Patents by Inventor Patrick L. Coffman

Patrick L. Coffman 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: 20230376268
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to sharing audio, including while the electronic device is connected to a first external device via a communication link, wherein the electronic device is configured to provide audio data to the first external device via the communication link, detecting an indication that a physical proximity between the electronic device and a second external device, different from the first external device, satisfies a proximity condition; in response to detecting the indication that the physical proximity between the electronic device and the second external device satisfies the proximity condition, displaying, via the display device, a first user interface including a first affordance; detecting an input corresponding to selection of the first affordance; and in response to detecting the input corresponding to selection of the first affordance, initiating a process to provide audio data concurrently with the first external device and the second external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Taylor G. CARRIGAN, David C. GRAHAM, Patrick L. COFFMAN
  • Patent number: 11822858
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a media content system. A media content provider includes storage for storing and serving video content to subscribers. The media content provider records and or otherwise stores video content from around the world. The system includes display devices configured to identify and tailor content to multiple individual users. Each user may have individual settings which provide for a customized viewing environment and experience. The system is configured to identify users of the system in order to tailor the content as appropriate. In addition, identification of users allows for the identification of the subscription content that corresponds to the user. Based upon identification of a user and corresponding subscription, the user's subscription content may be streamed to any location. In this manner, the users subscribed content may follow the user from home to a friend's house, or elsewhere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory N. Christie, Alessandro Sabatelli, William M. Bachman, Imran Chaudhri, Jeffrey Robbin, Jim Young, Joe Howard, Marcel Van Os, Patrick L. Coffman, Stephen O. Lemay, Jeffrey Ma, Lynne Kress
  • Patent number: 11824898
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing a local network using an electronic device, where the electronic device is connected to a router and a plurality of external devices, including a first set of one or more external devices and a second set of one or more external devices, on the local network. The user interfaces enable a user to apply the same network access policy to the first set of one or more external devices and the second set of one or more external devices or to apply different network access policies to the first set of one or more external devices and the second set of one or more external devices, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vitalii Kramar, Patrick L. Coffman
  • Publication number: 20230362601
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device is described. A user interface is displayed while detecting an incoming call from a first phone number. In response to detecting the incoming call and in accordance with a determination that the first phone number for the incoming call does not correspond to an entry in a contact list, the first phone number corresponding to the incoming call is displayed. In response to detecting the incoming call and in accordance with a determination that the first number for the incoming call corresponds to a first entry in the contact list, a name associated with the first entry and/or a graphic associated with the first entry is displayed, without displaying the first phone number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Scott FORSTALL, Imran CHAUDHRI, Greg CHRISTIE, Patrick L. COFFMAN, Steven P. JOBS, Stephen O. LEMAY, Gregory NOVICK, Marcel VAN OS
  • Patent number: 11810578
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intercom system via a digital assistant are provided. The intercom system is trigger-free, in that users communicate, in real-time, via devices without employing a trigger to speak. Acoustic fingerprints are employed to associate users with devices. Acoustic fingerprints include vector embeddings of speech input in an acoustic-feature vector space. Speech heard at multiple devices, as embedded in a fingerprint, may be clustered in the vector space, and the structure of the clusters is employed to associate users and devices. Based on the fingerprints, a device is mapped to a user, and the user employs that device to participate in a conversation, via the intercom service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Phipps, Sachin Kajarekar, Eugene Ray, Mahesh Ramaray Shanbhag, Kisun You, Patrick L. Coffman
  • Patent number: 11800001
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays an incoming call user interface in response to receiving an indication of an incoming call. In some embodiments, the incoming call user interface is displayed overlaid on a respective user interface that is optionally associated with an application other than the application associated with the incoming call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Woo Chang, Nathan De Vries, Marcel Van Os, Christopher Patrick Foss, Heena Ko, Patrick L. Coffman, Robert Garcia, III
  • Patent number: 11783022
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a device that converts an account associated with an application to use a single sign-on service is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the device receives an indication of a weak password associated with the account. The device further sends a request to verify an account credential for a user associated with the device. In addition, the device receives the verification of the account credential. The device additionally requests a single sign-on credential for the account and receives the single sign-on credential. Furthermore, the device sends a message to a server associated with a service for the application that the application is registered for the single sign-on service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Richard J. Mondello, Jay S. Mulani, Jonathan Birdsall, Dmitry V. Belov, Reza Abbasian, David P. Quesada, Patrick L. Coffman
