Patents by Inventor Michael D. Trent

Michael D. Trent 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: 11074726
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for automatically mitigating overlapping labels associated with pie charts. In particular, the techniques involve migrating positions of the labels in response to adjustments of the pie chart to ensure that the labels are distributed in a non-overlapping, uniform, and aesthetically-pleasing manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Elizaveta Girsova, Chao-Kuo Lin, Michael D. Trent, Jonathan Cho, Lorraine S. Shim, Ryan M. Olshavsky, Andrew L. Harding, Brian J. Rupert
  • Patent number: 10983803
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for system and methods to enable an operating environment that supports multi-OS applications. One embodiment provides for a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions to perform operations comprising parsing a set of object files to generate a graph of code and data for each object file, group elements from the graphs of code and data into a master graph of elements, and generating an annotated output file including compiled code for the dynamic library, the annotated output file having a header and a first set of load commands, the first set of load commands to specify multiple target platforms for the dynamic library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Trent, Louis G. Gerbarg, Patrick O. Heynen, Ali T. Ozer, Jeremiah R. Sequoia
  • Patent number: 10884580
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display and a note-taking application: displays, on the display, a first user interface of the note-taking application, wherein: the note-taking application includes a plurality of notes prepared by a user; the plurality of notes includes electronic text content input by the user, and content created and/or selected by the user that is distinct from the electronic text content; the content created and/or selected includes content from a plurality of distinct content categories; and the first user interface displays a categorized-content-view affordance; detects activation of the categorized-content-view affordance; and, in response to detecting activation of the categorized-content-view affordance, displays, in a categorized-content view, a scrollable list of at least some of the content created and/or selected by the user that is distinct from the electronic text content input by the user, wherein the content in the scrollable list is organized and displayed by the content categor
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: J. Gabriel Foster, Charles J. Migos, Gustaf Engstrom, Markus Hagele, Michael D. Trent
  • Patent number: 10523663
    Abstract: Various techniques are disclosed for managing and modifying data items. In some embodiments, a first data item can be selected for password protection via establishing an active secured user session according to a set of user credentials. Thereafter, subsequent data items can be selected for password protection using the same set of user credentials while the secured user session remains active. In some embodiments, a gesture input can be received by a touch interface. The input can be detected, and when the input is recognized as a command for creating an extension of a work space associated with a data item, then the extension of the work space is generated. In some embodiments, the gesture input received by the touch interface is recognized as a command for creating a new work space associated with the data item such that a new work space is generated upon recognizing the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bicrumjit S. Bhullar, Markus Hagele, Jay C. Capela, Gustaf Engstrom, Timothy I. Mahoney, Charles J. Migos, William J. Thimbleby, Michael D. Trent
  • Publication number: 20190369985
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for system and methods to enable an operating environment that supports multi-OS applications. One embodiment provides for a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions to perform operations comprising parsing a set of object files to generate a graph of code and data for each object file, group elements from the graphs of code and data into a master graph of elements, and generating an annotated output file including compiled code for the dynamic library, the annotated output file having a header and a first set of load commands, the first set of load commands to specify multiple target platforms for the dynamic library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: MICHAEL D. TRENT, LOUIS G. GERBARG, PATRICK O. HEYNEN, ALI T. OZER, JEREMIAH R. SEQUOIA
  • Publication number: 20180260986
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for automatically mitigating overlapping labels associated with pie charts. In particular, the techniques involve migrating positions of the labels in response to adjustments of the pie chart to ensure that the labels are distributed in a non-overlapping, uniform, and aesthetically-pleasing manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Elizaveta GIRSOVA, Chao-Kuo LIN, Michael D. TRENT, Jonathan CHO, Lorraine S. SHIM, Ryan M. OLSHAVSKY, Andrew L. HARDING, Brian J. RUPERT
  • Publication number: 20170200001
    Abstract: Various techniques are disclosed for managing and modifying data items. In some embodiments, a first data item can be selected for password protection via establishing an active secured user session according to a set of user credentials. Thereafter, subsequent data items can be selected for password protection using the same set of user credentials while the secured user session remains active. In some embodiments, a gesture input can be received by a touch interface. The input can be detected, and when the input is recognized as a command for creating an extension of a work space associated with a data item, then the extension of the work space is generated. In some embodiments, the gesture input received by the touch interface is recognized as a command for creating a new work space associated with the data item such that a new work space is generated upon recognizing the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Bicrumjit S. BHULLAR, Markus HAGELE, Jay C. CAPELA, Gustaf ENGSTROM, Timothy I. MAHONEY, Charles J. MIGOS, William J. THIMBLEBY, Michael D. TRENT
  • Publication number: 20160357367
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display and a note-taking application: displays, on the display, a first user interface of the note-taking application, wherein: the note-taking application includes a plurality of notes prepared by a user; the plurality of notes includes electronic text content input by the user, and content created and/or selected by the user that is distinct from the electronic text content; the content created and/or selected includes content from a plurality of distinct content categories; and the first user interface displays a categorized-content-view affordance; detects activation of the categorized-content-view affordance; and, in response to detecting activation of the categorized-content-view affordance, displays, in a categorized-content view, a scrollable list of at least some of the content created and/or selected by the user that is distinct from the electronic text content input by the user, wherein the content in the scrollable list is organized and displayed by the content categor
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: J. Gabriel Foster, Charles J. Migos, Gustaf Engstrom, Markus Hagele, Michael D. Trent