Patents by Inventor Kevin Bartlett Aitken

Kevin Bartlett Aitken 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: 11790914
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to voice-control for electronic devices. In some embodiments, the method includes, in response to detecting a plurality of utterances, associating the plurality of operations with a first stored operation set and detecting a second set of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to perform the operations associated with the first stored operation set; and performing the plurality of operations associated with the first stored operation set, in the respective order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Bartlett Aitken, Clare T. Kasemset
  • Publication number: 20230029028
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to voice-control for electronic devices. In some embodiments, the method includes, in response to detecting a plurality of utterances, associating the plurality of operations with a first stored operation set and detecting a second set of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to perform the operations associated with the first stored operation set; and performing the plurality of operations associated with the first stored operation set, in the respective order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Bartlett AITKEN, Clare T. KASEMSET
  • Patent number: 11468890
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to voice-control for electronic devices. In some embodiments, the method includes, in response to detecting a plurality of utterances, associating the plurality of operations with a first stored operation set and detecting a second set of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to perform the operations associated with the first stored operation set; and performing the plurality of operations associated with the first stored operation set, in the respective order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jigar Vasant Gada, Kevin Bartlett Aitken
  • Publication number: 20200380985
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to voice-control for electronic devices. In some embodiments, the method includes, in response to detecting a plurality of utterances, associating the plurality of operations with a first stored operation set and detecting a second set of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to perform the operations associated with the first stored operation set; and performing the plurality of operations associated with the first stored operation set, in the respective order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Jigar Vasant GADA, Kevin Bartlett AITKEN
  • Patent number: 8775442
    Abstract: Techniques for providing semantic search of a data store are disclosed. A similarity metric of a document comprising the data store to a concept represented in a semantic model derived at least in part from a reference source that includes content not included in the data store is determined. A relevance metric of a search query to the concept is computed. The similarity metric and the relevance metric are used to determine, at least in part, a ranking of the document with respect to the search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Lauren Moore, Devang K. Naik, Jerome R. Bellegarda, Kevin Bartlett Aitken, Kim E. Silverman
  • Publication number: 20130311487
    Abstract: Techniques for providing semantic search of a data store are disclosed. A similarity metric of a document comprising the data store to a concept represented in a semantic model derived at least in part from a reference source that includes content not included in the data store is determined. A relevance metric of a search query to the concept is computed. The similarity metric and the relevance metric are used to determine, at least in part, a ranking of the document with respect to the search query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer Lauren Moore, Devang K. Naik, Jerome R. Bellegarda, Kevin Bartlett Aitken, Kim E. Silverman
  • Patent number: 7900215
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing inter-application accessibility. Embodiments of the present invention provide a framework independent, introspective, extensible technique for describing and interacting with interfaces across application processes, in which an accessibility client dynamically discovers aspects of an element (e.g., a User Interface (UI) element) by asking for its lists of actions and attributes. For example, an accessibility client application can have framework independent access to accessibility server applications written in different frameworks, such as Cocoa, Carbon, Java, or others. Since the lists of attributes and actions are introspected at run time, an accessibility client can be dynamically extensible to handle new attributes and actions that are added to the accessibility server after the accessibility client is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Scott Engber, Guyerik B. Fullerton, John Owen Louch, Kevin Bartlett Aitken, Ali Ozer
  • Publication number: 20090055843
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing inter-application accessibility. Embodiments of the present invention provide a framework independent, introspective, extensible technique for describing and interacting with interfaces across application processes, in which an accessibility client dynamically discovers aspects of an element (e.g., a User Interface (UI) element) by asking for its lists of actions and attributes. For example, an accessibility client application can have framework independent access to accessibility server applications written in different frameworks, such as Cocoa, Carbon, Java, or others. Since the lists of attributes and actions are introspected at run time, an accessibility client can be dynamically extensible to handle new attributes and actions that are added to the accessibility server after the accessibility client is made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Scott Engber, Guyerik B. Fullerton, John Owen Louch, Kevin Bartlett Aitken, Ali Ozer
  • Patent number: 7448042
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing inter-application accessibility. Embodiments of the present invention provide a framework independent, introspective, extensible technique for describing and interacting with interfaces across application processes, in which an accessibility client dynamically discovers aspects of an element (e.g., a User Interface (UI) element) by asking for its lists of actions and attributes. For example, an accessibility client application can have framework independent access to accessibility server applications written in different frameworks, such as Cocoa, Carbon, Java, or others. Since the lists of attributes and actions are introspected at run time, an accessibility client can be dynamically extensible to handle new attributes and actions that are added to the accessibility server after the accessibility client is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Scott Engber, Guyerik B. Fullerton, John Owen Louch, Kevin Bartlett Aitken, Ali Ozer