Patents Assigned to Apple
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Patent number: 10606470Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a device with a touch screen display is disclosed. In the method, a movement of an object on or near the touch screen display is detected. In response to detecting the movement, an electronic document displayed on the touch screen display is translated in a first direction. If an edge of the electronic document is reached while translating the electronic document in the first direction while the object is still detected on or near the touch screen display, an area beyond the edge of the document is displayed. After the object is no longer detected on or near the touch screen display, the document is translated in a second direction until the area beyond the edge of the document is no longer displayed.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple, Inc.Inventor: Bas Ording
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Patent number: 10609596Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for network utility maximization with multiple radio access technology (multi-RAT) aggregation in communication systems are described.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sarabjot Singh, Shu-Ping Yeh, Nageen Himayat
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Patent number: 10609208Abstract: A device receives a time-based restriction for usage by a first user with respect to an application, a website or a device-level function. The device receives encrypted data indicating a usage by the first user on a second device with respect to the application, website or device-level function. The device determines that at least one of the usage by the first user on the second device or a usage by the first user on the device with respect to the application, website or device-level function violates the time-based restriction. The device provides, in response to the determining, a notification that the time-based restriction has been violated by the first user.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Christopher G. Skogen, Jean-Pierre Ciudad, Julien F. Freudiger, Joao Pedro De Almeida Forjaz De Lacerda, Cyrus Daboo, Todd R. Fernandez, Thomas Alsina, Deepak Iyer, Cody D. Jorgensen, Edward T. Schmidt, Astrid Yi
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Patent number: 10609680Abstract: Wireless communication devices may directly communicate within groups of wireless communication devices using Layer-2 communications to implement “push-to-talk” type applications. In one implementation, a method may include generating a floor request signaling message to take control of a communication channel for a group. After transmitting data relating to the communications, a floor release signaling message may be generated and transmitted a number of times.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alexandre Stojanovski, Muthaiah Venkatachalam, Maik Bienas, Achim Luft, Pingping Zong
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Patent number: 10607573Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may be formed from liquid crystal display pixels, organic light-emitting diode pixels, or other pixels. The display may have an active area that is bordered along at least one edge by an inactive area. The active area contains pixels and displays images. The inactive area does not contain any pixels and does not display images. The inactive area may have a layer of black ink or other masking material to block internal components from view. The active area may have an opening that contains an isolated portion of the inactive area or may contain a recess into which a portion of the inactive area protrudes. An electrical component such as a speaker, camera, light-emitting diode, light sensor, or other electrical device may be mounted in the inactive area in the recess or opening of the active area.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mikael M. Silvanto, Dinesh C. Mathew, Victor H. Yin
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Patent number: 10606566Abstract: The subject technology provides for generating machine learning (ML) model code from a ML document file, the ML document file being in a first data format, the ML document file being converted to code in an object oriented programming language different than the first data format. The subject technology further provides for receiving additional code that calls a function provided by the ML model code. The subject technology compiles the ML model code and the additional code, the compiled ML model code including object code corresponding to the compiled ML model code and the compiled additional code including object code corresponding to the additional code. The subject technology generates a package including the compiled ML model code and the compiled additional code. Further, the subject technology sends the package to a runtime environment on a target device for execution.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Alexander B. Brown, Michael R. Siracusa, Gaurav Kapoor, Elizabeth A. Ottens, Christopher M. Hanson, Zachary A. Nation, Vrushali H. Mundhe, Srikrishna Sridhar
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Patent number: 10608802Abstract: Embodiments relates to a user equipment for wireless communication; the user equipment comprising logic to: allocate a first resource for transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); process received signalling comprising an indication of an Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) resource mapping mode on the PUSCH; and determine resource elements for transmitting ACK/NACK information based, at least in part, on the first resource block for transmitting the PUSCH and the received ACK/NACK resource mapping mode on the PUSCH; and transmit the ACK/NACK information on the determined resource elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Hong He, Seunghee Han, Alexei Davydov, Gang Xiong
