Patents by Inventor Patrick Lee Coffman

Patrick Lee 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: 20200379946
    Abstract: A method includes: detecting, via the one or more input devices, a first input that corresponds to migrating data to set-up the first device during a new device set-up workflow; and, in response to detecting the first input, displaying, via the display device, a data migration user interface that includes concurrently displaying: a selectable direct transfer option that corresponds to initiating a direct transfer of the data to the first device from a second device within a predefined proximity range of the first device, wherein the selectable direct transfer option includes an estimated time for completion of the direct transfer; and a selectable remote transfer option that corresponds to initiating a remote transfer of the data to the first device from a remote storage device, wherein the selectable remote transfer option includes an estimated time for completion of the remote transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Robert Garcia, III, Donald W. Pitschel, Aaron M. Melim
  • Publication number: 20200356247
    Abstract: An electronic device: displays an inbox view of a messaging application that includes one or more groups of electronic communications presented in a condensed mode, wherein a first group of electronic communications in the inbox view includes a first plurality of messages with at least one different subject and from a plurality of unrelated senders that are associated with a common characteristic; detects a first user input selecting an expansion affordance associated with the first group of electronic communications while in the condensed mode; and, in response to detecting the user input selecting the expansion affordance associated with the first group of electronic communications while in the condensed mode, the first group of electronic communications in an expanded view different from the condensed mode that includes at least some of the first plurality of messages associated with the first group of electronic communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Tiffany Jon, Stephen Olivier Lemay, Patrick Lee Coffman
  • Publication number: 20200326841
    Abstract: A method includes displaying, via a display device, first content with respect to which a first plurality of editing operations have been performed. The method further includes while displaying the first content, detecting, on the touch-sensitive surface, a first multi-finger gesture. The method further includes in response to detecting the first multi-finger gesture: in accordance with a determination that the first multi-finger gesture includes more than a first predetermined amount of movement in a first direction, undoing one of the first plurality of editing operations; and in accordance with a determination that the first multi-finger gesture includes more than a first predetermined amount of movement in a second direction that is different from the first direction, redoing one of the first plurality of editing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Bradley W. Griffin, Morgan H. Winer, Wayne Carl Westerman, Christopher D. Soli, Meredith Noelani Burkle, Sara E. Andrews, Toby Charles Wood Paterson, Stephen O. Lemay, Patrick Lee Coffman, Tiffany S. Jon, Aram D. Kudurshian
  • Patent number: 10739972
    Abstract: An electronic device: displays a plurality of representations of electronic communications associated with a first grouping and a filter affordance that corresponds to a set of filter criteria; and detects a selection input selecting the filter affordance. In response to detecting the selection input, and in accordance with a determination that the selection input corresponds to a first input type, the electronic device: ceases to display a first set of representations of electronic communications from the first grouping that do not match the set of one or more filter criteria; displays a second set of representations of electronic communications from the first grouping that match the set of one or more filter criteria; and displays an indication of the set of filter criteria that have been applied to the electronic communications associated with the first grouping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tiffany Jon, Stephen Olivier Lemay, Patrick Lee Coffman
  • Publication number: 20200244789
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods to communicate audio data from either an active wireless device or a requesting wireless device to one or more audio reproduction devices that are simultaneously communicatively coupled to both the active wireless device and to the requesting wireless device are disclosed. Responsive to a request from the requesting wireless device to transmit audio data to the one or more audio reproduction devices, the active wireless device determines whether to transmit audio data from the requesting wireless device based at least in part on an audio status of the active wireless device and a set of predetermined arbitration criteria that prioritizes among applications and operating system processes that generate the audio data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Robert D. WATSON, Ganesha Adkasthala GANAPATHI BATTA, Anthony GUETTA, David John SHAW, Craig DOOLEY, Chris SAARI, Gregory NOVICK, Nathan DE VRIES, Sriram HARIHARAN, Patrick Ian BERNHARD, Dana MCLAUGHLIN, Jeffrey Chandler MOORE, Patrick Lee COFFMAN, Jonathan Anderson BENNETT, Deepak IYER, Albert Riley HOWARD, JR., Jason CONN
  • Patent number: D882607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Arian Behzadi, Imran Chaudhri, Patrick Lee Coffman, Jonathan Dascola, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Foss, David C. Graham, Jonathan P. Ive, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: D882632
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Patrick Lee Coffman, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay, Raymond Sepulveda
  • Patent number: D884715
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D889502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D889503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda
  • Patent number: D890806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D890807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda, Andre Souza Dos Santos, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D893512
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill, Vitalii Kramar, Marcel Van Os
  • Patent number: D898068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda
  • Patent number: D898069
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D898762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D900860
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda
  • Patent number: D900861
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda
  • Patent number: D901533
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D904451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mani Amini, Patrick Lee Coffman, Vitalii Kramar, Eric Lance Wilson