Patents by Inventor Aaron R. Zinman

Aaron R. Zinman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250220109
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the utilization of context information by an electronic device. In one example, the electronic device determines a predicted status for one or more contextual categories of a potential communication participant. If the predicted status for the one or more contextual categories satisfies a set of one or more communication criteria, a recommendation to initiate a first type of communication with the potential communication participant is provided. If the predicted status for the one or more contextual categories does not satisfy the set of one or more communication criteria, a recommendation to initiate a second type of communication with the potential communication participant is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Golnaz ABDOLLAHIAN, Krishna DAYANIDHI, Patrick T. DILLON, Aaron R. ZINMAN
  • Patent number: 12278918
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the utilization of context information by an electronic device. In one example, the electronic device receives a first notification of a first type and determines a current status for one or more contextual categories. If the current status for the one or more contextual categories satisfies a set of one or more delivery criteria for notifications of the first type, then the electronic device provides the first notification of the first type. If the current status for the one or more contextual categories does not satisfy the set of one or more delivery criteria for notifications of the first type, then the electronic device modifies the first notification of the first type to a second notification of a second type and provides the second notification of the second type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Golnaz Abdollahian, Krishna Dayanidhi, Patrick T. Dillon, Aaron R. Zinman
  • Publication number: 20240275879
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the utilization of context information by an electronic device. In one example, the electronic device receives a first notification of a first type and determines a current status for one or more contextual categories. If the current status for the one or more contextual categories satisfies a set of one or more delivery criteria for notifications of the first type, then the electronic device provides the first notification of the first type. If the current status for the one or more contextual categories does not satisfy the set of one or more delivery criteria for notifications of the first type, then the electronic device modifies the first notification of the first type to a second notification of a second type and provides the second notification of the second type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Golnaz ABDOLLAHIAN, Krishna DAYANIDHI, Patrick T. DILLON, Aaron R. ZINMAN
  • Patent number: 11973894
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the utilization of context information by an electronic device. In one example, a context affordance associated with a contextual category is displayed. In response to detecting an input, a plurality of options associated with the contextual category are displayed, including a first option corresponding to a first status that is a current status for the contextual category and a second option corresponding to a second status that is not the current status for the contextual category. When an input is detected that corresponds to the second option of the first plurality of options, the current status for the contextual category is set to the second status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Golnaz Abdollahian, Krishna Dayanidhi, Patrick T. Dillon, Aaron R. Zinman
  • Patent number: 11831799
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to propagating context information from a first electronic device to a second electronic device. In one example, in response to detecting the second electronic device satisfies a distance criterion with respect to the first electronic device, the first electronic device determines whether propagation of the context to the second electronic device is permitted. If propagation of the context to the second electronic device is permitted and while the second electronic device satisfies the distance criterion with respect to the first electronic device, the context is transmitted to the second electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Golnaz Abdollahian, Nathaniel B. Chapman, Aaron R. Zinman
  • Publication number: 20220329685
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to propagating context information from a first electronic device to a second electronic device. In one example, in response to detecting the second electronic device satisfies a distance criterion with respect to the first electronic device, the first electronic device determines whether propagation of the context to the second electronic device is permitted. If propagation of the context to the second electronic device is permitted and while the second electronic device satisfies the distance criterion with respect to the first electronic device, the context is transmitted to the second electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Golnaz ABDOLLAHIAN, Nathaniel B. CHAPMAN, Aaron R. ZINMAN
  • Patent number: 11438452
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to propagating context information from a first electronic device to a second electronic device. In one example, in response to detecting the second electronic device satisfies a distance criterion with respect to the first electronic device, the first electronic device determines whether propagation of the context to the second electronic device is permitted. If propagation of the context to the second electronic device is permitted and while the second electronic device satisfies the distance criterion with respect to the first electronic device, the context is transmitted to the second electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Golnaz Abdollahian, Nathaniel B. Chapman, Aaron R. Zinman
  • Patent number: 11361473
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for techniques for including a physical object in a computer-generated reality environment. A context associated with the computer-generated reality environment is identified and a physical object located in a real environment is detected. If the detected physical object is associated with the context of the computer-generated reality environment, then the computer-generated reality environment is displayed with a representation of the physical object inserted into the computer-generated reality environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Golnaz Abdollahian, Krishna Dayanidhi, Patrick Dillon, Aaron R. Zinman