Apple Patents

Apple Inc. designs, manufactures and markets smartphones, tablets and personal computers, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac. It also produces the iPod, Apple Watch and Apple TV, as well as the operating systems and applications that support these devices. The company also sells digital content and applications through its iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, iBooks Store and Apple Music.

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  • Publication number: 20250119789
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for discarding packet data units (PDUs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Ping-Heng Kuo, Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Ralf Rossbach, Waqar Zia, Haijing Hu
  • Publication number: 20250119780
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for performing measurements before a radio link failure. In an example, a condition is detected by a UE in advance of a time point in which a non-terrestrial network (NTN) node is to stop providing service to the UE. The condition can be a timing-based condition related to, for example, t-service, a location-based condition related to, for example, a reference location, a coverage hole, and/or a timer condition. The UE can perform, in advance of the time point, a radio resource management (RRM) measurement in an attempt to measure a neighbor cell based on the condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yuqin Chen, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu
  • Publication number: 20250114661
    Abstract: A user fitness goal may be determined based at least in part on i) historical fitness data that was tracked by a fitness application during a plurality of periods that together correspond to a historical period, or ii) or a user input. Current fitness data may be tracked by the fitness application during a current period. A coaching notification may be determined based on the current fitness data and the user fitness goal. The coaching notification may correspond to progress toward achieving including a suggested action for achieving the user fitness goal prior to a conclusion of the current period. The coaching notification may be provided for presentation at a user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Kriz Blahnik, Aaron P. Thompson, David S. Clark, Julie A. Arney, Brian R. Drell, Keith P. Avery, Kevin M. Lynch
  • Publication number: 20250117965
    Abstract: A system comprises an encoder configured to compress and encode data for a three-dimensional dynamic mesh. The three-dimensional dynamic mesh is compressed and signaled using a base-mesh sub-bitstream and an atlas sub-bitstream (e.g., displacement and/or attribute sub-bitstream). The atlas sub-bitstream comprises displacement information to be applied at sub-division points of the base mesh to recreate the three-dimensional dynamic mesh at a given moment in time and may also include attribute values, such as colors, textures, etc. to be applied to the reconstructed mesh. Sub-mesh identifiers are included in tile headers of an atlas sub-bitstream that enable selective reconstruction of sub-meshes. A complimentary decoder decodes a compressed bitstream for the three-dimensional dynamic mesh, encoded such as by the encoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jungsun Kim, Alexandros Tourapis
  • Patent number: 12273957
    Abstract: This Application sets forth techniques for profile, e.g., subscriber identity module (SIM) and electronic SIM (eSIM), and cellular wireless service subscription management for a wireless device. The wireless device can support multiple profiles, such as dual SIMS or a single SIM and one or more eSIMs. A user of the wireless device can flexibly enable and disable various eSIMs or change the use of physical SIMs with different associated cellular wireless service subscriptions, and mapping of subscription modules to logical channels and physical hardware interfaces can occur automatically, with mechanisms to reset interfaces when required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Li Li, Dennis D. Conway, Rajeev Verma, Keizo Marui
  • Patent number: 12273635
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determine a control signal before synchronous readout of a frame (or part of the frame) is performed by a sensor. Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determine event density (e.g., a dense row signal or a dense frame signal) before synchronous readout is performed by the sensor. In some implementations, the event camera is capable of operating in a first readout mode and a second readout mode based on a number of events. In the second readout mode, less data per pixel may be readout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolai E. Bock, Emanuele Mandelli, Gennady A. Manokhin
  • Patent number: 12268499
    Abstract: Robust estimation of a characteristic of a user's physiological signals can be achieved by filtering or classifying samples. Rather than estimating the characteristic of the user's physiological signals based on each sample at a first wavelength and a second wavelength, a robust system and method can, in some examples, estimate the characteristic using samples at the first wavelength and the second wavelength that meet one or more criteria and filter out samples that fail to meet the one or more criteria. In some examples, the system and method can weight samples based on the one or more criteria, and estimate the characteristic using the weighted samples. Samples failing to meet the one or more criteria can be given less weight or no weight in the estimation. The one or more criteria can include a criterion based on at least the physiological signal at a third wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Saeed Mohammadi, Albert E. Cerussi, Paul D. Mannheimer
