Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 11122453
    Abstract: A secondary node (SN) in evolved universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access network new radio-dual connectivity (EN-DC) with a master node (MN) can directly provide measurement configuration and receive measurement reports from a UE and/or coordinate measurement configuration and reporting with the MN. For example, only one measurement object configuration is allowed for a frequency, but both MN and SN can provide measurement reporting configurations on the same measurement object. The UE can send measurement reports for the same measurement object to both MN and SN or the node that configured the reporting criteria configuration. In another embodiment, only one node provides the reporting configuration but configures the UE to provide reporting to one node or both MN and SN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Candy Yiu, Sudeep K. Palat, Seau S. Lim, Yujian Zhang
  • Patent number: 11121502
    Abstract: Magnetic connector systems including a plug connector and a connector receptacle. In one example, the plug connector can include a magnetic target around a signal pin, where the signal pin is insulated from a plug enclosure by an insulating housing. The connector receptacle can include a magnet that is attracted to the magnetic target. The connector receptacle can contact the plug enclosure using one or more conductive springs. The one or more springs can deflect during an insertion of the plug enclosure. In another example, this deflection can act to expel moisture from the connector receptacle through drip holes in an enclosure for the connector receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Darshan R. Kasar, Brian C. Joseph
  • Patent number: 11120123
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device with a display device and one or more input devices. The method includes displaying, via the display device, a user interface that includes a new-password field. The method includes detecting, via the one or more input devices, a user input that corresponds to selection of the new-password field. In response to detecting the user input that corresponds to selection of the new-password field, the method includes displaying, on the display device, a representation of a new automatically-generated password in the new-password field and displaying, on the display device, an affordance to accept the new automatically-generated password and an affordance to decline to use the new automatically-generated password.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Conrad A. Shultz, Richard J. Mondello, Reza Abbasian, Ivan Krstic, Darin Adler, Charilaos Papadopoulos, Maureen Grace Daum, Guillaume Borios, Patrick Robert Burns, Alexander David Sanciangco, Brent Michael Ledvina, Chelsea Elizabeth Pugh, Kyle Brogle, Marc J. Krochmal, Jacob Klapper, Paul Russell Knight, Connor David Graham, Shengkai Wu, I-Ting Liu, Steven Jon Falkenburg
  • Patent number: 11122551
    Abstract: A mobile communication device includes a table component, a table selection component, a control information component, and a communication component. The table component is configured to maintain two or more tables each having entries for a plurality of available modulation schemes. The table selection component is configured to select a selected table from one of the default table and the secondary table based on one or more of RRC layer signaling and MAC layer signaling and further based based on a control information format for control information received from the eNB. The control information component is configured to receive control information indicating a modulation and coding scheme from the selected table, and the communication component is configured to receive and process a communication from the eNB based on the modulation and coding scheme from the selected table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Hwan-Joon Kwon, Alexei Davydov, Seunghee Han, Gregory V. Morozov, Youn Hyoung Heo
  • Patent number: 11116425
    Abstract: Pacer activity data of a user may be managed. For example, historical activity data of a user corresponding to a particular time of a day prior to a current day may be received. Additionally, a user interface configured to display an activity goal of the user may be generated and the user interface may be provided for presentation. In some aspects, the user interface may be configured to display a first indicator that identifies cumulative progress towards the activity goal and a second indicator that identifies predicted cumulative progress towards the activity goal. The cumulative progress may be calculated based on monitored activity from a start of the current day to the particular time of the current day and the predicted cumulative progress may be calculated based on the received historical activity data corresponding to the particular time of the day prior to the current day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel S. Keen, Jay C. Blahnik, Gaurav Kapoor, Michael R. Siracusa
  • Patent number: 11121707
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an integrated circuit may be designed using a library of clocked circuits that have programmable clock delays that may be inserted on the clock input to the clocked circuits. During the design process, timing paths which are challenging due to significant variations across operating states, process corners, and/or temperature may be met by using the clocked circuits with programmable delays and inserting a delay control circuit that programs the delays based on the current operating state, process corner used to manufacture the integrated circuit, and/or temperature. That is, different delays may be selected by the delay control circuit depending on inputs that identify the operating state, the process corner, and/or the temperature. Because the clock delay is intentionally skewed, the timing of the path may be different at different operating states, temperatures, or process corners and thus may meet timing by changing the clock skew during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Harsha Krishnamurthy
  • Patent number: 11122328
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can transfer a playback queue between the computing device and a playback device. For example, the computing device can detect when the computing device is within a threshold distance of a playback device. The computing device can establish a connection to the playback device and receive state information describing the media playback state of the playback device. The computing device can determine the media playback state of the computing device. The computing device can present graphical user interfaces for initiating a transfer of a playback queue between the computing device and the playback device based on the playback state of the devices. The computing device can initiate a transfer of the playback queue in response to user input to one of the graphical user interfaces or automatically based on the context of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Graham, Taylor G. Carrigan, Nicholas J. Paulson, Johannes P. Schmidt, Thomas Alsina, Bob Bradley, Haishan Ye, James C. Grandy, Pierre De Lastic, Julien Lerouge
  • Patent number: 11122499
    Abstract: Diameter based interfaces are configured to enable restriction of a coverage enhancement feature or mode. A service capability exposure function (SCEF) communicates through a Diameter based interface (e.g., S6t interface) with an HSS to control whether a user equipment (UE) is restricted from operation in an enhanced coverage mode. The SCEF may process an enhanced coverage request. In response, the SCEF generates a configuration information request (CIR) for a home subscriber server (HSS). The CIR may include an AVP to query enhanced coverage restrictions for the UE. The SCEF may also process a configuration information answer (CIA) from the HSS. The CIA may include an enhanced-coverage-restriction-data AVP indicating current settings of the enhanced coverage restrictions for the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Puneet Jain, Vivek Gupta
