be a task to be performed by a recipient, a date and/or time, a location, an operation to be performed by a third party contact, or other suitable criterion. The receiving device may detect whether such condition value setting has been satisfied. Unless the condition value setting has been satisfied, the receiving device may be prevented from performing the user-specified type of communication operation with the user-specified contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventors: Michael Lee, Henri Lamiraux, Christopher Ryan, Scott Forstall
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Publication number: 20090170567Abstract: A communications system by which a user may provide inputs using an accessory device is provided. The accessory device may provide instructions to the communications device over any suitable wired or wireless communications path. The accessory device may include any suitable input mechanism for providing an input, including for example one or more switches, sliders, knobs, keys, motion sensing components, environmental sensing components, or any other input mechanism that the user may actuate. A communications system by which a communications device may transmit urgent communications requests is provided. The user may select an urgent option when transmitting a communications request to cause the recipient communications device to enable an urgent mode in which the recipient communications device may change the notification scheme to ensure that the recipient receives the urgent communications request.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventors: Michael Culbert, Scott Forstall, Henri Lamiraux, Michael Lee, David Tupman
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Publication number: 20090064038Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for configuring a device. A device is coupled to a data source. One or more parameters associated with the data source are determined. The one or more parameters are applied to the device. Properties of the data source are inherited by the device without requiring a user to specifically input or identify the parameters for the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: David Fleischman, Patrick Coffman, Gregory N. Christie, Paul Marcos, Brian Cassidy, Mallory Jackson Paine, Henri Lamiraux
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Publication number: 20080316183Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for interpreting manual swipe gestures as input in connection with touch-sensitive user interfaces that include virtual keyboards are disclosed herein. These allow for a user entering text using the virtual keyboard to perform certain functions using swipes across the key area rather than tapping particular keys. For example, leftward, rightward, upward, and downward swipes can be assigned to inserting a space, backspacing, shifting (as for typing capital letters), and inserting a carriage return and/or new line. Various other mappings are also described. The described techniques can be used in conjunction with a variety of devices, including handheld devices that include touch-screen interfaces, such as desktop computers, tablet computers, notebook computers, handheld computers, personal digital assistants, media players, mobile telephones, and combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2007Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Wayne Carl Westerman, Henri Lamiraux, Matthew Evan Dreisbach
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Publication number: 20080167012Abstract: Systems, methods and machine readable media for processing voicemails are described. In one embodiment, a method includes presenting, on a first data processing system, a first user interface which is capable of presenting data representing a plurality of voicemails and receiving from the first user interface a selection for playback of one of the plurality of voicemails. The data representing the plurality of voicemails are received from a second data processing system which includes a voicemail system which records voicemails left for customers of a public telephone carrier, and the first user interface is configured to receive the selection of any one of the plurality of voicemails in any order. Systems, media and other methods are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Gregory Novick, Freddy Allen Anzures, Henri Lamiraux
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Publication number: 20080167010Abstract: Systems, methods and computer readable media for providing or managing or using voicemails are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a first data processing system, data representing an expiration time of a voicemail left for a user of the first data processing system and storing the data representing the expiration time for later use by the first data processing system. Systems, media, and other methods are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Gregory Novick, Henri Lamiraux, Jeremy Wyld, Jeffrey Bush
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Publication number: 20080167011Abstract: Systems, methods and machine readable media for processing voicemails are described. In one embodiment, a method includes presenting, on a first data processing system, a first user interface which is capable of presenting data representing a plurality of voicemails and receiving from the first user interface a selection for playback of one of the plurality of voicemails. The data representing the plurality of voicemails are received from a second data processing system which includes a voicemail system which records voicemails left for customers of a public telephone carrier, and the first user interface is configured to receive the selection of any one of the plurality of voicemails in any order. Systems, media and other methods are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Gregory Novick, Freddy Allen Anzures, Henri Lamiraux
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Publication number: 20080167008Abstract: Systems, methods and Computer readable media for providing or managing or using voicemails are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a first data processing system, data representing an expiration time of a voicemail left for a user of the first data processing system and storing the data representing the expiration time for later use by the first data processing system. Systems, media, and other methods are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Gregory Novick, Henri Lamiraux, Jeremy Wyld, Jeffrey Bush
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Publication number: 20080167014Abstract: Systems, methods and machine (e.g. computer) readable media for providing or managing or using voicemails are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at least notifications of voicemails at a mobile data processing system and storing a data structure at the mobile data processing system for deleted voicemails. In another embodiment, a method includes determining an extent of usage of a voicemail mailbox at a data processing system and determining a period of time representing how long a voicemail has been marked as deleted and determining, based on the extent of usage and based on the period of time, whether to delete the voicemail.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Gregory Novick, Jeremy Wyld, Henri Lamiraux, Nitin Ganatra
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Publication number: 20080167009Abstract: Systems, methods and computer readable media for providing or managing or using voicemails are described. In one embodiment a method includes receiving, at a first data processing system, data representing an expiration time of a voicemail left for a user of the first data processing system and storing the data representing the expiration time for later use by the first data processing system. Systems, media, and other methods are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Gregory Novick, Henri Lamiraux, Jeremy Wyld, Jeffrey Bush