  • Patent number: 12273977
    Abstract: A high current, low dropout driver circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes a decoder configured to decode a plurality of control bits to generate a plurality of control signals, and a current source having a plurality of devices. The current source is configured to activate at least a subset of the plurality of devices using the control signals to provide a load current to a load circuit, such as a light-emitting diode (LED), using activated ones of the plurality of devices and a control voltage. A control circuit is configured to generate the control voltage based on the load current and a reference current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Cristian Grecu, Nicola Rasera, Bogdan-Eugen Matei, Fabio Ongaro
  • Patent number: 12273940
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform methods for EPS fallback when initiating a voice call while camped on a 5G cell. The UE may camp on a 5G network by performing an IMS registration procedure/IMS SIP invite procedure with an IMS. The UE may initiate a voice call and determine that the voice call cannot be established over the 5G NR network. In response, the UE may perform a TAU procedure or an attachment procedure with a cell of a 4G network. The IMS may be transferred to the 4G network during TAU/attachment procedure. The UE may, in response to determining that it is barred from the 4G network, transition back to the 5G network and transmit, to the 5G NR network, a SIP cancel request to allow a context associated with the UE to be cleared from the IMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay Venkataraman, Krisztian Kiss, Shashikant Tiwari, Srinivasan Nimmala, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Shivani Suresh Babu, Sree Ram Kodali, Sridhar Prakasam, Stephen C. Schweizer, Yifan Zhu
  • Patent number: 12271465
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, the method includes: receiving, via the one or more input devices, a request to access a resource protected by a verification code; after receiving the request to access the resource, receiving, at the electronic device, an electronic message; and after receiving the electronic message and while displaying, via the display device, a user interface for inputting the verification code: in accordance with a determination that the electronic message includes content that meets respective criteria, wherein the respective criteria include a format requirement that the electronic message includes content that matches a predetermined format, displaying an insertion affordance that, when selected, automatically inserts the content that matches the predetermined format as a verification code in the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Charilaos Papadopoulos, Maureen Grace Daum, Guillaume Borios, Patrick Robert Burns
  • Patent number: 12271520
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally identifies a person's face, and optionally performs an action in accordance with the identification. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally determines a gaze location in a user interface, and optionally performs an action in accordance with the determination. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally designates a user as being present at a sound-playback device in accordance with a determination that sound-detection criteria and verification criteria have been satisfied. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally determines whether a person is further or closer than a threshold distance from a display device, and optionally provides a first or second user interface for display on the display device in accordance with the determination. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally modifies the playing of media content in accordance with a determination that one or more presence criteria are not satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Avi E. Cieplinski, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Julian Missig, May-Li Khoe, Bianca Cheng Costanzo, Myra Mary Haggerty, Duncan Robert Kerr, Bas Ording, Elbert D. Chen
  • Patent number: 12271521
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for compositing an affordance in association with a CGR object representing a physical article. In various implementations, a device includes a display, a non-transitory memory, and one or more processors coupled with the display and the non-transitory memory. In some implementations, a method includes displaying a computer-generated reality (CGR) object in a CGR environment. In some implementations, the CGR object represents a physical article. In some implementations, the method includes compositing an affordance in association with the CGR object. In some implementations, the method includes detecting an input directed to the affordance. In some implementations, the method includes, in response to detecting the input, adding an identifier identifying the physical article to a user selection queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Grant Stahl, Norman Nuo Wang
  • Patent number: 12271658
