Patents by Inventor Kenneth Kocienda

Kenneth Kocienda 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: 11880550
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and one or more programs stored in memory for execution by one or more processors. The one or more programs include instructions for displaying a first application view that corresponds to a first application in a plurality of concurrently open applications. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first input, and in response, concurrently displaying a group of open application icons that correspond to at least some of the plurality of concurrently open applications with at least a portion of the first application view. The open application icons are displayed in accordance with a predetermined sequence of the open applications. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first gesture distinct from the first input, and in response, displaying a second application view that corresponds to a second application adjacent to the first application in the predetermined sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Kocienda, Imran Chaudhri
  • Publication number: 20230409166
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a plurality of application icons for launching application programs, where the application icons occupy respective locations on a hexagonal grid and are arranged in a first configuration. An input that corresponds to a request to move the first application icon from a first location to a respective location, different from the first location, is detected. In response to the input, the display of the plurality of application icons is transitioned from the first configuration to a second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kenneth KOCIENDA, Chanaka G. KARUNAMUNI, Gary Ian BUTCHER, Imran CHAUDHRI, Dylan Ross EDWARDS, Aurelio GUZMAN, Jonathan P. IVE
  • Patent number: 11747956
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a user interface including a plurality of application icons for launching application programs. The plurality of application icons include a first application icon displayed at a first size and a second application icon displayed at a second size, the first and second application icons arranged in a first arrangement. While displaying the user interface, detecting a set of one or more user inputs. In response to the set of one or more user inputs, rearranging the first and second application icons into a second arrangement, different than the first arrangement, where rearranging the first and second application icons includes displaying the first application icon at a third size, greater than the first size, and displaying the second application icon at a fourth size, greater than the second size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Kocienda, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Gary Ian Butcher, Imran Chaudhri, Dylan Ross Edwards, Aurelio Guzman, Jonathan P. Ive
  • Patent number: 11740776
    Abstract: Context-specific user interfaces for use with a portable multifunction device are disclosed. The methods described herein for context-specific user interfaces provide indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Wilson, Gary Ian Butcher, Kevin Will Chen, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzman, Jonathan P. Ive, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Kenneth Kocienda, Kevin Lynch, Pedro Mari, Alessandro Sabatelli, Brian Schmitt, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Publication number: 20230221857
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and one or more programs stored in memory for execution by one or more processors. The one or more programs include instructions for displaying a first application view that corresponds to a first application in a plurality of concurrently open applications. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first input, and in response, concurrently displaying a group of open application icons that correspond to at least some of the plurality of concurrently open applications with at least a portion of the first application view. The open application icons are displayed in accordance with a predetermined sequence of the open applications. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first gesture distinct from the first input, and in response, displaying a second application view that corresponds to a second application adjacent to the first application in the predetermined sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Kenneth KOCIENDA, Imran CHAUDHRI
  • Publication number: 20220405117
    Abstract: The electronic device with one or more processors and memory receives an input of a user. The electronic device, in accordance with the input, identifies a respective task type from a plurality of predefined task types associated with a plurality of third party service providers. The respective task type is associated with at least one third party service provider for which the user is authorized and at least one third party service provider for which the user is not authorized. In response to identifying the respective task type, the electronic device sends a request to perform at least a portion of a task to a third party service provider of the plurality of third party service providers that is associated with the respective task type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas R. GRUBER, Christopher D. BRIGHAM, Adam J. CHEYER, Daniel KEEN, Kenneth KOCIENDA
  • Patent number: 11487404
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and one or more programs stored in memory for execution by one or more processors. The one or more programs include instructions for displaying a first application view that corresponds to a first application in a plurality of concurrently open applications. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first input, and in response, concurrently displaying a group of open application icons that correspond to at least some of the plurality of concurrently open applications with at least a portion of the first application view. The open application icons are displayed in accordance with a predetermined sequence of the open applications. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first gesture distinct from the first input, and in response, displaying a second application view that corresponds to a second application adjacent to the first application in the predetermined sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Kocienda, Imran Chaudhri
