Patents by Inventor Lawrence Yang

Lawrence Yang 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).

  • Publication number: 20180218340
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for creating a new appointment for an electronic calendar. The method receives a set of proposed attendees for the new appointment. The method retrieves and analyzes calendars of the proposed attendees. The method proposes a time for the new appointment at which all proposed attendees, including an organizer of the appointment, are available to attend the new appointment. In some embodiments, the proposed time is an earliest future time at which all proposed attendees are available to attend the new appointment. In some embodiments, the method also proposes a second time for the new appointment at which a subset of the proposed attendees are available to attend the new appointment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Tiffany S. JON, Stephen O. LEMAY, Lawrence YANG
  • Patent number: 9978043
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for creating a new appointment for an electronic calendar. The method receives a set of proposed attendees for the new appointment. The method retrieves and analyzes calendars of the proposed attendees. The method proposes a time for the new appointment at which all proposed attendees, including an organizer of the appointment, are available to attend the new appointment. In some embodiments, the proposed time is an earliest future time at which all proposed attendees are available to attend the new appointment. In some embodiments, the method also proposes a second time for the new appointment at which a subset of the proposed attendees are available to attend the new appointment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tiffany S. Jon, Stephen O. Lemay, Lawrence Yang
  • Publication number: 20180100319
    Abstract: A mobile kiosk may house a configured to receive commands to control the mobile kiosk. The mobile kiosk may include an enclosed space housing at least a portion of the circuit and a base supporting the enclosed space. The mobile kiosk may be configured to be movable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: Ports America Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Eldon Murley, Matthew David Riggsby, Jonathan Lee Pierce, H. Lawrence Yang
  • Publication number: 20170337804
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system and method for providing an output for an electronic device. In certain embodiments, an alert is output in accordance with a current alert mode, which are selected based on one or more environmental conditions. The environmental conditions may be detected using one or more environmental sensors. The alert can optionally include one or more of: an audio component, a haptic component and a visual component. One or more of alert components correspond to an aspect of the environmental condition detected by the one or more environmental sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Lawrence Yang, Jonathan R. Dascola, Camille Moussette, Hugo D. Verweij, Jonah A. Harley, John B. Morrell
  • Patent number: 9659482
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system and method for providing an output for an electronic device. In certain embodiments, an alert is output in accordance with a current alert mode, which are selected based on one or more environmental conditions. The environmental conditions may be detected using one or more environmental sensors. The alert can optionally include one or more of: an audio component, a haptic component and a visual component. One or more of alert components correspond to an aspect of the environmental condition detected by the one or more environmental sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Yang, Jonathan R. Dascola, Camille Moussette, Hugo D. Verweij, Jonah A. Harley, John B. Morrell
  • Publication number: 20170038966
    Abstract: An electronic device detects a gesture on a touch-sensitive surface. In response to detecting the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, when the gesture is a first swipe gesture in a first direction, the device displays at least a list of recent electronic notifications. When the gesture is a second swipe gesture in a second direction distinct from the first direction, the device displays one or more settings icons in a settings panel, wherein the settings panel includes a respective settings icon that, when selected, causes a partially transparent interface to be displayed over the settings panel, wherein the partially transparent interface is at least partially transparent so that at least a portion of the settings panel can be seen through the partially transparent user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Lawrence Yang, Alessandro Sabatelli, Brian Schmitt
  • Patent number: 9477404
    Abstract: An electronic device detects a gesture on a touch-sensitive surface. In response to detecting the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, when the gesture is a first swipe gesture in a first direction, the device displays at least a list of recent electronic notifications. When the gesture is a second swipe gesture in a second direction distinct from the first direction, the device displays one or more settings icons in a settings panel, wherein the settings panel includes a respective settings icon that, when selected, causes a partially transparent interface to be displayed over the settings panel, wherein the partially transparent interface is at least partially transparent so that at least a portion of the settings panel can be seen through the partially transparent user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Lawrence Yang, Alessandro Sabatelli, Brian Schmitt
  • Patent number: D773510
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Foss, David C. Graham, Aled Williams, Lawrence Yang
  • Patent number: D774538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Yang
  • Patent number: D784390
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Yang
  • Patent number: D784393
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Craig M. Federighi, Christopher Foss, Woo-Ram Lee, Stephen O. Lemay, Caelan G. Stack, Lawrence Yang
  • Patent number: D785028
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Craig M. Federighi, Christopher Foss, Woo-Ram Lee, Stephen O. Lemay, Caelan G. Stack, Lawrence Yang
  • Patent number: D786921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Stephen O. LeMay, Dennis Park, Christopher Daryl Soli, Lawrence Yang
  • Patent number: D787545
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Craig M. Federighi, Christopher Foss, Woo-Ram Lee, Stephen O. Lemay, Caelan G. Stack, Lawrence Yang
  • Patent number: D804510
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Craig M. Federighi, Christopher Foss, Woo-Ram Lee, Stephen O. Lemay, Caelan G. Stack, Lawrence Yang
  • Patent number: D805089
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen O. Lemay, Dennis Park, Christopher Daryl Soli, Lawrence Yang
  • Patent number: D805097
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Jonathan Dascola, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Foss, Jonathan P. Ive, Stephen O. Lemay, Aled Williams, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Yang
  • Patent number: D807906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Yang
  • Patent number: D816098
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Anzures, Patrick Lee Coffman, Lawrence Yang
  • Patent number: D819688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Foss, David C. Graham, Aled Williams, Lawrence Yang