Patents Assigned to Apple
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Patent number: 12055718Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing. The head-mounted housing may have rear-facing displays that display images for a user. The images are viewable from eye boxes while the head-mounted device is being worn by the user. A peripheral conductive member may run along a peripheral edge of the front face of the housing. Dielectric-filled gaps may divide the peripheral conductive member into elongated conductive segments. The conductive segments may form antenna resonating elements for antennas on the front face. Radio-frequency transceiver circuitry such as cellular telephone transceiver circuitry may be coupled to the antennas.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lijun Zhang, Jiangfeng Wu, Lu Zhang, Mattia Pascolini, Siwen Yong, Yi Jiang
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Patent number: 12058597Abstract: The described embodiments transfer an activity from a source electronic device to a companion electronic device. The source electronic device receives activity information describing an activity performed in a first application at the source electronic device, determines an activity identifier for the activity information, and broadcasts an activity advertisement comprising the activity identifier. Upon receiving the activity advertisement, the companion electronic device determines whether a second application that is associated with the first application is available at the companion electronic device. If the second application is available, the companion electronic device requests extended activity data from the source electronic device. The source electronic device responds by sending extended activity data from the first application to the companion electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher S. Linn, Keith Stattenfield, Alexander J. Dunn
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Patent number: 12055988Abstract: A system includes one or more memory circuits and one or more sensor circuits that are separate from the memory circuits. A temperature estimation circuit estimates a temperature of the memory circuits based on sensor measurements from the sensor circuits and based on an empirically-derived relationship between the temperature and the sensor measurements. The temperature estimate is finer in granularity than a temperature indication provided by the memory circuits. For example, a given temperature indication value covers a range of 5 degrees Celsius, while the temperature estimate may be any integer temperature value or a decimal temperature value (e.g., to tenths or hundredths of degrees C.). A power control circuit in the system uses the temperature estimate to control a rate at which one or more agent circuits in the system generate memory requests to the memory circuit, which may control the temperature of the memory circuits.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Negin Nikafrooz, Reza Arastoo
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Patent number: 12058727Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling behavior for overriding grants for channel state information (CSI) feedback. A user equipment (UE) may control override of a first grant of a first radio resource by a second grant of a second radio resource. The UE determines that the second radio resource at least partially overlaps with the first radio resource. The UE also determines a physical layer priority of the first grant of the first radio resource and the second grant of the second radio resource. The physical layer priority is based on at least one of the first grant of the first radio resource and the second grant of the second radio resource being configured for transmitting CSI feedback over a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to a base station. The UE then generates a transmission according to the physical layer priority.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Weidong Yang, Jie Cui, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Amir Aminzadeh Gohari, Hong He, Haijing Hu, Chao Jin, Ruoheng Liu, Huaning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri, Ralf Rossbach, Haitong Sun, Yang Tang, Sarma V. Vangala, Fangli Xu, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Wenshu Zhang, Yushu Zhang
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Patent number: 12056342Abstract: A device receives a request to enroll in music sharing. After receiving the request, the device displays an enrollment user interface that includes concurrently displaying representations of a plurality of playlists created by a first user and privacy settings for the plurality of playlists. The privacy settings have default values. The enrollment user interface includes a first affordance that corresponds to a first playlist of the plurality of playlists, and a second affordance that corresponds to a second playlist of the plurality of playlists. The device receives one or more user inputs changing the privacy settings from corresponding default privacy settings to user-specified privacy settings. After completing enrollment, the device provides access to the plurality of playlists of the first user to other users with a predetermined relationship to the first user based on the privacy settings for the plurality of playlists.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventor: Ofer Morag
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Patent number: 12056339Abstract: A method includes displaying a drawing aid in a sketch area on a touch-sensitive display, and receiving one or more drawing inputs. In response to receiving the one or more drawing inputs, the device displays marks based on the drawing inputs that are constrained based on the drawing aid. While displaying the drawing aid in the sketch area, the device detects a touch gesture at a location corresponding to a location of the drawing aid. In response to detecting the touch gesture: if the touch gesture is a pinch gesture, the device ceases to display the drawing aid in the sketch area; and if the touch gesture is a rotational gesture, the device rotates the drawing aid relative to the sketch area in accordance with the movement of at least one contact in the touch gesture while maintaining display of the drawing aid in the sketch area.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Charles J. Migos, William J. Thimbleby, Gustaf Engström
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Patent number: 12057089Abstract: A method includes obtaining rendered image data that includes a representation of an object for display using a see-through display. The see-through display permits ambient light from a physical environment through the see-through display. The method includes sensing a plurality of light superposition characteristic values associated with the ambient light that quantifies the ambient light. The method includes determining a plurality of display correction values associated with the electronic device based on the plurality of light superposition characteristic values and predetermined display characteristics of the representation of the object. The method includes generating, from the rendered image data, display data for the see-through display in accordance with the plurality of display correction values in order to satisfy the predetermined display characteristics of the representation of the object within a performance threshold.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Siddharth Shankar Hazra, Ralf Habel, Anselm Grundhoefer, Aleksandr M. Movshovich, Moinul Khan, Marwan Hussein
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Patent number: 12057892Abstract: An approach is described to for new radio (NR) antenna test function (ATF) measurements by a user equipment (UE). The approach includes measuring a first average phase of receive signals on resource elements that carry secondary synchronization signals (SS) received by a reference individual receiver branch. The approach also includes measuring a second average phase of the receive signals on the resource elements that carry secondary synchronization signals received by one other individual receiver branch different from the reference individual receiver branch. The approach further includes determining a difference between the first average phase and the second average phase. An indication of the difference is reported to test equipment.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Andrey Chervyakov, Dmitry Belov, Aida Vera Lopez, Alexei Davydov, Jie Cui