    Abstract: An example process includes: displaying, on a display of an electronic device, an extended reality (XR) environment corresponding to a copresence session including the electronic device and a second electronic device; while displaying the XR environment: sampling, with a microphone of the electronic device, a first audio input; determining whether the first audio input is intended for a first digital assistant operating on an external electronic device; and in accordance with a determination that the first audio input is intended for the first digital assistant: causing the first digital assistant to provide an audible response to the first audio input, where the audible response is not transmitted to the second electronic device over a shared communication channel for the copresence session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica J. Peck, James N. Jones, Ieyuki Kawashima, Lynn I. Streja, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: 12272370
    Abstract: Implementations of the subject technology provide systems and methods for providing audio source separation for audio input, such as for audio devices having limited power and/or computing resources. The subject technology may allow an audio device to leverage processing and/or power resources of a companion device that is communicatively coupled to the audio device. The companion device may identify a noise condition of the audio device, select a source separation model based on the noise condition, and provide the source separation model to the audio device. In this way, the audio device can provide audio source separation functionality using a relatively small footprint source separation model that is specific to the noise condition in which the audio device is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos M. Avendano, John Woodruff, Jonathan Huang, Mehrez Souden, Andreas Koutrouvelis
  • Patent number: 12270714
    Abstract: A temperature sensor circuit is disclosed that uses multiple bipolar devices to generate a proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT) current and a complementary to absolute temperature (CTAT) current. A difference in the PTAT and CTAT current is evaluated using a feedback loop of an amplifier circuit which alternatively charges and discharges a capacitor to create a time-varying analog signal. A comparator circuit compares the analog signal to threshold values to generate an output digital signal whose duty cycle varies with temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Matthias Eberlein
  • Patent number: 12271573
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided herein to facilitate efficient and productive online collaboration. In particular, a collaborator follow function provides the ability of one view of a collaborative environment to mimic another collaborator's view. In this manner, collaborators may be apprised of collaboration contributions in wholly different areas of a collaborative environment than they are currently in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bicrumjit S Bhullar, Timothy M Oxenford, Emily L Pepke
  • Patent number: 12271042
    Abstract: A photonics package may include a substrate, a hanging connector, and a fast-axis collimator (“FAC”). The hanging connector is typically affixed to a side of the substrate other than the side through which a light output is emitted. The hanging connector may be L-shaped in cross-section, having a base section and an extended section projecting from the base section. The base section affixes to the substrate while the extended section affixes to the FAC, so that the FAC extends downward along the emitter surface of the substrate; a vertex of the FAC is coplanar with an emitter outputting the light output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Goldis, Jeffrey T. Hill, Michael J. Bishop
  • Patent number: 12272979
    Abstract: The embodiments set forth a technique for coordinating notifications across computing devices placed onto a wireless charging apparatus. According to some embodiments, the technique can involve the wireless charging apparatus (1) receiving, from a first computing device, first information that includes (i) a first unique identifier (ID) associated with the first computing device, and (ii) one or more unique IDs that are each associated with a respective auxiliary computing device known to the first computing device. Subsequently, the wireless charging apparatus can receive, from a second computing device, second information that at least includes a second unique ID associated with the second computing device. Finally, the wireless charging apparatus can, in response to determining that the second unique ID is included in the one or more unique IDs, and cause both the first and second computing devices to display respective notifications in a coordinated manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon R. Garbus, Christopher C. Jensen, Alexei E. Kosut
  • Patent number: 12271002
    Abstract: A head-mounted display a housing, two display modules, and a head support. The two display modules ae coupled to the housing. Each of the two display modules includes a display for outputting light that forms graphical content, a lens for refracting the light output by the display, and an eye illuminator. The eye illuminator includes a light-emitting diode, a flexible circuit to which the light-emitting diode is coupled, and a stiffener laminated to the flexible circuit with one or fewer layers of adhesive. The lens is removably coupled to the display indirectly by the stiffener. The head support is coupled to the housing for supporting the housing on a head of a user with the two display modules positioned to provide the graphical content to eyes of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Ivan S. Maric, Jan K. Quijalvo, Marinus Meursing