  • Patent number: 11782598
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to techniques and interfaces for managing media playback devices. In some embodiments, the techniques include varying a feedback based on movement of a computer system toward or away from an external device. In some embodiments, the techniques include displaying an interface that includes controls for controlling media playback on an external device when the computer system and the external device are playing media. In some embodiments, the techniques include performing operations at a computer system in response to an input having a size that is less than or greater than a size threshold. In some embodiments, the techniques include performing different operations at a computer system when status lights have states that indicate different states of the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan, Pedro Mari, Camille Moussette, Gemma Alexandria Roper, Peter C. Tsoi, Patrick L. Coffman
  • Patent number: 11785387
    Abstract: An electronic device, with a display device, a communication device, one or more processors and memory, displays a first representation of a first controllable external device, where the first controllable external device is situated at a location. The device detects a first input corresponding to a selection of the first representation of the first controllable external device. In response to detecting the first input, the device transmits instructions, using the communication device, to the first controllable external device to perform a function if the first controllable external device is of a first type or displays, using the display device, a user interface for controlling characteristics of the first controllable external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan, Patrick L. Coffman, Christopher Patrick Foss
  • Patent number: 11784992
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to entry and management of identifiers and credentials. The present embodiments display a credential affordance that, upon selection, provides a credential-assistance user interface for enabling swift access to various credential and management options. The credential affordance can be displayed based on a determination by electronic device that a webpage includes a text entry field associated with a set of one or more restricted resources (e.g., document and/or webpage).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jessie Berlin, Steven Falkenburg, Adele Peterson, Alan Hshieh, Craig M. Federighi, Richard Mondello, Darin Adler, Patrick L. Coffman, Dan Bernstein
  • Patent number: 11782573
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for enabling an activity using a computer system. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for invoking an activity associated with an application are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for customizing displayed content based on circumstances under which the content was invoked are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing applications that were used to enable activities are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing settings for applications used to enable activities are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yongjun Zhang, Reza Abbasian, Darin Adler, Steven Falkenburg, Craig M. Federighi, Christopher Patrick Foss, Heena Ko, Grant Paul, James S. Savage, Caelan G. Stack, Charles H. Ying, Mark M. Xue, Patrick L. Coffman
  • Publication number: 20230315495
    Abstract: Examples of multi-user configuration are disclosed. An example method includes, at an electronic device: receiving a request; and in response to the request: if the voice input does not match a voice profile associated with an account associated with the electronic device: causing output of first information based on the request using a first account associated with the electronic device; if a setting of the electronic device has a first state, causing update of account data of the first account based on the request; and if the setting has a second state, forgoing causing update of the account data; and if the voice input matches a voice profile associated with an account associated with the electronic device: causing output of the first information using the account associated with the matching voice profile; and causing update of account data of the account based on the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Taylor G. CARRIGAN, Patrick L. COFFMAN, David C. GRAHAM
  • Publication number: 20230319573
    Abstract: Embodiments are described herein for transferring a subscriber identity module (SIM) or electronic SIM (eSIM) profile securely from a source device to a target device with verifiable signatures generated by secure hardware elements of the source device contingent on receipt of a secure intent gesture. Trustworthiness of the profile transfer is based on a mobile network operator (MNO) entitlement server releasing a transfer token after verification of a message signed by an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the source device. The eUICC signs the message only after verifying a message from a secure enclave processor (SEP) of the source device that signs the message based on receipt of the secure intent gesture via a secure interface. To validate communication between the SEP and the eUICC, an asymmetric cryptographic key pair generated by the SEP is bound to a unique eUICC identifier (EID) value of the eUICC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Li LI, Mohanasundaram KATTAVOOR SIVAKUMAR, Dennis D. CONWAY, Zexing SHI, Aurelien P. RABOISSON, Ngabin S. NG, Rajeev VERMA, Raj CHAUGULE, Keizo MARUI, Lukas M. BUGLA, Patrick L. COFFMAN
  • Patent number: 11775632
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to credential managers. In some embodiments, a computing device maintains a credential manager that stores, in a protected manner, a set of credentials for authenticating a user and metadata about the credentials. The computing device stores an instance of the metadata externally to the credential manager. The computing device uses the externally stored metadata to determine whether the set of credentials includes a particular credential associated with a service and, in response to determining that the set of credentials includes the particular credential, displays an indication of the particular credential. In some embodiments, the computing device receives a selection of the displayed indication by the user and, in response to the selection, sends a request for the particular credential to the credential manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Reza Abbasian, Richard J. Mondello, David P. Quesada, Kyle C. Brogle, Patrick L. Coffman
