Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to navigating, viewing, and sharing activity and workout data and interacting with workout and/or activity applications. In some examples, scrolling of activity data is based on the content being displayed. In some examples, friends' activity data may be viewed. In some examples, a notification and workout data for a friend's completed workout is received and displayed. In some example, the activity data received from friends is viewed and managed. In some examples, workout data for a multi-segment workout is displayed in a three-dimensional stack on a map. In some examples, a workout application operates in a limited mode until a touch input is received with a characteristic intensity that is greater than a threshold intensity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 27, 2024
Date of Patent:
April 15, 2025
Assignee:
Apple Inc.
Inventors:
Aled Hywel Williams, David Chance Graham, Christopher Wilson
Abstract: In some embodiments, a supervising electronic device manages communication restrictions of a supervised electronic device. In some embodiments, a supervised electronic device presents user interfaces that enforce one or more communication restrictions configured by a supervising electronic device when communicating with other users.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 10, 2022
Date of Patent:
April 15, 2025
Assignee:
Apple Inc.
Inventors:
Elizabeth C. Cranfill, Caelan G. Stack, David C. Graham, Christopher P. Foss
Abstract: An image sensor includes a logic die, including column readout circuits and bitlines connected to the column readout circuits. A sensor die is overlaid on the logic die. The image sensor includes an array of detector elements, each including a sensing circuit on the sensor die, which includes a photodiode, a floating diffusion node a charge sharing transistor coupled between the photodiode and the floating diffusion node, a reset transistor coupled to the floating diffusion node, and a source follower transistor. In each detector element, a pixel circuit on the logic die includes a select transistor, which has an input coupled to the output of the source follower and an output coupled to one of the bitlines. Two current memory circuits are coupled to the input of the select transistor and are configured to sense and output respective signals indicative of levels of noise in the detector element.
Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for providing live video feed content within primary content of a slide presentation application. An inset window may provide an indication of size, shape, location, etc. of the live video feed when presented with the primary content. The inset window/live video feed may be applied across all slides of the slide presentation via a request provided via graphical user interface of the slide presentation application.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 21, 2024
Date of Patent:
April 15, 2025
Assignee:
Apple Inc.
Inventors:
Adam P Williams, David A Underwood, Amy W Hung
Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the utilization of context information by an electronic device. In one example, the electronic device receives a first notification of a first type and determines a current status for one or more contextual categories. If the current status for the one or more contextual categories satisfies a set of one or more delivery criteria for notifications of the first type, then the electronic device provides the first notification of the first type. If the current status for the one or more contextual categories does not satisfy the set of one or more delivery criteria for notifications of the first type, then the electronic device modifies the first notification of the first type to a second notification of a second type and provides the second notification of the second type.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 26, 2024
Date of Patent:
April 15, 2025
Assignee:
Apple Inc.
Inventors:
Golnaz Abdollahian, Krishna Dayanidhi, Patrick T. Dillon, Aaron R. Zinman
Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for communicating DU resource configuration information of a child IAB node to a parent IAB node. An example method includes identifying distributed unit (DU) resource configuration information for an IAB node device functioning as an IAB node in the IAB network, wherein the IAB node is associated with a parent IAB node, and transmitting the DU resource configuration information to the parent IAB node.
Abstract: An example method is performed at a device with a display and a biometric sensor. While the device is in a locked state, the method includes displaying a log-in user interface that is associated with logging in to a first and second user account. While displaying the log-in user interface, the method includes, receiving biometric information, and in response to receiving the biometric information: when the biometric information is consistent with biometric information for the first user account and the first user account does not have an active session, displaying a prompt to input a log-in credential for the first user account; and when the biometric information is consistent with biometric information for the second user account and the second user account does not have an active session on the device, displaying a prompt to input a log-in credential for the second user account.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 9, 2024
Date of Patent:
April 15, 2025
Assignee:
APPLE INC.
Inventors:
Raymond S. Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong, Patrick L. Coffman, Dylan R. Edwards, Eric Lance Wilson, Gregg S. Suzuki, Christopher I. Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang, Andre Souza Dos Santos, Jeffrey T. Bernstein, Duncan R. Kerr, John B. Morrell
Abstract: A device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface: displays a geographic map in a first mode of an application, the geographic map including a plurality of landmarks, the geographic map being displayed at a first magnification level; detects a first input, the first input including a first finger contact at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a first landmark on the display; in response to detecting the first input: when the first input does not satisfy one or more predefined mode-change conditions, changes the magnification level in accordance with the first input and remains in the first mode; and when the first input satisfies the mode-change conditions, selects the first landmark and enters a second mode of the application; while in the second mode, detects a second input; and, in response to detecting the second input, displays information about the first landmark.
