Patents by Inventor Thomas Andrew Cooke Dale

Thomas Andrew Cooke Dale 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).

  • Devices and methods for identifying user interface objects based on view hierarchy
    Patent number: 10216408
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a user interface of an application on a device's touch-sensitive display. The user interface includes a plurality of regions, including a respective region at a respective hierarchy level. The respective region has two or more child regions at a hierarchy level below the respective hierarchy level. The method includes detecting a first contact at a location that corresponds to the respective region and that does not correspond to any of the two or more child regions. When the application is configured to process the first contact, not in conjunction with the respective region, but in conjunction with at least one child region of the two or more child regions, the method includes identifying a respective child region in accordance with positions of the child regions relative to the location, and processing the first contact in conjunction with the identified respective child region using the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Andrew Cooke Dale, Christopher Brian Fleizach
  • Control selection approximation
    Patent number: 8552999
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a user interface of an application on a device's touch-sensitive display. The user interface includes a plurality of regions, including a respective region at a respective hierarchy level. The respective region has two or more child regions at a hierarchy level below the respective hierarchy level. The method includes detecting a first contact at a location that corresponds to the respective region and that does not correspond to any of the two or more child regions. When the application is configured to process the first contact, not in conjunction with the respective region, but in conjunction with at least one child region of the two or more child regions, the method includes identifying a respective child region in accordance with positions of the child regions relative to the location, and processing the first contact in conjunction with the identified respective child region using the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Andrew Cooke Dale, Christopher Brian Fleizach
  • Control Selection Approximation
    Publication number: 20110307833
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a user interface of an application on a device's touch-sensitive display. The user interface includes a plurality of regions, including a respective region at a respective hierarchy level. The respective region has two or more child regions at a hierarchy level below the respective hierarchy level. The method includes detecting a first contact at a location that corresponds to the respective region and that does not correspond to any of the two or more child regions. When the application is configured to process the first contact, not in conjunction with the respective region, but in conjunction with at least one child region of the two or more child regions, the method includes identifying a respective child region in accordance with positions of the child regions relative to the location, and processing the first contact in conjunction with the identified respective child region using the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Andrew Cooke Dale, Christopher Brian Fleizach
  • Control Selection Approximation
    Publication number: 20110304560
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a user interface of an application on a device's touch-sensitive display. The user interface includes a plurality of regions, including a respective region at a respective hierarchy level. The respective region has two or more child regions at a hierarchy level below the respective hierarchy level. The method includes detecting a first contact at a location that corresponds to the respective region and that does not correspond to any of the two or more child regions. When the application is configured to process the first contact, not in conjunction with the respective region, but in conjunction with at least one child region of the two or more child regions, the method includes identifying a respective child region in accordance with positions of the child regions relative to the location, and processing the first contact in conjunction with the identified respective child region using the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Andrew Cooke Dale, Christopher Brian Fleizach