Patents by Inventor Kevin Cathey

Kevin Cathey 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: 10120659
    Abstract: Described is a technique for creating and displaying adaptive user interfaces. The user interface may be provided to an application development environment that provides the ability to allow authoring of a user interface that adapts to a screen size with any first abstracted size class value and any second abstracted size class value. Accordingly, an application that includes the user interface may determine a screen size of a device and adapt the user interface according to the screen size including the first abstracted size clasp value and the second abstracted size class value. Thus, a developer may efficiently develop a user interface based on various abstracted size class values that may be adapted to a particular device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Cathey, Maxwell Oliver Drukman, Antonio Ricciardi, Jonathan Joseph Hess
  • Patent number: 9870133
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive user input to move, resize, or add a first user interface object to a first location in a user interface window. The user interface window includes a second user interface object in a second location. In response to the user input, constraints are generated based upon the first location and the second location. The constraints define a size or a position of the first user interface object relative to the second user interface object. The first user interface object is displayed within the user interface according to the determined constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Ferry, Kevin Cathey, Ali T. Ozer
  • Publication number: 20150347097
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for creating and displaying adaptive user interfaces are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a user interface by an application development environment, the application development environment providing the ability to allow authoring of a user interface that adapts to a screen size with any first abstracted size class value and any second abstracted size class value. The method then includes creating an application including the user interface wherein the application is configured to: determine a screen size of a device, the screen size including a first abstracted size class value and a second abstracted size class value; adapt the user interface according to the screen size including the first abstracted size class value and the second abstracted size class value; and display the adapted user interface on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin Cathey, Maxwell Oliver Drukman, Antonio Ricciardi, Jonathan Joseph Hess
  • Publication number: 20150286379
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive user input to move, resize, or add a first user interface object to a first location in a user interface window. The user interface window includes a second user interface object in a second location. In response to the user input, constraints are generated based upon the first location and the second location. The constraints define a size or a position of the first user interface object relative to the second user interface object. The first user interface object is displayed within the user interface according to the determined constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Ken Ferry, Kevin Cathey, Ali T. Ozer
  • Patent number: 9026928
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive user input to move, resize, or add a first user interface object to a first location in a user interface window. The user interface window includes a second user interface object in a second location. In response to the user input, constraints are generated based upon the first location and the second location. The constraints define a size or a position of the first user interface object relative to the second user interface object. The first user interface object is displayed within the user interface according to the determined constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Ferry, Kevin Cathey, Ali T. Ozer
  • Publication number: 20130332869
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive user input to move, resize, or add a first user interface object to a first location in a user interface window. The user interface window includes a second user interface object in a second location. In response to the user input, constraints are generated based upon the first location and the second location. The constraints define a size or a position of the first user interface object relative to the second user interface object. The first user interface object is displayed within the user interface according to the determined constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Ken Ferry, Kevin Cathey, Ali T. Ozer