Patents by Inventor Alastair Kenneth Fettes

Alastair Kenneth Fettes 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).

  • AUDIO MEDIA PLAYBACK USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20220050585
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a media playback user interface. In some examples, the media playback user interface displays text corresponding to speech of audio content. In some examples, the media playback user interface facilitates management of bookmarks corresponding to the audio content. In some examples, the media playback user interface enables a search for text corresponding to speech of the audio content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Alastair Kenneth FETTES, Sherry Tzu-Hsuan SHAO
  • AUDIO MEDIA PLAYBACK USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20220050586
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a media playback user interface. In some examples, the media playback user interface displays text corresponding to speech of audio content. In some examples, the media playback user interface facilitates management of bookmarks corresponding to the audio content. In some examples, the media playback user interface enables a search for text corresponding to speech of the audio content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventor: Alastair Kenneth FETTES
  • DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR ANNOTATING TEXT
    Publication number: 20210049321
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at a device with one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a touch-sensitive display. The method includes displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a text region that includes a first portion of text and a second portion of text. The method includes detecting, on the touch-sensitive display, an input within the text region. The method includes, in response to detecting the input within the text region, moving the first portion of text relative to the second portion of text to display a non-text region between the first portion of text and the second portion of text that does not include any text and converting at least a portion of the non-text region into a drawing panel provided to receive drawing input via the touch-sensitive display and display a corresponding graphic in response to receiving the drawing input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher P. Foss, Patrick Lee Coffman, Jason Clay Beaver, Toby Charles Wood Paterson, Alastair Kenneth Fettes
  • Device, method, and graphical user interface for annotating text
    Patent number: 10860788
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at a device with one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a touch-sensitive display. The method includes displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a text region that includes a first portion of text and a second portion of text. The method includes detecting, on the touch-sensitive display, an input within the text region. The method includes, in response to detecting the input within the text region, moving the first portion of text relative to the second portion of text to display a non-text region between the first portion of text and the second portion of text that does not include any text and converting at least a portion of the non-text region into a drawing panel provided to receive drawing input via the touch-sensitive display and display a corresponding graphic in response to receiving the drawing input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Foss, Patrick Lee Coffman, Jason Clay Beaver, Toby Charles Wood Paterson, Alastair Kenneth Fettes
  • DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR ANNOTATING TEXT
    Publication number: 20190220507
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at a device with one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a touch-sensitive display. The method includes displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a text region that includes a first portion of text and a second portion of text. The method includes detecting, on the touch-sensitive display, an input within the text region. The method includes, in response to detecting the input within the text region, moving the first portion of text relative to the second portion of text to display a non-text region between the first portion of text and the second portion of text that does not include any text and converting at least a portion of the non-text region into a drawing panel provided to receive drawing input via the touch-sensitive display and display a corresponding graphic in response to receiving the drawing input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher P. Foss, Patrick Lee Coffman, Jason Clay Beaver, Toby Charles Wood Paterson, Alastair Kenneth Fettes