  • Patent number: 11119788
    Abstract: Closed loop performance controllers of asymmetric multiprocessor systems may be configured and operated to improve performance and power efficiency of such systems by adjusting control effort parameters that determine the dynamic voltage and frequency state of the processors and coprocessors of the system in response to the workload. One example of such an arrangement includes applying hysteresis to the control effort parameter and/or seeding the control effort parameter so that the processor or coprocessor receives a returning workload in a higher performance state. Another example of such an arrangement includes deadline driven control, in which the control effort parameter for one or more processing agents may be increased in response to deadlines not being met for a workload and/or decreased in response to deadlines being met too far in advance. The performance increase/decrease may be determined by comparison of various performance metrics for each of the processing agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aditya Venkataraman, Bryan R. Hinch, John G. Dorsey
  • Patent number: 11120528
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to various implementations that dynamically adjust one or more shallow depth of field (SDOF) parameters based on a designated, artificial aperture value. The implementations obtain a designated, artificial aperture value that modifies an initial aperture value for an image frame. The designated, artificial aperture value generates a determined amount of synthetically-produced blur within the image frame. The implementations determine an aperture adjustment factor based on the designated, artificial aperture value in relation to a default so-called “tuning aperture value” (for which the camera's operations may have been optimized). The implementations may then modify, based on the aperture adjustment factor, one or more SDOF parameters for an SDOF operation, which may, e.g., be configured to render a determined amount of synthetic bokeh within the image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Seely, Alexandre Naaman, Patrick Shehane, Andre Souza Dos Santos, Behkish J. Manzari
  • Patent number: 11120372
    Abstract: Techniques for processing task items are provided. A task item is electronic data that represents a task to be performed, whether manually or automatically. A task item includes one or more details about its corresponding task, such as a description of the task and a location of the task. Specifically, techniques for generating task items, organizing task items, triggering notifications of task items, and consuming task items are described. In one approach, a task item is generated based on input from a user and context of the input. In another approach, different attributes of task items are used to organize the task items intelligently into multiple lists. In another approach, one or more criteria, such as location, are used to determine when to notify a user of a task. In another approach, actions other than generating notifications are enabled or automatically performed, actions such as emailing, calling, texting, and searching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Gruber, Alessandro F. Sabatelli, Alexandre A. Aybes, Donald W. Pitschel, Edward D. Voas, Freddy A. Anzures, Paul D. Marcos
  • Patent number: 11119653
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are single-finger gestures for activating a trackpad mode on a touch-sensitive device with no force sensors. An example method includes: displaying a virtual keyboard on a touch-sensitive display with a spacebar key and other keys. Detecting a first extended contact over the virtual keyboard and, in accordance with a determination that the first extended contact is over any of the respective displayed representations of the other keys, interpreting the first extended contact as a keyboard input and activating a corresponding extended keyboard function. The method also includes: detecting a second extended contact over the virtual keyboard. The method further includes: in accordance with a determination that the second extended contact is over a respective displayed representation of the spacebar key, interpreting the second extended contact as a mode-switching input that causes the electronic device to operate at least a portion of the touch-sensitive display as a trackpad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Randal J. Marsden, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Morgan H. Winer, Colin D. Munro
  • Patent number: 11121709
    Abstract: A touch and force sensitive rocker switch or button array for a portable electronic device can include multiple dome switches or force sensors, as well as a capacitive sensing surface that can detect finger location and swipes. A cosmetic surface can cover the entire elongated switch/button and portions of device housing proximate the button, and can be configured to transfer each of multiple types of input there through to the button and also provide a seal to the device housing interior. The cosmetic surface can be a flexible polymer to allow local deformation, and/or the entire surface can tilt or bend to permit inputs to transfer there through. The elongated button/switch can be raised from a surface of the device, and can be located along a side of the device, with a front face of the device being a touchscreen, such as for a smart phone or watch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler S. Bushnell, Adam T. Clavelle, Sameer Pandya, Sherry Tang
  • Patent number: 11122457
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and techniques are described for supporting WLAN offloading. In some embodiments, a network management system (NMS) for WLAN offloading may include a network manager (NM); a first element manager (EM), coupled to the network manager, to communicate with the network manager and one or more WLANs; and a second EM, coupled to the NM, to communicate with the NM and one or more base stations of a cellular network. Coverage areas of at least one access point (AP) of the one or more WLANs are overlaid with at least one cell of the cellular network to support a WLAN offloading operation. Further, the NM is to activate the WLAN offloading operation based at least in part on at least one indicator received from the one or more WLANs. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Joey Chou
  • Patent number: D930414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng Yang, Olivia M. Ching, Chien Tsun Chen, Eric Weijia Wang, Allison Inouye, Kristy Judy Hsu, Po Huang, Jean-Marc Gady, Peter Russell-Clarke, Daniele De Iuliis, Jeremy Bataillou, Shota Aoyagi, Jody Akana
  • Patent number: D930661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Broughton, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Behkish Johnnie Manzari, Pani Page, Grant R. Paul, William A. Sorrentino, III, Andre Souza Dos Santos, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: D930663
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Teofila Connor, Pedro Mari, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D930692
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guillaume P. Barlier, Arian Behzadi, Alan C. Dye, Lisa K. Forssell, Robert Garcia, III, Aurelio Guzmán, Nicolas V. Scapel, Marcel van Os, Christopher I. Wilson, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: D930694
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, David C. Graham, Wan Si Wan
  • Patent number: D930698
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Dellinger