  • Patent number: 12272321
    Abstract: Systems and methods for electronic displays to use reference voltages to control driving current of illuminators are provided. The reference voltages are used to reduce or eliminate cross talk in driving voltages among different illuminators and driving voltage variations from frame to frame. The transient performance of the driving current of the illuminator (e.g., the current rise/decline time, current overshoot issue, current settling time) may be improved by implementing the reference voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ming Sun, Nicola Rasera, Robert D Zucker, Johan L Piper, Denis M Darmon, Fabio Ongaro, Xiaofeng Wang
  • Patent number: 12271791
    Abstract: Attention-free transformers are disclosed. Various implementations of attention-free transformers include a gating and pooling operation that allows the attention-free transformers to provide comparable or better results to those of a standard attention-based transformer, with improved efficiency and reduced computational complexity with respect to space and time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shuangfei Zhai, Walter A. Talbott, Nitish Srivastava, Chen Huang, Hanlin Goh, Joshua M. Susskind
  • Patent number: 12272805
    Abstract: A battery system includes a battery cell, a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) that cools the battery cell, a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of the battery cell, and a battery management unit (BMU) controller. The BMU controller activates the TEC to cool the battery cell in response to determining that a state of charge (SOC) of the battery cell is greater than a threshold SOC and the temperature of the battery cell is greater than a threshold temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Dapeng Wang, Jinjun Shi
  • Patent number: 12271062
    Abstract: A system for gathering fixation distance calibration data may include eyeglasses with adjustable lenses and an electronic device with a depth sensor. During fixation distance calibration operations, a user wearing the eyeglasses may view the electronic device while the electronic device provides instructions for the user to hold the electronic device at different distances from the user. At each distance, a depth sensor in the electronic device may determine the distance to the eyeglasses and a camera in the eyeglasses may be used to determine a distance between the user's pupils. The calibration measurements may be used to generate calibration data that maps different pupil locations to different fixation distances. The calibration data may be stored in the eyeglasses so that control circuitry in the eyeglasses can determine a user's fixation distance and adjust lens power accordingly without requiring an outward facing depth sensor in the eyeglasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Maxwell T. Thrun, Yu Horie, Joshua J. Siegel
  • Patent number: 12273172
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved Node-B (eNB) on a wireless network. The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to process a Downlink (DL) transmission carrying one or more Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PT-RSes). The second circuitry may be operable to generate an Uplink (UL) transmission carrying a Layer Indicator (LI) based at least on a number of PT-RS Antenna Ports (APs) associated with the PT-RSes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Victor Sergeev, Guotong Wang, Alexei Davydov, Gang Xiong
  • Patent number: 12271250
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display panel. When content of an image frame is expected to consume relatively higher amounts of power, a controller of the electronic device may operate a switch to change a power supply of the display panel to be a power management integrated circuit of the electronic device. However, when content of an image frame is expected to consume relatively less amounts of power, the controller may operate the switch to change the power supply of the display panel to be a power supply of an electronic display, such as a power supply used to power driver circuitry of the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ramana V. Rachakonda, Peter F. Holland, Rohit K. Gupta, Brad W. Simeral
  • Patent number: 12273315
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed for use with a portable electronic device having a display. The method enables switching between electronic inboxes that can be accessed from the electronic device. In some configurations, the method includes, while the device is displaying emails in a first inbox, detecting user selection of a first icon. The method further includes, in response to user selection of the first icon, displaying a set of inbox selection icons; and, in response to user selection of one of the inbox selection icons, displaying emails in a second inbox corresponding to the inbox selection icon selected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: 12273596
    Abstract: The systems described herein provide a system for presenting affordances for applications installable on electronic devices. In response to selection of one or more of the affordances, a content affordance of content provided by a corresponding application is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lucas C. Newman, Derek A. Hunter, Sandip M. Chokshi
  • Patent number: 12273176
