Patents by Inventor Timothy P. Horton

Timothy P. Horton 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: 20240007641
    Abstract: An electronic device may include one or more sensors and one or more displays. The electronic device may receive content to be displayed on the one or more displays, information identifying a region of interest in the content, and an action associated with the region of interest from at least one external server. The electronic device may display the content. The electronic device may obtain, via the one or more sensors, a point of gaze and determine that the point of gaze overlaps the region of interest in the content. In accordance with the determination that the point of gaze overlaps the region of interest in the content, the electronic device may perform the action associated with the region of interest. The action may include providing visual, audio, and/or haptic feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ada Y Chan, Chelsea E Pugh, Dean Jackson, Timothy P Horton
  • Publication number: 20230370401
    Abstract: A first messaging app, in one embodiment receives text and detects that the text includes a URL that refers to audio or audiovisual media content in a catalog of media content, and the messaging app obtains metadata about the media content and transmits the metadata to a second messaging app. Both the first and the second messaging app can operate, through interprocess communication, with its own music extension app that displays a user interface within a view hosted by the respective messaging app.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas M. Alsina, Samuel M. Weinig, Chance Graham, Taylor G. Carrigan, Nathan de Vries, Timothy P. Horton
  • Patent number: 11601385
    Abstract: A first messaging app, in one embodiment receives text and detects that the text includes a URL that refers to audio or audiovisual media content in a catalog of media content, and the messaging app obtains metadata about the media content and transmits the metadata to a second messaging app. Both the first and the second messaging app can operate, through interprocess communication, with its own music extension app that displays a user interface within a view hosted by the respective messaging app.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Alsina, Samuel M. Weinig, Chance Graham, Taylor G. Carrigan, Nathan de Vries, Timothy P. Horton
  • Publication number: 20220006763
    Abstract: A first messaging app, in one embodiment receives text and detects that the text includes a URL that refers to audio or audiovisual media content in a catalog of media content, and the messaging app obtains metadata about the media content and transmits the metadata to a second messaging app. Both the first and the second messaging app can operate, through interprocess communication, with its own music extension app that displays a user interface within a view hosted by the respective messaging app.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas M. Alsina, Samuel M. Weinig, Chance Graham, Taylor G. Carrigan, Nathan de Vries, Timothy P. Horton
  • Patent number: 11088973
    Abstract: A first messaging app, in one embodiment receives text and detects that the text includes a URL that refers to audio or audiovisual media content in a catalog of media content, and the messaging app obtains metadata about the media content and transmits the metadata to a second messaging app. Both the first and the second messaging app can operate, through interprocess communication, with its own music extension app that displays a user interface within a view hosted by the respective messaging app.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Alsina, Samuel M. Weinig, Chance Graham, Taylor G. Carrigan, Nathan de Vries, Timothy P. Horton
  • Patent number: 10554599
    Abstract: A text messaging system which converts at the sending device a detected URL in a text message to a representative image or other content and transmits the representative image (which represents the URL) to one or more messaging servers for delivery to a receiving device. In one embodiment, the messaging servers do not have access to clear text of either the representative image or the URL. In one embodiment, the retrieval occurs in response to a selection of a send command. Heuristics (such as rules) can be used to determine whether to convert a detected URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Samuel M. Weinig, Timothy P. Horton, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Kevin J. Lindeman
  • Publication number: 20170359282
    Abstract: A first messaging app, in one embodiment receives text and detects that the text includes a URL that refers to audio or audiovisual media content in a catalog of media content, and the messaging app obtains metadata about the media content and transmits the metadata to a second messaging app. Both the first and the second messaging app can operate, through interprocess communication, with its own music extension app that displays a user interface within a view hosted by the respective messaging app.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas M. Alsina, Samuel M. Weinig, Chance Graham, Taylor G. Carrigan, Nathan de Vries, Timothy P. Horton
  • Publication number: 20170359285
    Abstract: A text messaging system which converts at the sending device a detected URL in a text message to a representative image or other content and transmits the representative image (which represents the URL) to one or more messaging servers for delivery to a receiving device. In one embodiment, the messaging servers do not have access to clear text of either the representative image or the URL. In one embodiment, the retrieval occurs in response to a selection of a send command. Heuristics (such as rules) can be used to determine whether to convert a detected URL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Samuel M. Weinig, Timothy P. Horton, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Kevin J. Lindeman