Patents Assigned to Apple
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Patent number: 11979945Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for a wireless device to determine a radio access technology availability indicator to present. A wireless device may establish a wireless link with a cellular network via a cell that operates according to a first radio access technology. The wireless device may determine if access to the cellular network is also available via a cell that operates according to a second radio access technology, by configuration by the serving cell or from another standalone cell. The wireless device may select a radio access technology availability indicator to present based at least in part on determining if access to the cellular network is also available via a cell that operates according to the second radio access technology.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sofheem Mohammed, Rohit Thareja, Vijay Venkataraman, Shivani Suresh Babu
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Patent number: 11979657Abstract: Implementations of the subject technology provide power efficient object detection for electronic devices. Power efficient object detection can be provided in order to allow extended tracking of objects by portable devices such as battery powered devices. In one or more implementations, a recommendation engine including a machine learning model and/or a rule-based recommendation process may be provided that has been trained to output a sensor recommendation indicating at least one sensor for object tracking. The sensor recommendation can indicate which of several sensors to operate to track a particular object and/or an accuracy level for operating the recommended sensor.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Anselm Grundhoefer
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Patent number: 11979934Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing radio resource control procedures for remote wireless devices in a wireless communication system. A remote wireless device may transmit a radio resource control message that includes information configured to be relayed to a cellular base station to a relay wireless device, which may relay the information to the cellular base station. The cellular base station may also transmit a radio resource control message that includes information configured to be relayed to the remote wireless device to the relay wireless device, which may relay the information to the remote wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fangli Xu, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Yuqin Chen, Longda Xing, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sree Ram Kodali
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Patent number: 11979939Abstract: Emergency services support is indicated to roaming devices in a wireless network. A user equipment (UE) may receive a message from the wireless network indicating at least one public land mobile network (PLMN) that provides emergency services support for devices in limited service. The UE may store, in a non-volatile memory (NVM), an identifier of the at least one PLMN in a whitelist of limited service emergency services support. In response to a trigger in a roaming limited service condition of the UE, the UE may establish an emergency session with a selected PLMN based on the whitelist of limited service emergency services support.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Vijay Venkataraman, Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Krisztian Kiss, Mohammed Sadique, Nirlesh Koshta, Rohit R. Matolia, Sirisha Madduri, Sridhar Prakasam, Srinivasan Nimmala, Xiangpeng Jing
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Patent number: 11979656Abstract: An electronic device with a camera obtains, with the camera, one or more images of a scene. The electronic device detects a respective feature within the scene. In accordance with a determination that a first mode is active on the device, the electronic device provides a first audible description of the scene. The first audible description provides information indicating a size and/or position of the respective feature relative to a first set of divisions applied to the one or more images of the scene. In accordance with a determination that the first mode is not active on the device, the electronic device provides a second audible description of the plurality of objects. The second audible description is distinct from the first audible description and does not include the information indicating the size and/or position of the respective feature relative to the first set of divisions.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Christopher B. Fleizach, Darren C. Minifie, Eryn R. Wells, Nandini Kannamangalam Sundara Raman
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Patent number: 11979926Abstract: Relay service is enabled between a residential gateway and a remote user. For example, a 5G residential gateway (5G-RG) may include a relay user equipment (UE) to enable relay service for a 5G core (5GC)-capable UE behind the 5G-RG to connect to the 5GC. The relay UE of the 5G-RG may provide a trusted/untrusted non-3GPP access network for L2 or L3 transport connection to the 5GC-capable UE.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Ching-Yu Liao, Meghashree Dattatri Kedalagudde, Alexandre Saso Stojanovski
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Patent number: 11979836Abstract: Methods and systems in which a portable electronic device can be voice activated are disclosed. The portable electronic device can be a multi-function electronic device. The voice activation can be robust and context sensitive. The voice activation can also be utilized without any preparatory user action with respect to the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device can also interact with a media system.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Daniel Freeman, Derek B. Barrentine
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Patent number: 11979911Abstract: Current 5G provisions for wireless communications do not allow for the differentiation of channel access by User Equipments (UEs) with different priorities. Approaches are described by which priority access for UEs in a controlled environment using frame based equipment (FBE), and in particular for different UEs or the same UE that has different configured grants. The approaches are particularly helpful for ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) UEs. In one approach, the UE performs a clear channel assessment (CCA) in an idle period before the fixed frame period (FFP), followed by a channel access priority test. In an alternative approach, the UE performs a channel access priority test before the UE performs a clear channel assessment (CCA) in an idle period before the fixed frame period (FFP).Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Oghenekome Oteri, Huaning Niu, Weidong Yang, Sigen Ye, Haitong Sun, Chunxuan Ye, Chunhai Yao, Hong He, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang
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Patent number: 11977726Abstract: An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors that detect intensities of contacts on the touch-sensitive surface displays, on the display, a user interface. While displaying the user interface, the electronic device detects an input that includes a contact on the touch-sensitive surface. In response to detecting the input while displaying the user interface, and while continuing to detect the input on the touch-sensitive surface: If an intensity of the contact satisfies an activation intensity threshold, the electronic device performs a first operation associated with the activation intensity threshold. The activation intensity threshold is determined based on whether or not prior inputs by the user on the touch-sensitive surface exceed a respective intensity threshold. If an intensity of the contact does not satisfy an activation intensity threshold, the electronic device forgoes performing the first operation associated with the activation intensity threshold.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Aram D. Kudurshian, Christopher P. Foss, Gary I. Butcher, Patrick L Coffman, Nicole M. Wells, Wayne C. Westerman
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Patent number: 11979829Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may perform sounding reference signal (SRS) switching by transmitting one or more SRS using a plurality of SRS resources of an SRS resource set configured for SRS switching according to a first combination of downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) antenna ports. For UE power saving, the UE may turn off one or more of the DL and UL antenna ports. The UE may then reconfigure the plurality of SRS resources of the SRS resource set for SRS switching according to a second combination of the DL and UL antenna ports. In response to a power saving message from a UE, a base station may generate SRS configuration information to configure an SRS resource set for SRS antenna switching based on a combination of active DL and UL antenna ports at the UE, and send the SRS configuration information to the UE.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang
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Patent number: 11977411Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to context-specific user interfaces. In some embodiments, methods are provided for displaying a watch user interface including a clock face and a user interface element at least partially surrounding the clock face. In some embodiments, methods are further provided for receiving a request to add a respective complication to a respective location on the clock face and, in response to receiving the request: in accordance with a determination that the respective complication is a first complication, displaying the first complication in the respective location and replacing at least a portion of the user interface element with content associated with the first complication; and in accordance with a determination that the respective complication is a second complication, displaying the second complication in the respective location without replacing the portion of the user interface element with content associated with the second complication.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Taylor G. Carrigan, Alan C. Dye, Nicholas D. Felton, Aled Hywel Williams, Christopher Wilson
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Patent number: 11979764Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods and apparatuses for measurements and reports in integrated access and backhaul networks. An integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node is configured to: receive radio resource control (RRC) signaling from a IAB donor node, the RRC signaling to include configuration information with respect to reference signals of the IAB donor node or one or more neighboring IAB nodes; perform one or more measurements based on the reference signals of the donor node or the one or more neighboring IAB nodes; and transmit measurement report to the IAB donor node, the measurement report to include an indication of results of the one or more measurements.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lili Wei, Qian Li, Dawei Ying, Geng Wu
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Patent number: 11977683Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing defining an aperture. An input device extends through the aperture and has a user input surface external to the housing. An inertial actuator is mechanically and fixedly coupled to the input device and positioned within the housing. A mechanical wave dampener provides mechanical wave dampening between the input device and the housing. The electronic device enables haptic feedback to be provided locally to the input device. In some cases, the mechanical wave dampener may dampen shaking of the input device with respect to the housing by at least an order of magnitude.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Riccardo Tarelli, Muhammad F. Hossain
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Patent number: 11977729Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for navigating and providing physical activity information.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Julie A. Arney, Chandler S. Bachman, Jay K. Blahnik, Edward Chao, David S. Clark, Brett L. Lareau, Emily Pedersen, Matthew M. Sun, Eduardo Valencia Paz
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Patent number: D1025678Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Rebecca M. Cully, Jennifer Ross Wynn, Christopher M. Green, Christopher Daniel Peak, David Kahl Peschel, Stefan Behling, James Sherman, Vasileios Bakas
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Patent number: D1025794Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Alexandre B. Girard, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, M. Evans Hankey, Anne-Marie Heck, Moises Hernandez Hernandez, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Kainoa Kwon-Perez, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang
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Patent number: D1026016Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jae Woo Chang, Nathan de Vries, Marcel van Os
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Patent number: D1026020Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Brian James Andrich, Woon Yung Choi, William Nevin Danner, Nicholas Provenzano
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Patent number: D1026023Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Benjamin James Crick, Richard R. Dellinger, YunJae Kim, Eileen Y. Lee, Joseph Mark Willoughby Luxton
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Patent number: D1026026Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gary Butcher, Joseph Chan, Victoria Elaine Hinn, Jennifer Patton, Eric Lance Wilson