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to establish a connection to a base station, wherein the base station configures the UE with a first beam corresponding to a first transmission reception point (TRP) and a second beam corresponding to a second TRP, wherein the first and second beam are in frequency range 2 (FR2) and wherein the UE does not support simultaneous reception of multiple beams in FR2, detect a beam failure during a beam failure detection (BFD) evaluation period, identify one or more candidate beams during a candidate beam detection (CBD) evaluation period and transmit a beam failure recovery (BFR) request to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Manasa Raghavan, Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yushu Zhang, Yang Tang, Haitong Sun, Huaning Niu, Xiang Chen, Dawei Zhang
  • Patent number: 12271718
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing binary translation include a system that is capable of translating binaries written for use in a source execution environment to binaries compatible with a target execution environment. Consistent with some embodiments, a binary translation system includes a system service and a runtime code module that exists in an application memory address space. The binary translation system translates object-level binaries corresponding to executables, linkers, libraries, and the like and stores the translation in a translation cache that is cryptographically secured to ensure that only a system having a specific key is able to access the translations. If the application or application binary has been modified since the translation was performed, the system service will ensure that the translation is removed from the cache, a new translation is performed, and all threads accessing that translation are updated to the new translation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Zwarich, Denis Palmans
  • Patent number: 12273253
    Abstract: A media streaming method is disclosed in which a network environment of a sink device engaged in media streaming is estimated and at least two network throughput estimates are developed. A first network throughput estimate may be estimated from a measurement of network performance and a second network throughput estimate may be developed from a correlation of the estimated network environment to a machine learning model representing network throughput predictions. A final throughput estimate may be developed from the first and second network throughput estimates; and a representation of media content may be selected for retrieval based on the final throughput estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Soutik Chakraborty, John Y. Su, Eunhee Lim, Jacob A. Baron
  • Patent number: 12272019
    Abstract: The creation of synthetic scenes from a combination of synthetic data and real environment data to allow for testing of extended reality (XR) applications on an electronic device is disclosed. In order to efficiently test an XR application, a scene data configuration can be specified within a synthetic service, representing a combination of different synthetic data and real environment data. In addition, scene understanding and alignment metadata can be added to the scene data. When the XR application is initiated, a synthetic scene in accordance with the scene data configuration and the added metadata can be rendered and presented on a display of the electronic device. The XR application can then be tested within the presented synthetic scene, with the application interacting with both the synthetic data and the real environment data of the synthetic scene as though it were interacting with real objects in a real environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Przemyslaw M. Iwanowski, Joshua J. Taylor
  • Patent number: 12272261
    Abstract: A method is provided that includes predicting, using a language model, one or more words from a first set of words expected to be difficult for a reader, and providing the first set of words for display to the reader. The predicted one or more words in the first set of words are displayed differently from non-predicted words in the first set of words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel W. Busbridge, Jason Ramapuram, Russell Y. Webb, Paul G. Puskarich
  • Patent number: 12271531
    Abstract: Techniques for controlling and/or moving a cursor, such as by using air gestures, are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Evgenii Krivoruchko, Benjamin H. Boesel, Jia Wang
  • Patent number: 12273875
    Abstract: In an example computer-implemented method, a user equipment (UE) receives first configuration data including an indication of a search space set for monitoring a wireless network for an uplink cancellation command, and second configuration including an indication to activate monitoring of the wireless network for an uplink cancellation command. The UE further receives a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including scheduling information for an uplink transmission. The UE monitors the wireless communications network for the uplink cancellation command in accordance with the search space set, and receives a second PDCCH from the wireless including the uplink cancellation command, where the uplink cancellation command includes an indication to cancel a first portion of the uplink transmission. The UE cancels a transmission of the first portion of the uplink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Toufiqul Islam, Debdeep Chatterjee, Sergey Panteleev, Fatemeh Hamidi-Sepehr
  • Patent number: 12271568
