Patents by Inventor Alan C. Dye

Alan C. Dye 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: 20260339485
    Abstract: An electronic device with a touch-sensitive display can obtain a plurality of alerts associated with dates and times. The device can detect a user input, and in response to the input display a notification interface. The notification interface can include a future notification representing a future alert with a date and time after the current date and time, and a past notification representing a past alert with a date and time before the current date and time. The future and past notifications can be separated by a graphical separator that has an indication of the current time. The future and past alerts correspond to different installed applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2026
    Publication date: October 29, 2026
    Inventors: Jonathan R. DASCOLA, Lawrence Y. YANG, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Gary Ian BUTCHER, Imran CHAUDHRI, Alan C. DYE, Craig M. FEDERIGHI, Jonathan P. IVE, Stephen O. LEMAY, Kevin LYNCH, Natalia MARIC, Curtis A. ROTHERT, Wan Si WAN, Jeff WILLIAMS, Christopher WILSON
  • Patent number: 12775345
    Abstract: Button functionalities for user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. Exemplary button functionalities are described for an electronic device with a display, a rotatable and depressible input mechanism, and/or a button. Different device features may be accessed, depending on whether the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button is activated, and further depending on whether the activation represents a single press, a double press, or an extended press on the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Patrick Foss, Anton M. Davydov, Dylan Ross Edwards, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Stephen O. Lemay, Kevin M. Lynch, Lawrence Y. Yang, Dennis S. Park
  • Patent number: 12744990
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces. In some examples, the electronic device transitions between user interfaces for capturing photos based on data received from a first camera and a second camera. In some examples, the electronic device provides enhanced zooming capabilities that result in visual pleasing results for a displayed digital viewfinder and for captured videos. In some examples, the electronic device provides user interfaces for transitioning a digital viewfinder between a first camera with an applied digital zoom to a second camera with no digital zoom. In some examples, the electronic device prepares to capture media at various magnification levels. In some examples, the electronic device enhanced capabilities for navigating through a plurality of values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Johnnie B. Manzari, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay, Pavel Pivonka
  • Publication number: 20260277428
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally describes user interfaces related to time. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for displaying and enabling an adjustment of a displayed time zone are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for initiating a measurement of time are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling and displaying a user interface using a character are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling and displaying a user interface that includes an indication of a current time are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling configuration of a background for a user interface are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling configuration of displayed applications on a user interface are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2026
    Publication date: September 17, 2026
    Inventors: Kevin Will CHEN, Alan C. DYE, Aurelio GUZMAN, Kevin LYNCH, Pani PAGE, Christopher WILSON
  • Publication number: 20260277377
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to retrieving and displaying contextually-relevant media content. In some embodiments, a device receives a request to display contextually-relevant media and, in response, displays a representation of a collection of media items relevant to a context of the device. In some embodiments, a device displays a visual media item of a sequence of items and, in response to receiving a swipe gesture, displays a detail user interface comprising related content for the media item. In some embodiments, a device, while displaying a first detail user interface, displays an affordance corresponding to a plurality of individuals identified as having attended a first event, that when selected, causes display of visual media corresponding to a plurality of events attended by the individuals. In some embodiments, a device, in response to user input, obtains an automatically-generated collection of visual media and displays a corresponding affordance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2026
    Publication date: September 17, 2026
    Inventors: Britt S. MIURA, Simon BOVET, Eric CIRCLAEYS, Alan C. DYE, Daniel E. GOBERA RUBALCAVA, Cyrus Daniel IRANI, Brendan J. LANGOULANT, Stephen O. LEMAY, Justin S. TITI
  • Publication number: 20260267462
    Abstract: A device receives a request to display a clock face with a first background segment and a second background segment that has a different appearance from the first background segment. In response to receiving the request, the device displays the clock face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2026
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Inventors: Kevin Will CHEN, Alan C. DYE, David A. SCHIMON, Christopher WILSON
  • Publication number: 20260236115
    Abstract: One or more alerts are received at the electronic device. In some embodiments, the device determines how notifications corresponding to the alerts should be output to the user at the device. In some embodiments, the device determines whether to output respective content corresponding to the alert based on one or more criteria. For example, if a request is detected within a time threshold, the device outputs the respective content; if the request is detected after an amount of time greater than the time threshold has elapsed, the device forgoes outputting the respective content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2026
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. YANG, Stephen O. LEMAY, Alan C. DYE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Jonathan R. DASCOLA, Imran CHAUDHRI, Gary Ian BUTCHER, David Chance GRAHAM, Jonathan P. IVE, Kevin LYNCH, Natalia MARIC
  • Publication number: 20260236135
    Abstract: A computer system displays a first user interface. Displaying the first user interface includes concurrently displaying: first content; and an indication of a current time of day that is updated as the current time of day changes. While displaying the first user interface, the computer system detects a first event. In response to detecting the first event, the computer system: displays, via the one or more display generation components, a change in a spatial arrangement of the first content in the first user interface; and, displays, via the one or more display generation components, a change to the indication of the current time of day, including changing an aspect ratio of the indication of the current time of day while maintaining display of the indication of the current time of day in the first user interface, based on the change in the spatial arrangement of the first content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2026
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: William M. Tyler, Lyam J. Bewry, Adam Grabowski, Andrew P. Clymer, Vincenzo Vuono, Marie Otsuka, William A. Sorrentino, III, James J. Owen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher P. Foss, Bobby Martin, JR., Shubham Kedia, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Bruno Canales, Miquel Estany Rodriguez, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: D1139391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D1142442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Alan C. Dye, Charmian Naguit
  • Patent number: D1142481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Anzures, Alan C. Dye, Hoan K. Pham, Wan Si Wan, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: D1144425
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Butcher, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Thalia Jimena Echevarria Fiol, Aurelio Guzmán, Victoria Elaine Hinn, Lauren Kim Trottier, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D1146959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Butcher, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Britt Nelson, Brian Andrew Schmitt, Wan Si Wan
  • Patent number: D1150131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Anzures, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive
  • Patent number: D1153235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D1153254
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Bon Min, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1154605
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Pablo Caro, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán
  • Patent number: D1154669
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Mischa Mclachlan
  • Patent number: D1154697
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Richard D. Lyons, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1156441
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2025
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Thalia Jimena Echevarria Fiol, Eric Lance Wilson