Patents by Inventor Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli

Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli 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: 11080012
    Abstract: The digital assistant displays a digital assistant object in an object region of a display screen. The digital assistant then obtains at least one information item based on a speech input from a user. Upon determining that the at least one information item can be displayed in its entirety in the display region of the display screen, the digital assistant displays the at least one information item in the display region, where the display region and the object region are not visually distinguishable from one another. Upon determining that the at least one information item cannot be displayed in its entirety in the display region of the video display screen, the digital assistant displays a portion of the at least one information item in the display region, where the display region and the object region are visually distinguishable from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen O. Lemay, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Freddy Allen Anzures, Imran Chaudhri, Scott Forstall, Gregory Novick
  • Publication number: 20190220247
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method of operating a digital assistant on a computing device is described. The device displays, on the display, a user interface of a first application. While displaying the user interface of the first application, the device detects activation of the digital assistant. In response to detecting the activation of the digital assistant, the device displays, on the display, a user interface of the digital assistant wherein the user interface of the first application is at least partially visible on the display while the user interface of the digital assistant is displayed. While displaying the user interface of the digital assistant and while the user interface of the first application is at least partially visible on the display, the device displays, in the user interface of the digital assistant, an indication that a spoken user input is ready to be received by the digital assistant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen O. LEMAY, Alessandro Francesco SABATELLI, Freddy Allen ANZURES, Imran CHAUDHRI, Scott FORSTALL, Gregory NOVICK
  • Patent number: D857734
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Jonathan P. Ive, Pedro Mari, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D858558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Brian Andrew Schmitt
  • Patent number: D870768
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Apodaca, Lee Broughton, Gary Butcher, Sandy Chang, Craig Dehner, Gerardo A. Hernandez, Jonathan P. Ive, Chanaka Karunamuni, Mark Kim, Ernest Rowe, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Megan Sullivan, Wan Si Wan
  • Patent number: D873277
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Anzures, Imran Chaudhri, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill, Chanaka Karunamuni, Stephen O. Lemay, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Marcel van Os
  • Patent number: D883317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Apodaca, Lee Broughton, Gary Butcher, Sandy Chang, Craig Dehner, Gerardo A. Hernandez, Jonathan P. Ive, Chanaka Karunamuni, Mark Kim, Ernest Rowe, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Megan Sullivan, Wan Si Wan
  • Patent number: D884016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Chan, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Jonathan P. Ive, Pedro Mari, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D894225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Butcher, Jonathan P. Ive, Chanaka Karunamuni, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Wan Si Wan
  • Patent number: D897356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Pablo Caro, Christopher Foss, Jonathan P. Ive, Chanaka Karunamuni, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Nicholas Zambetti
  • Patent number: D901534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Anzures, Greg Apodaca, Ismael Basso, Gary Butcher, Imran Chaudhri, Craig Dehner, Jonathan P. Ive, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli
  • Patent number: D914729
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Balles, Gary Butcher, Imran Chaudhri, Jonathan P. Ive, Ernest Rowe, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D920359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Brian Andrew Schmitt
  • Patent number: D930029
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Balles, Gary Butcher, Imran Chaudhri, Jonathan P. Ive, Ernest Rowe, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D930687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Butcher, Jonathan P. Ive, Chanaka Karunamuni, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Christopher Daryl Soli, Wan Si Wan
  • Patent number: D936691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitri Cavander, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Brian Andrew Schmitt
  • Patent number: D942493
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Butcher, Jonathan P. Ive, Chanaka Karunamuni, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Christopher Daryl Soli, Wan Si Wan
  • Patent number: D945469
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitri Cavander, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Brian Andrew Schmitt
  • Patent number: D957424
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Foss, Jonathan P. Ive, Chanaka Karunamuni, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli
  • Patent number: D994700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitri Cavander, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Brian Andrew Schmitt