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Patent number: 10605774Abstract: A magnetic image system for providing a visible image includes a magnetic substrate having a first and a second opposing surface and formed of material that is magnetized into a pattern of magnetized regions corresponding to the visible image, the magnetized regions forming a magnetic surface having a size and a shape in accordance with the visible image and a magnetic property corresponding to a visible image property, wherein the magnetic surface is rendered visible as the visible image using a magnetic imaging medium that interacts with the magnetic surface in accordance with the magnetic property.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: John C. DiFonzo, Jean-Marc Gery
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Patent number: 10606336Abstract: An electronic device may have a power system with a battery. The power system receives power such as wireless power or wired power and uses a portion of the received power to charge the battery as needed. Control circuitry in the portable electronic device is used to run background processes such as image processing tasks, data synchronization tasks, indexing, and other background processes. In some circumstances, such as when the battery is below a certain state of charge threshold, background processes may be stopped so that the battery is charged as fast as possible. Once above this initial state of charge threshold, background processes may be performed during charging as long as the temperature and state of charge of the battery do not exceed safety temperature and safety state of charge values. Performing background processes in these conditions ensures requisite background processing tasks are completed while preserving battery health.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Cyril de la Cropte de Chanterac, Kartik R. Venkatraman, Alessandro Pelosi, Shardul S. Mangade
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Patent number: 10603690Abstract: Examples of portable electronic devices including a piezo actuated vibrator for providing tactile feedback to the user are described. Portable electronic devices according to the present disclosure may include tactile feedback devices, which may be driven by a piezoelectric actuator/vibrator that is operatively coupled to or embedded into the housing of a portable electronic device. In some examples, the housing of the electronic device itself can be made of piezoelectric ceramic material. The piezoelectric element may be coupled to the housing of the product to cause the housing to deflect and/or vibrate. In some examples, the housing of the portable electronic device, which may be a portable media player device, may be configured for placement directly or indirectly in contact with the user's skin such that vibrations of the housing may be felt directly (without audible feedback) by the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Stephen P. Zadesky, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Stephen B. Lynch, Martin Auclair
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Patent number: 10609600Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for user equipment (UE) devices to perform more efficient frequency scans for potential base stations. According to techniques described herein, the UE may determine that it does not have cellular service and determine first information based on a last camped cell. A time period during which the first information was acquired may be determined and one or more frequency scans may be performed. The frequency scans may be limited to a set of frequencies based in part on the time period. Thus, if the time period is less than a first value, the set of frequencies may include a first set of frequencies and if the time period is greater than the first value but less than a second value, the set of frequencies may include the first set of frequencies and a second set of frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jianxiong Shi, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Viswanath Nagarajan, Yifan Zhu
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Patent number: 10609543Abstract: In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a mechanism for a device to transmit, via a BTLE (or Bluetooth) interface, a first message indicating an operation associated with a Wi-Fi service (e.g., a service available via a Wi-Fi interface and/or Wi-Fi related interface parameters) to a peer device. The first message may include a service hash that indicates the operation. The service hash may be included in a first data structure. The first data structure may indicate availability of the Wi-Fi service. The device may receive a second message from the peer device indicating that the neighboring wireless station intends to subscribe to or provide the Wi-Fi service, e.g., via Wi-Fi peer-to-peer communications.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Su Khiong Yong, Christiaan A. Hartman, Anjali S. Sandesara, Lawrie Kurian, Peter N. Heerboth, Guoqing Li, Siegfried Lehmann, Akshay Mangalam Srivatsa, Yong Liu, Michael Jason Giles