  • Patent number: 11474695
    Abstract: A portable electronic device having a touch screen display performs a set of operations, including displaying a plurality of key icons, each having an adjustable size hit region, and receiving a sequence of individual touch points input by a user on the touch screen display. The operations performed by the device further include processing the received individual touch points by: forming a user-input directed graph for the sequence of individual touch points received so far, determining a character corresponding to a last received individual touch point in accordance with the adjustable hit regions of the displayed key icons, displaying a sequence of characters corresponding to the sequence of individual touch points, and updating sizes of the adjustable hit regions for a plurality of the key icons in accordance with the sequence of individual touch points input by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Kocienda, Greg Christie, Bas Ording, Scott Forstall, Richard Williamson, Jerome René Bellegarda
  • Patent number: 11416141
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention involves a method that includes: in a first area of the touch screen, displaying a current character string being input by a user with the keyboard; in a second area of the touch screen, displaying the current character string or a portion thereof and a suggested replacement for the current character string; replacing the current character string in the first area with the suggested replacement if the user activates a delimiter key on the keyboard; replacing the current character string in the first area with the suggested replacement if the user performs a first gesture on the suggested replacement displayed in the second area; and keeping the current character string in the first area if the user performs a second gesture on the current character string or the portion thereof displayed in the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Kocienda, Bas Ording
  • Publication number: 20220221985
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display includes simultaneously displaying a character input area operable to display text character input and emoji character input selected by a user, a keyboard display area, and a plurality of emoji category icons. In response to detecting a gesture on a respective emoji category icon, the method also includes simultaneously displaying: a first subset of emoji character keys for the respective emoji category in the keyboard display area and a plurality of subset-sequence-indicia icons for the respective emoji category. The method also includes detecting a gesture in the keyboard display area and, in response: replacing display of the first subset of emoji character keys with display of a second subset of emoji character keys for the respective emoji category, and updating the information provided by the subset-sequence-indicia icons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Bradford Allen MOORE, Bas ORDING, Elizabeth Caroline CRANFILL, Stephen J. CHICK, Kenneth KOCIENDA
  • Patent number: 11321116
    Abstract: The electronic device with one or more processors and memory receives an input of a user. The electronic device, in accordance with the input, identifies a respective task type from a plurality of predefined task types associated with a plurality of third party service providers. The respective task type is associated with at least one third party service provider for which the user is authorized and at least one third party service provider for which the user is not authorized. In response to identifying the respective task type, the electronic device sends a request to perform at least a portion of a task to a third party service provider of the plurality of third party service providers that is associated with the respective task type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Gruber, Christopher D. Brigham, Adam J. Cheyer, Daniel Keen, Kenneth Kocienda
  • Patent number: 11307763
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display includes simultaneously displaying a character input area operable to display text character input and emoji character input selected by a user, a keyboard display area, and a plurality of emoji category icons. In response to detecting a gesture on a respective emoji category icon, the method also includes simultaneously displaying: a first subset of emoji character keys for the respective emoji category in the keyboard display area and a plurality of subset-sequence-indicia icons for the respective emoji category. The method also includes detecting a gesture in the keyboard display area and, in response: replacing display of the first subset of emoji character keys with display of a second subset of emoji character keys for the respective emoji category, and updating the information provided by the subset-sequence-indicia icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bradford Allen Moore, Bas Ording, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill, Stephen J. Chick, Kenneth Kocienda
  • Patent number: 11269678
    Abstract: The electronic device with one or more processors and memory receives an input of a user. The electronic device, in accordance with the input, identifies a respective task type from a plurality of predefined task types associated with a plurality of third party service providers. The respective task type is associated with at least one third party service provider for which the user is authorized and at least one third party service provider for which the user is not authorized. In response to identifying the respective task type, the electronic device sends a request to perform at least a portion of a task to a third party service provider of the plurality of third party service providers that is associated with the respective task type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Gruber, Christopher D. Brigham, Adam J. Cheyer, Daniel Keen, Kenneth Kocienda