  • Patent number: 11775248
    Abstract: An example method includes, at a first electronic device that includes a display, displaying, on the display, a user interface that is associated with an application, the user interface displayed with a control user interface element for changing a display property of the user interface. The method includes, detecting an input directed to the control user interface element. The method also includes that in response to detecting the input, and while continuing to display the user interface, concurrently displaying on the display: a first selectable option for changing the display property of the user interface on the display of the first electronic device, and a second selectable option for requesting display at a second electronic device, distinct from the first electronic device, of a user interface that includes content from the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Raymond S. Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong, John O. Louch, Christopher N. Ryan, Kevin J. Van Vechten, Patrick L. Coffman
  • Patent number: 11768575
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display and a fingerprint sensor displays a fingerprint enrollment interface and detects, on the fingerprint sensor, a plurality of finger gestures performed with a finger. The device collects fingerprint information from the plurality of finger gestures performed with the finger. After collecting the fingerprint information, the device determines whether the collected fingerprint information is sufficient to enroll a fingerprint of the finger. When the collected fingerprint information for the finger is sufficient to enroll the fingerprint of the finger, the device enrolls the fingerprint of the finger with the device. When the collected fingerprint information for the finger is not sufficient to enroll the fingerprint of the finger, the device displays a message in the fingerprint enrollment interface prompting a user to perform one or more additional finger gestures on the fingerprint sensor with the finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Byron Han, Matthew E. Shepherd, Imran Chaudhri, Gregory N. Christie, Patrick L. Coffman, Craig M. Federighi, Matthew H. Gamble, Brittany D. Paine, Brendan J. Langoulant, Craig A. Marciniak, Donald W. Pitschel, Daniel O. Schimpf, Andrew R. Whalley, Christopher R. Whitney, Jonathan R. Dascola, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Publication number: 20230289034
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for enabling an activity using a computer system. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for invoking an activity associated with an application are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for customizing displayed content based on circumstances under which the content was invoked are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing applications that were used to enable activities are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing settings for applications used to enable activities are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Yongjun ZHANG, Reza ABBASIAN, Darin ADLER, Patrick L. COFFMAN, Nicholas Stephen DOHERTY, Steven FALKENBURG, Craig M. FEDERIGHI, Kenneth Arthur Abraham FERRY, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Brian Erik GOLDBERG, Heena KO, Grant PAUL, Grant C. RITCHIE, Caelan G. STACK, Charles H. YING, Xiaoyue ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11755276
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In one example, a user request for a media item is received. Based on the user request, at least one media item and a description of the at least one media item are identified. A confidence level is obtained that an identified media item of the at least one media item corresponds to the requested media item. In accordance with a determination that the confidence level exceeds a first confidence threshold, a length of the identified description is reduced to obtain a modified description and the modified description of the identified media item is provided in a first spoken response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew James Sinesio, Patrick L. Coffman, Frank-Robert Kline, III, Sara E. Kufeldt, Robert Macrae, Kranti K. Parisa, Ankur Goyal
  • Patent number: 11755273
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a first media information affordance representing a first media item in response to detecting an indication that a physical proximity between an electronic device and an external device satisfies a proximity condition. The electronic device receives a first input representing selection of the first media information affordance. In response to receiving the first input: in accordance with a determination that the first input is a first type of input, a process to playback the first media item is initiated; and in accordance with a determination that the first input is a second type of input different from the first type of input, a second media information affordance representing the first media item is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David Chance Graham, Taylor G. Carrigan, Patrick L. Coffman
  • Patent number: 11750734
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to interfaces and techniques for media playback on one or more devices. In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory. The electronic device receives user input and, in response to receiving the user input, displays, on the display, a multi-device interface that includes: one or more indicators associated with a plurality of available playback devices that are connected to the device and available to initiate playback of media from the device, and a media playback status of the plurality of available playback devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Coffman, David Chance Graham, Cyrus Daniel Irani, Aimee Piercy