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Patent number: 12058543Abstract: An apparatus of a management service equipment includes processing circuitry. To configure the management service equipment for measuring a plurality of key performance indicators (KPIs) in a 5G network with a plurality of network functions (NFs), the processing circuitry is to retrieve using a data analytic function of the management service equipment, a plurality of performance measurements associated with a cell of a radio access network (RAN) within the 5G network. A KPI of the plurality of KPIs associated with the cell is generated using the data analytic function of the management service equipment, based on the plurality of performance measurements. The KPI is encoded for transmission to a service application executing on a user equipment (UE) active within the cell of the RAN or executing within a cloud architecture.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Joey Chou, Yizhi Yao
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Patent number: 12057857Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry having analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuitry. The ADC circuitry may include a sampling switch coupled to a bootstrap circuit. The bootstrap circuit may include a bootstrap capacitor, a first transistor coupled between an input of the sampling switch and a bottom plate terminal of the bootstrap capacitor, a second transistor coupled between the bottom plate terminal of the bootstrap capacitor and ground, and a resistor or transistor that is disposed between the first transistor and the bottom plate terminal of the bootstrap capacitor and that is configured to boost the input impedance of the bootstrap circuit.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sang Hyun Woo, Florian Mrugalla
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Patent number: 12058741Abstract: Indicating repetitions at a UE in an NTN includes decoding a communication indicating a timing relationship value associated with a distance between a serving satellite and a farthest UE in the NTN. A PRACH communication is encoded for transmission. The PRACH communication includes an indication of a number of PRACH repetitions determined based on the timing relationship value. A RAR including an uplink (UL) grant corresponding to the UE and an indication of a number of RAR repetitions is decoded. The number of RAR repetitions is determined based on the timing relationship value. A PUSCH communication including an indication of a number of PUSCH repetitions is encoded. The number of PUSCH repetitions is determined based on the timing relationship value. A content resolution communication including an indication of a number of content resolution repetitions is decoded. The number of content resolution repetitions is determined based on the timing relationship value.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Chunxuan Ye, Chunhai Yao, Dan Zhang, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Idan Bar-Sade, Ruoheng Liu, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang
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Patent number: 12058494Abstract: A media system and a method of using the media system to accommodate hearing loss of a user, are described. The method includes selecting a personal level-and-frequency dependent audio filter that corresponds to a hearing loss profile of the user. The personal level-and-frequency dependent audio filter can be one of several level-and-frequency-dependent audio filters having respective average gain levels and respective gain contours. An accommodative audio output signal can be generated by applying the personal level-and-frequency dependent audio filter to an audio input signal to enhance the audio input signal based on an input level and an input frequency of the audio input signal. The audio output signal can be played by an audio output device to deliver speech or music that the user perceives clearly, despite the hearing loss of the user. Other aspects are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: John Woodruff, Yacine Azmi, Ian M. Fisch, Jing Xia
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Patent number: 12057821Abstract: An integrated circuit may include a resonator formed from FinFET devices. The resonator may include drive cells of alternating polarities and sense cells interposed between the drive cells. Each of the drive cells may include at least two drive transistors having fins coupled to a drive terminal. Each sense cell may include two sense transistors having one fin coupled to a sense terminal and another fin coupled to ground. Adjacent drive and sense cells may be separated by an intervening region that can accommodate a number of fins. Configured in this way, the resonator can exhibit a high quality factor, low phase noise, and can operate at a frequency that is less than the characteristic resonant frequency as defined by the fin pitch of the drive and sense transistors.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ehrentraud Hager, Harald Pretl
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Patent number: 12058182Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for initiating game sessions between subscribers to online gaming services when account IDs of those subscribers are unknown. Such techniques permit a first user to select a second user with whom to play a game from information readily at hand, such as a contact manager that the first user maintains. The first user's device may send a resolution request message to an identity services server that includes contact information of the second user. Contact information may include network-based information regarding the second user, such as the user's e-mail address or phone number. The identity services server may resolve the contact into an account ID. Thereafter, a game launch request may be sent to the game server, which includes the account identifier resolved by the identity services server. An invitation message may be sent to a terminal of the second user to participate in the game and the game may be started.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Ben Harry, Alan Berfield, Johnny Trenh, Megan Gardner
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Patent number: 12058555Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for mechanisms to converge the Wi-Fi access network with the 5G New Radio (NR) access network within the radio access network. Some embodiments are direct to a base station (BS) apparatus. The BS apparatus can include at least a cellular distributed unit (DU); a cellular central unit Communicating with a 5G core network (5GC) via a (CU), coupled to the cellular DU; a wireless local area network (WLAN) CU, coupled to a WLAN DU; and the WLAN CU, coupled to the cellular CU.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Qian Li, Binita Gupta, Carlos Cordeiro, Puneet Jain, Necati Canpolat, Sangeetha L. Bangolae, Youn Hyoung Heo, Alexander Sirotkin
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Patent number: D1038075Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 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, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, M. Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang
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Patent number: D1038085Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.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
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Patent number: D1038095Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Lucy E. Browning, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Christopher E. Glazowski, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, 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, Yaocheng Zhang, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D1038115Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniele De Iuliis, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D1038149Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Robert W. Baker, Joshua W. Decker, Soeren Kelling, Ole Lagemann