    Abstract: In some embodiments a second electronic device with which an output device is associated facilitates associating the output device with a first electronic device. In some embodiments, a second electronic device that is associated with an additional user facilitates associating the additional user with a first electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Pavan Rajam, Patrick L. Coffman, Dennis Sungwoo Park, Richard Mondello, Vijay Sundaram, Caleb Davenport, Neil P. Cormican
  • Patent number: 12273938
    Abstract: Systems and methods of managing PNF connectivity are provided. A NM determines to add to or remove external connectivity from a PNF and transmits a NS update request to a NFVO that contains an identifier of the NS instance to be updated, an indication of a type of update operation requested, and information of the PNF connectivity to be changed. A NS update response contains a lifecycle operation occurrence identifier identifying a NS lifecycle operation occurrence. Separate NS lifecycle change notification from the NFVO indicate that a NS update to change the connectivity of the PNF has started and a result of the change. The notifications include the lifecycle operation occurrence identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joey Chou, Yizhi Yao
  • Patent number: 12272008
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for synthesizing an environment based on an image. In various implementations, a device includes a non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the non-transitory memory. In various implementations, a method includes determining an engagement score that characterizes a level of engagement between a user and a representation of a subject included in an image. In some implementations, the method includes, in response to the engagement score satisfying an engagement threshold, obtaining stored information regarding the subject, and synthesizing an environment based on the image and the stored information regarding the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ian M. Richter, Qi Shan
  • Patent number: 12273773
    Abstract: Several techniques using a network slice quota (NSQ) management function provide dynamic adjustment in order to meet the limitation of data rate per network slice in the uplink and downlink wireless connections in a wireless network. In one technique, when the limit is reached, the session aggregated maximum bit rates (AMBR) per subscription level is adjusted in proportionate ratio of the maximum bit rate per subscription level per user equipment (UE). In another technique, when the limit is reached, there is a proportionate equivalent increment and decrement of session AMBR based on usage patterns of the subscription levels. In a further technique, when the limit is reached, there is a proportionate equivalent increment and decrement of slice resources based on usage patterns. In yet another technique, a quota update is attempted using the Unified Data Repository (UDR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Krisztian Kiss, Rohit R. Matolia, Vijay Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 12272482
    Abstract: Charging devices according to embodiments of the present technology may include a housing including an input configured to receive power from a power source and provide power to internal components of the charging device. The charging devices may include a ferrite. The ferrite may be coupled with electrical ground. The charging devices may also include a conductive coil seated in the ferrite. The conductive coil may be configured to generate an electromagnetic field from an AC signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Alin Theodor Iacob
  • Patent number: D1069453
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Green, Sam Brown, Kully Kraig Mandon, Casey Feeney, Jean-Marc Gady
  • Patent number: D1069754
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Ott, Carlos M. Santana, William R. Rochowicz, Robert Boyd, Martin Gschwandtl, Guillaume Raoult, Christopher Kuh, Robert Brunner
  • Patent number: D1069789
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: 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, Moises Hernandez Hernandez, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk, Marc A. Newson, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang
  • Patent number: D1069790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: 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, Moises Hernandez Hernandez, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk, Marc A. Newson, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang
  • Patent number: D1069791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: 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, Moises Hernandez Hernandez, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk, Marc A. Newson, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang
  • Patent number: D1069808
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Lyons, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1069811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Dylan Ross Edwards
  • Patent number: D1069821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Xavier Dalonzo, Shubham Kedia, William McMillan Tyler, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D1069825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tito Lloyd Balsamo, Tobias Alexander Hauner, Ryan D. Shelby
  • Patent number: D1069834
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Gary Butcher, Graham Clarke, Alan C. Dye, Grace Hwang, Jonathan P. Ive, Henrique Penha, Pavel Pivoňka
  • Patent number: D1069895
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Patrick Clymer, Kristína Jandová, Vincenzo Vuono