  • Publication number: 20220043560
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a user interface including a plurality of application icons for launching application programs. The plurality of application icons include a first application icon displayed at a first size and a second application icon displayed at a second size, the first and second application icons arranged in a first arrangement. While displaying the user interface, detecting a set of one or more user inputs. In response to the set of one or more user inputs, rearranging the first and second application icons into a second arrangement, different than the first arrangement, where rearranging the first and second application icons includes displaying the first application icon at a third size, greater than the first size, and displaying the second application icon at a fourth size, greater than the second size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kenneth KOCIENDA, Chanaka G. KARUNAMUNI, Gary Ian BUTCHER, Imran CHAUDHRI, Dylan Ross EDWARDS, Aurelio GUZMAN, Jonathan P. IVE
  • Publication number: 20210349631
    Abstract: A portable electronic device having a touch screen display performs a set of operations, including displaying a plurality of key icons, each having an adjustable size hit region, and receiving a sequence of individual touch points input by a user on the touch screen display. The operations performed by the device further include processing the received individual touch points by: forming a user-input directed graph for the sequence of individual touch points received so far, determining a character corresponding to a last received individual touch point in accordance with the adjustable hit regions of the displayed key icons, displaying a sequence of characters corresponding to the sequence of individual touch points, and updating sizes of the adjustable hit regions for a plurality of the key icons in accordance with the sequence of individual touch points input by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kenneth KOCIENDA, Greg CHRISTIE, Bas ORDING, Scott FORSTALL, Richard WILLIAMSON, Jerome René BELLEGARDA
  • Publication number: 20210342064
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention involves a method that includes: in a first area of the touch screen, displaying a current character string being input by a user with the keyboard; in a second area of the touch screen, displaying the current character string or a portion thereof and a suggested replacement for the current character string; replacing the current character string in the first area with the suggested replacement if the user activates a delimiter key on the keyboard; replacing the current character string in the first area with the suggested replacement if the user performs a first gesture on the suggested replacement displayed in the second area; and keeping the current character string in the first area if the user performs a second gesture on the current character string or the portion thereof displayed in the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kenneth KOCIENDA, Bas ORDING
  • Patent number: 11157135
    Abstract: A method includes displaying, on a touch-sensitive display, a plurality of application icons in a first configuration at locations on a hexagonal grid in relation to an origin. The application icons have corresponding ranks based on their respective locations in relation to the origin. In response to detecting a movement of a user contact from a first position to a second position: the display of a first application icon at a first location is translated to a second position; a second configuration of the application icons is determined based on the first location and the second location; and the display of the application icons is transitioned from the first configuration to the second configuration. In the second configuration, no application icon except the first application icon is displaced by more than one location relative to the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Kocienda, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Gary Ian Butcher, Imran Chaudhri, Dylan Ross Edwards, Aurelio Guzman, Jonathan P. Ive
  • Publication number: 20210318901
    Abstract: The electronic device with one or more processors and memory receives an input of a user. The electronic device, in accordance with the input, identifies a respective task type from a plurality of predefined task types associated with a plurality of third party service providers. The respective task type is associated with at least one third party service provider for which the user is authorized and at least one third party service provider for which the user is not authorized. In response to identifying the respective task type, the electronic device sends a request to perform at least a portion of a task to a third party service provider of the plurality of third party service providers that is associated with the respective task type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas R. GRUBER, Christopher D. BRIGHAM, Adam J. CHEYER, Daniel KEEN, Kenneth KOCIENDA
  • Patent number: D954090
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Freddy Anzures, Greg Apodaca, Sebastian Johannes Bauer, Jonathan Dascola, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Foss, Jonathan P. Ive, Tiffany Jon, Chanaka Karunamuni, Kenneth Kocienda, Stephen O. Lemay, Wan Si Wan, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: D962956
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Christopher Foss, Mini Ham, Jonathan P. Ive, Chanaka Karunamuni, Kenneth Kocienda, Christopher Wilson