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: 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: 12701212
    Abstract: A head-mountable display device includes a housing defining a front opening and a rear opening, a display screen disposed in the front opening, a display assembly disposed in the rear opening, a first securement strap coupled to the housing, the first securement strap including a first electronic component, a second securement strap coupled to the housing, the second securement strap including a second electronic component, and a securement band extending between and coupled to the first securement strap and the second securement strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Rockwell, Geoffrey Stahl, Thibaut Weise, Peter Kaufmann, Branko Petljanski, Jason L. Slupeiks, Tom Sengelaub, Kathrin Berkner Cieslicki, Yanghai Tsin, Hesam Najafi, Arthur Y. Zhang, Amanda R. Rainer, Cheng Chen, Graham B. Myhre, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Marinus Meursing, Phil M. Hobson, Jason C. Sauers, Jan K. Quijalvo, Jia Tao, Ivan S. Maric, Jeremy C. Franklin, Wey-Jiun Lin, William A. Sorrentino, III, Jonathan Ive, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay, Seung Wook Kim, Ray L. Chang
  • Publication number: 20260219758
    Abstract: A computer system displays a first user interface, including a first user interface object, wherein the first user interface object includes a first region. The computer system detects a user input. If the user input included movement in a first input direction, the computer system stretches the first region in a first stretching direction and compresses the first region in a first compression direction. The first compression direction is different from the first stretching direction. If the user input included movement in a second input direction that is different from the first input direction, the computer system stretches the first region in a second stretching direction that is different from the first stretching direction and compresses the first region in a second compression direction. The second compression direction is different from the second stretching direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Inventors: Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Shubham Kedia, Mohammed N. Jisrawi, Nathan de Vries, James J. Owen, Bruno Canales, Miquel Estany Rodriguez, William M. Tyler, Seyit Yilmaz, William A. Sorrentino, III, Stephen O. Lemay, Alan C. Dye
  • Publication number: 20260220842
    Abstract: A computer system displays a user interface object that has an appearance that simulates refraction of underlying content and displays a simulated shadow overlaid on the underlying content. For a portion of the underlying content that is overlaid by the simulated shadow, the appearance of the user interface object simulates refraction of the portion of the underlying content, but does not simulate refraction of a portion of the simulated shadow that is overlaid on the portion of the underlying content. In response to detecting a change in appearance of the underlying content, the computer system changes an appearance of the user interface object, including the simulated refraction of the underlying content and the simulated shadow overlaid on the underlying content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Inventors: Bruno Canales, Alexander Widua, Miquel Estany Rodriguez, James J. Owen, Seyit Yilmaz, Nathan de Vries, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Shubham Kedia, William M. Tyler, William A. Sorrentino, III, Stephen O. Lemay, Alan C. Dye, John S. Harper, Elleis C. Souza, Jacob G. Refstrup
  • Publication number: 20260219757
    Abstract: A computer system displays a first user interface that includes a first interactive element represented by a first platter. While displaying the first user interface that includes the first interactive element represented by the first platter, the computer system detects occurrence of a first event that meets navigation criteria, and in response, displays a second user interface that includes a second interactive element different from the first interactive element, wherein the second interactive element is represented by a second platter. If the first user interface satisfies respective criteria that are based on a spatial arrangement of the first interactive element with respect to a spatial arrangement of the second interactive element, the computer system displays the first platter morphing into the second platter. If the first interactive element does not satisfy the respective criteria, the computer system displays the second platter without morphing the first platter into the second platter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Inventors: James J. Owen, Bruno Canales, Miquel Estany Rodriguez, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Shubham Kedia, William M. Tyler, Vincent M. Lane, Seyit Yilmaz, Nathan de Vries, William A. Sorrentino, III, Stephen O. Lemay, Alan C. Dye, Mohammed N. Jisrawi, Gilbert R. Ladd, Aditya Krishnadevan, Shao Chi Liang
  • Patent number: 12695717
    Abstract: A technique for electronic message user interfaces. In particular, the technique displays, on a display, an electronic message user interface and receives user input from a touch-sensitive surface, a rotatable input mechanism, and/or peripherals such as a microphone to access, compose, and manipulate electronic messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Imran Chaudhri, Jonathan R. Dascola, Jonathan P. Ive
  • Patent number: 12693769
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    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, Gary Ian Butcher, Paulo Michaelo Lopez, Henrique Penha, Christopher Wilson
  • Publication number: 20260214320
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for a camera application and techniques related thereto, including methods for readily switching between camera modes and/or accessing additional mode controls, methods for maintaining certain camera settings when switching between camera modes, methods for changing zoom levels of one or more cameras, based on a change in the number of subjects, methods for capturing media concurrently with two sets of cameras, methods for displaying a camera user interface with a mode switching control that expands, methods for displaying a camera control panel overlaid on camera user interface, methods for displaying a control for adjusting a camera zoom level that shifts positions, and methods for displaying a camera user interface that concurrently includes one or more controls for changing a zoom level and one or more controls for changing a capture orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2025
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Inventors: Chanaka G. KARUNAMUNI, Marcos ALONSO, Adrian ZUMBRUNNEN, Johnnie B. MANZARI, Alan C. DYE, William A. SORRENTINO, III, Stephen O. LEMAY
  • Publication number: 20260212618
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer system reduces a visual prominence of virtual content relative to a three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, a computer system displays an indication of a physical object in a three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, a computer system reduces a visual prominence of the virtual content and enables a physical object, such as a person, to break through the virtual content, such as based on a determination that the physical object satisfies one or more criteria to constitute a salient social interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2026
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Inventors: Benjamin H. BOESEL, Shih-Sang CHIU, Ieyuki KAWASHIMA, Katherine W. KOLOMBATOVICH, Garrett L. WEINBERG, Benjamin HYLAK, Lee S. BROUGHTON, Giancarlo YERKES, Kristi E. BAUERLY, Alan C. DYE
  • Patent number: D1135920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D1137304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    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: D1137308
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Chao, Kevin Will Chen, Teofila Connor, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Eileen Y. Lee, Marco Triverio, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1137315
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Allison W. Dryer, Alan C. Dye, Charmian Naguit
  • 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: D1139392
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    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: D1139437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Gary Butcher, Graham Clarke, Alan C. Dye, Grace Hwang, Jonathan P. Ive, Pani Page, Henrique Penha, Pavel Pivoňka
  • 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