Abstract: A receiver with feed-forward equalization is disclosed. A receiver includes a delay circuit configured to receive a first signal that encodes a serial data stream having a plurality of data symbols. The delay circuit includes at least one T-coil circuit and is configured to generate a plurality of delayed signals using the first signal. The receiver further includes a front-end circuit configured to generate an equalized signal using the at first signal and one or more delayed signals of the plurality of delayed signals. A sample circuit is configured to sample the equalized signal to generate a plurality of samples. A recovery circuit configured to generate a plurality of recovered data symbols using the plurality of samples.
Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for using an application Layer 2 buffer for reordering out of sequence (OOS) packets when possible to reduce an amount of memory allocated to a baseband (BB) Layer 2 (L2) buffer. In one example, a baseband circuitry of a user equipment (UE), includes BB memory, configured as a BB L2 buffer and one or more BB processors. The BB processors are configured to receive an OOS packet from a physical layer; and in response to an APP L2 buffer status indicating at least a first amount of memory is available, send the OOS packet to APP circuitry for storing in an APP L2 buffer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 18, 2022
Date of Patent:
April 15, 2025
Assignee:
Apple Inc.
Inventors:
Abhishek Anand Konda, Bobby Jose, Vijay Venkataraman
Abstract: An example process includes at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory: while the electronic device is in a locked state and in communication with an external accessory device: receiving a natural language input; determining whether the natural language input corresponds to a secure task request; in accordance with a determination that the natural language input corresponds to a secure task request: determining whether one or more states of the external accessory device satisfy a set of authentication criteria; and in accordance with a determination that the one or more states of the external accessory device satisfy the set of authentication criteria: initiating, by the electronic device, a secure task corresponding to the natural language input; and providing an output indicative of the initiated secure task.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 15, 2024
Date of Patent:
April 15, 2025
Assignee:
Apple Inc.
Inventors:
Ryan D. Webber, Trungtin Tran, Nikrouz Ghotbi, Naresh Kumar Chinnathambi Kailasam, Sue Wen Chiao, Tyler C. Leppek, Brandon J. Newendorp
Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing wireless communications including determination of actual time windows for maintaining power consistency and/or phase continuity associated with transmission between a user equipment (UE) and a base station. Techniques for determining the length, begging, and end of such windows are disclosed. A UE and/or base station may use various rules to determine the window(s).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 23, 2021
Date of Patent:
April 15, 2025
Assignee:
Apple Inc.
Inventors:
Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
Abstract: A base station that determines a slot for uplink reception for a non-terrestrial network link between a base station and a user equipment is described. In exemplary embodiments, the base station determines a timing advance based on at least a random access preamble reception and determines an uplink offset based on the timing advance. The base station may further determine a candidate slot for an uplink reception based on at least the offset. In addition, the base station may determine if the candidate slot is available for the uplink reception. The base station may use the candidate slot for the uplink reception when the candidate uplink slot is available and may use the next available slot for the uplink reception when the candidate uplink slot is not available.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 7, 2020
Date of Patent:
April 15, 2025
Assignee:
Apple Inc.
Inventors:
Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Sarma V. Vangala, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
Abstract: A text messaging system that allows messaging apps to send one or more layer identifiers that can specify content for a layer and Z depth of that layer relative to other layers in a text message transcript such as a sent message layer and a received message layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 20, 2023
Date of Patent:
April 15, 2025
Assignee:
APPLE INC.
Inventors:
Bartosz Ciechanowski, Bhaskar P. Sarma, William R. Dahlberg, Eugene Bistolas, Olivier Gutknecht, Nathaniel Begeman
Abstract: In some implementations, a method includes obtaining, by a virtual intelligent agent (VIA), a perceptual property vector (PPV) for a graphical representation of a physical element. In some implementations, the PPV includes one or more perceptual characteristic values characterizing the graphical representation of the physical element. In some implementations, the method includes instantiating a graphical representation of the VIA in a graphical environment that includes the graphical representation of the physical element and an affordance that is associated with the graphical representation of the physical element. In some implementations, the method includes generating, by the VIA, an action for the graphical representation of the VIA based on the PPV. In some implementations, the method includes displaying a manipulation of the affordance by the graphical representation of the VIA in order to effectuate the action generated by the VIA.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 2, 2021
Date of Patent:
April 15, 2025
Assignee:
APPLE INC.
Inventors:
Mark Drummond, Bo Morgan, Siva Chandra Mouli Sivapurapu
Inventors:
Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Christopher M. Green, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Kully Kraig Mandon, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Jonathan P. Siegel, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
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, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Robert V. Tang, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang
Inventors:
Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
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, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Kainoa Kwon-Perez, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk, Marc A. Newson, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Robert V. Tang, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang