Patents by Inventor Jorge Fino

Jorge Fino 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).

  • Patent number: 9347787
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a mapping application with novel tools for examining potential destinations and routes to the potential destinations. In some embodiments, the mapping application includes a route preview page that provides a novel combination of user element tools that allow a user (1) to explore alternative routes to a selected destination, (2) to explore routes to other destinations in a list of destinations. In some embodiments, the route overview page also provides a modal zoom tool that allows the map on this page to zoom to the destination/search result or zoom out to an overview of the entire route to the destination/search result. These three tools (i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Bradford A. Moore, Joshua C. Weinberg, Jorge Fino, Mark B. Larus, Sarah G. Barbour
  • Patent number: 9255814
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that allow steps to be counted in multiple pedometer modes. For example, a pedometer application on an electronic device can count steps in an ambient mode of operation and a session mode of operation. By maintaining separate counters for each pedometer mode and continuously monitoring the desired mode of operation, the pedometer application can accurately count the number of steps during a certain time period. In response to detecting a change in the desired mode, the pedometer application can seamlessly switch to the corresponding mode counter. In some embodiments, the pedometer application can display graphical representations of historical step information for one or more pedometer modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Rottler, Jorge Fino, Anton Davydov, Prashanth Ramachandran, Allen P. Haughay, Jr., Policarpo Wood
  • Patent number: 9244584
    Abstract: A portable electronic device displays concurrently a first predefined scrollable area and a second predefined scrollable area distinct from the first predefined scrollable area. The first predefined scrollable area includes a plurality of graphical objects and is configured to scroll in a first direction. Each of the plurality of graphical objects represents a respective set of content items. The second predefined scrollable area includes a list of content items and is configured to scroll in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. The device detects a gesture that corresponds to selection of a first graphical object of the plurality of graphical objects in the first predefined scrollable area; and, in response to detecting the gesture, plays respective portions of one or more content items in the set of content items that correspond to the selected first graphical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Jorge Fino
  • Patent number: 9200915
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method, for a mobile device, for controlling an interactive communication system of a vehicle that includes a display screen. If the display screen is touch-sensitive, the method provides a first user interface display that includes a first map the presentation of which is modifiable with touch input received through the touch-sensitive screen. If the display screen is not touch-sensitive, the method provides a second user interface display that includes a second map the presentation of which is modifiable through physical controls mounted in the vehicle. In some embodiments, if the touchscreen meets a particular set of characteristics, the first map presentation is directly modifiable with gestural input received through the display screen. If the display screen does not meet the particular set of characteristics, the first map presentation is modifiable with different, non-gestural touchscreen input received through the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Emanuele Vulcano, Bradford A. Moore, Jorge Fino
  • Publication number: 20150300832
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a mapping application that provides a variety of UI elements for allowing a user to specify a location (e.g., for viewing or serving as route destinations). In some embodiments, these location-input UI elements appear in succession on a sequence of pages, according to a hierarchy that has the UI elements that require less user interaction appear on earlier pages in the sequence than the UI elements that require more user interaction. In some embodiments, the location-input UI elements that successively appear in the mapping application include (1) selectable predicted-destination notifications, (2) a list of selectable predicted destinations, (3) a selectable voice-based search affordance, and (4) a keyboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Bradford A. Moore, Joshua C. Weinburg, Jorge Fino, Mark B. Larus, Sarah G. Barbour
  • Publication number: 20150288769
    Abstract: Systems, methods and machine-readable media are disclosed for providing media pools in a communications network. For example, a media pool application on an electronic device can generate media pools (e.g., static media pools and temporary media pools) in a communications network. In addition, the media pool application can provide one or options for a user to manage the media pools. In some embodiments, the media pool application can provide one or more candidate media pools that a user may join. For example, the one or more candidate media pools can be generated based on metadata associated with media items that are located on one or more electronic devices in the communications network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Benjamin Rottler, Jorge Fino, Anton Davydov, Policarpo Wood
  • Publication number: 20150253148
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a mapping application with novel tools for examining potential destinations and routes to the potential destinations. In some embodiments, the mapping application includes a route preview page that provides a novel combination of user element tools that allow a user (1) to explore alternative routes to a selected destination, (2) to explore routes to other destinations in a list of destinations. In some embodiments, the route overview page also provides a modal zoom tool that allows the map on this page to zoom to the destination/search result or zoom out to an overview of the entire route to the destination/search result. These three tools (i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Bradford A. Moore, Joshua C. Weinberg, Jorge Fino, Mark B. Larus, Sarah G. Barbour
  • Publication number: 20150247736
