Patents by Inventor Alec Little

Alec Little 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).

  • Patent number: 10224012
    Abstract: A method to author music. The method includes presenting, on a display by a computing device, an audio effect menu, receiving, by the computing device, a first user input selecting a first audio effect from the audio effect menu, generating, in response to receiving the first user input, a first modified audio stream based on a particular audio stream and the first audio effect, receiving, by the computing device while receiving the first user input, a second user input selecting a second audio effect from the audio effect menu, generating, in response to receiving the second user input, a second modified audio stream based on the first modified audio stream and the second audio effect, detecting cessation of the first user input, and continuing, in response to detecting the cessation, generating the second modified audio stream based on the first modified audio stream and the second audio effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Baker, Gerhard Lengeling, Alec Little, Patrick Beard, Ole Lagemann, Danny Patterson, Tobias Hermann
  • Publication number: 20180240447
    Abstract: A method to author music. The method includes presenting, on a display by a computing device, an audio effect menu, receiving, by the computing device, a first user input selecting a first audio effect from the audio effect menu, generating, in response to receiving the first user input, a first modified audio stream based on a particular audio stream and the first audio effect, receiving, by the computing device while receiving the first user input, a second user input selecting a second audio effect from the audio effect menu, generating, in response to receiving the second user input, a second modified audio stream based on the first modified audio stream and the second audio effect, detecting cessation of the first user input, and continuing, in response to detecting the cessation, generating the second modified audio stream based on the first modified audio stream and the second audio effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: ROBERT BAKER, GERHARD LENGELING, Alec Little, Patrick Beard, Ole Lagemann, Danny Patterson, Tobias Hermann
  • Patent number: 9953624
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can be configured to present a graphical user interface that enables the dynamic authoring of music by a user of the computing device. The computing device can present a grid of cells, where each cell represents a music segment. The cells can be configured to playback the music segment once or playback the music segment in a repeating loop. The user can select (e.g., touch) one or more cells in the grid to cause the corresponding music segment to play. While playing selected cells, the user can provide input selecting various musical effects to apply to the playing music. The user can record a dynamically selected sequence of cells and musical effects to create an original musical product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Robert Baker, Gerhard Lengeling, Alec Little, Patrick Beard, Ole Lagemann, Danny Patterson, Tobias Hermann
  • Publication number: 20170206873
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can be configured to present a graphical user interface that enables the dynamic authoring of music by a user of the computing device. The computing device can present a grid of cells, where each cell represents a music segment. The cells can be configured to playback the music segment once or playback the music segment in a repeating loop. The user can select (e.g., touch) one or more cells in the grid to cause the corresponding music segment to play. While playing selected cells, the user can provide input selecting various musical effects to apply to the playing music. The user can record a dynamically selected sequence of cells and musical effects to create an original musical product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Robert BAKER, Gerhard LENGELING, Alec LITTLE, Patrick BEARD, Ole LAGEMANN, Danny PATTERSON, Tobias HERMANN
  • Patent number: 9640158
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can be configured to present a graphical user interface that enables the dynamic authoring of music by a user of the computing device. The computing device can present a grid of cells, where each cell represents a music segment. The cells can be configured to playback the music segment once or playback the music segment in a repeating loop. The user can select (e.g., touch) one or more cells in the grid to cause the corresponding music segment to play. While playing selected cells, the user can provide input selecting various musical effects to apply to the playing music. The user can record a dynamically selected sequence of cells and musical effects to create an original musical product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Robert Baker, Gerhard Lengeling, Alec Little, Patrick Beard, Ole Lagemann, Danny Patterson, Tobias Hermann