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Patent number: 10607350Abstract: The invention provides methods of detecting and describing features from an intensity image. In one of several aspects, the method comprises the steps of providing an intensity image captured by a capturing device, providing a method for determining a depth of at least one element in the intensity image, in a feature detection process detecting at least one feature in the intensity image, wherein the feature detection is performed by processing image intensity information of the intensity image at a scale which depends on the depth of at least one element in the intensity image, and providing a feature descriptor of the at least one detected feature. For example, the feature descriptor contains at least one first parameter based on information provided by the intensity image and at least one second parameter which is indicative of the scale.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Daniel Kurz, Peter Meier
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Patent number: 10606218Abstract: A composite housing of an electronic device can include a substrate having a shape that partially defines an internal volume of the electronic device and includes ceramic fibers arranged in a weave pattern and embedded in a matrix material. The composite housing can also include an overmold material at least partially surrounding the substrate and an antenna integrated into the overmold material.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Colin M. Ely, Scott W. Slabaugh
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Patent number: 10608344Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antennas and transceiver circuitry such as centimeter and millimeter wave transceiver circuitry (e.g., circuitry that transmits and receives antennas signals at frequencies greater than 10 GHz). The antennas may be arranged in a phased antenna array. The phased antenna array may be formed on a dielectric substrate and may include one or more indirectly-fed microstrip dipole antennas. Conductive traces forming dipole antenna resonating elements or parasitic resonating elements for the dipole antennas in the phased antenna array may be embedded within or formed on an upper surface of the dielectric substrate. The phased antenna array may include both dipole antennas and patch antennas. Dipole antennas may be interposed between adjacent patch antennas or formed next to patch antennas.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Simone Paulotto, Jennifer M. Edwards, Harish Rajagopalan, Bilgehan Avser
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Patent number: 10607549Abstract: A display may have an active area that includes display pixels. The display may include an inactive notch region that extends into the active area. Data lines may provide image data from display driver circuitry to the display pixels. The image data may include data signals that correspond to portions of the display that do not include pixels, such as the inactive notch region. The null data signals may cause nonuniformities in the displayed image. The null data signals may be adjusted to minimize the nonuniformities. Null data signals corresponding to the inactive notch region may be adjusted to have gray levels that gradually decrease with distance from the border between the inactive notch and the active area. All of the data signals corresponding to the inactive notch may be set to a uniform gray level.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Koorosh Aflatooni, Warren S. Rieutort-Louis, Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, Pierre-Yves Emelie, Myung-Je Cho, Marc Albrecht, Graeme M. Williams, Sean C. Chang, Zhao Wang
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Patent number: 10609740Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for a network initiated packet data network connection in communication systems are described.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alexandre S. Stojanovski, Muthaiah Venkatachalam
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Patent number: 10609207Abstract: Measurements can be obtained from sensors to determine a state of a device. The state can be used to determine whether to provide an alert. For example, after a first alert is provided, it can be determined that the device is not accessible to the user based on the determined state, and a second alert can be suppressed at a specified time after providing the first alert. The sensor measurements can be monitored after suppressing the second alert, and a state engine can detect a change in a state based on subsequent sensor measurements. If the state change indicates that the device is accessible to the user the second alert can be provided to the user. Alerts can be dismissed based on a change in state. A first device can coordinate alerts sent to or to be provided by a second device by suppressing or dismissing such alerts.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Stephen P. Jackson, Anil K. Kandangath, Ronald K. Huang
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Patent number: 10609615Abstract: In at least some embodiments, a method, apparatus, and system for performing communication using a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) including a cellular RAT and a short-range RAT. A mobile device may be configured to receive information regarding traffic steering, i.e., cellular/short-range RAT handover, from nearby short-range access points and/or from a cellular base station. The mobile device may generate or determine mobility information of the mobile device, which indicates an amount of movement of the mobile device. The mobile device may determine whether the mobile device should transition between the cellular RAT and the short-range RAT based at least in part on the traffic-steering information and the mobility information. The mobile device may selectively transition between the cellular RAT and the short-range RAT based on the determination.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Farouk Belghoul, Tarik Tabet, Dawei Zhang
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Patent number: D879834Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Julian Hoenig, Jonathan P. Ive, Aled Williams, Christopher Wilson