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a mapping application with novel navigation and/or search tools. In some embodiments, the mapping application formulates predictions about future destinations of a device that executes the mapping application, and provides dynamic notifications regarding these predicted destinations. For instance, when a particular destination is a likely destination (e.g., most likely destination) of the device, the mapping application in some embodiments presents a notification regarding the particular destination (e.g., plays an animation that presents the notification). This notification in some embodiments provides some information about (1) the predicted destination (e.g., a name and/or address for the predicted destination) and (2) a route to this predicted destination (e.g., an estimated time of arrival, distance, and/or amount of ETD for the predicted destination).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Bradford A. Moore, Joshua C. Weinberg, Jorge Fino, Mark B. Larus, Christine B. McGavran, Wesley Yue
  • Patent number: 9110555
    Abstract: A portable electronic device displays concurrently a first predefined scrollable area and a second predefined scrollable area distinct from the first predefined scrollable area. The first predefined scrollable area includes a plurality of graphical objects and is configured to scroll in a first direction. Each of the plurality of graphical objects represents a respective set of content items. The second predefined scrollable area includes a list of content items and is configured to scroll in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. The device detects a gesture that corresponds to selection of a first graphical object of the plurality of graphical objects in the first predefined scrollable area; and, in response to detecting the gesture, plays respective portions of one or more content items in the set of content items that correspond to the selected first graphical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Jorge Fino
  • Patent number: 8972903
    Abstract: A method of navigating between user interface screens, including displaying a third user interface screen in a plurality of user interface screens that also includes a first and a second predefined user interface screen, the third user interface screen being other than the first and the second predefined user interface screen; detecting a finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display while displaying the third user interface screen, and in response to detecting the finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display, replacing display of the third user interface screen with display of the first predefined user interface screen when the detected finger gesture is a first finger gesture, and replacing display of the third user interface screen with display of the second predefined user interface screen when the detected finger gesture is a second finger gesture that is a reverse of the first finger gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan J. James, Policarpo Bonilla Wood, Jr., Jorge Fino, Jeffrey Theodore Lee
  • Publication number: 20140365125
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for an application that operates on a mobile device. The method predicts several likely destinations for a vehicle to which the mobile device is connected based on data from a several different sources. The method generates, for a display screen of the vehicle, a display that includes the several likely destinations. In some embodiments, the method receives a first type of input through a control of the vehicle to select one of the likely destinations, and enters a turn-by-turn navigation mode to the selected destination in response to the received input. In some embodiments, the display is for a first destination of the several likely destinations. The method receives a second type of input through a control of the vehicle to step through the set of likely destinations, and generates a display for a second destination in response to the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Emanuele Vulcano, Bradford A. Moore, Jorge Fino
  • Publication number: 20140365459
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide an address harvester that harvests addresses from one or more applications executing on a device. Some embodiments use the harvested addresses to facilitate the operation of one or more applications executing on the device. Alternatively, or conjunctively, some embodiments use the harvested addresses to facilitate the operation of one or more applications executing on another device than the one used for harvesting the addresses. In some embodiments, a prediction system uses the harvested addresses to formulate predictions, which it then provides to the same set of applications from which it harvested the addresses in some embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ashley B. Clark, James Magahem, Jorge Fino, Scott Hertz, Emanuele Vulcano
  • Publication number: 20140365505
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide an address harvester that harvests addresses from one or more applications executing on a device. Some embodiments use the harvested addresses to facilitate the operation of one or more applications executing on the device. Alternatively, or conjunctively, some embodiments use the harvested addresses to facilitate the operation of one or more applications executing on another device than the one used for harvesting the addresses. In some embodiments, a prediction system uses the harvested addresses to formulate predictions, which it then provides to the same set of applications from which it harvested the addresses in some embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ashley B. Clark, Jorge Fino, Scott Herz, Emanuele Vulcano
  • Patent number: D724608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Jorge Fino
  • Patent number: D727357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Dellinger, Jorge Fino, Chanaka Karunamuni
  • Patent number: D734362
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Anton Davydov, Daniele De Iuliis, Jorge Fino, M. Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Policarpo Wood, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D734764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Dellinger, Jorge Fino, Chanaka Karunamuni
  • Patent number: D736828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Davydov, Jorge Fino, Policarpo Wood
  • Patent number: D737319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitri Cavander, Jorge Fino, Aurelio Guzmán, Mini Ham, Jonathan P. Ive
  • Patent number: D746315
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Jorge Fino