Patents by Inventor Alexander C. MacLean
Alexander C. MacLean 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).
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Patent number: 11354015Abstract: Adaptive user interfaces and techniques therefor are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device having a display: displaying a first user interface comprising a first affordance associated with a first function and a second affordance associated with a second function, and detecting a first event causing the device to transition from the first state to a second state, where the display is deactivated in the second state. The method also includes detecting, while the device is in the second state, a second event causing the device to transition from the second state to a third state, where the display is activated in the third state, and in response to detecting the second event, displaying a second user interface comprising the first affordance displayed in the second user interface at a second location different from the first location, and not comprising the second affordance.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Adam P. Williams, Craig M. Federighi, Tamara L. Abell, Jonathan Cho, Jay Christopher Capela, Evan Torchin, Alexander C. Maclean, Per Lindgren, Gregory Vincent Gaudio
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Patent number: 10699063Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer program products for authoring content for digital books. In some implementations, a single graphical user interface (GUI) is presented that allows an author to design a layout for the digital book, including editing text and inserting various types of interactive elements in the text. The GUI functions as both a digital book layout design tool and a word processor to facilitate the building of a digital book. The relative page location of inserted widgets can be determined by a user-selectable anchor point placed within the text. An outline view of the digital book can be created and presented in the GUI based on a hierarchical structure determined by paragraph styles applied to the text. The GUI can provide a hybrid glossary and index page for allowing the author to create and manage a glossary and index for the digital book.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Charles J. Migos, Diego Bauducco, Markus Hagele, Jay C. Capela, Gary W. Gehiere, Alexander C. MacLean, Jacob G. Refstrup, Christopher E. Rudolph, Peter W. Rapp, David M. Hall, Peter G. Berger, Simon A. Ward, Steven J. Israelson, Mark Ambachtsheer, Paul Elseth, Roger Rock Rosner, Yaniv Gur
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Publication number: 20200042145Abstract: Adaptive user interfaces and techniques therefor are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device having a display: displaying a first user interface comprising a first affordance associated with a first function and a second affordance associated with a second function, and detecting a first event causing the device to transition from the first state to a second state, where the display is deactivated in the second state. The method also includes detecting, while the device is in the second state, a second event causing the device to transition from the second state to a third state, where the display is activated in the third state, and in response to detecting the second event, displaying a second user interface comprising the first affordance displayed in the second user interface at a second location different from the first location, and not comprising the second affordance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Adam P. WILLIAMS, Craig M. FEDERIGHI, Tamara L. ABELL, Jonathan CHO, Jay Christopher CAPELA, Evan TORCHIN, Alexander C. MACLEAN, Per LINDGREN, Gregory Vincent GAUDIO
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Patent number: 10474320Abstract: Some embodiments provide a document viewing application with first and second document channel browsing modes. The first mode displays selectable items corresponding to document channels. Selection of an item causes the application to add the corresponding document channel to a set of selected document channels from which to retrieve documents for presentation within the application and dynamically add items corresponding to document channels related to the selected document channel to the selectable items for display in the first mode. The second mode displays a first set of selectable items corresponding to sources of documents and a second set of selectable items corresponding to document topics. Selection of an item in the second browsing mode causes the application to add the corresponding document channel to the set of selected document channels and modify the selectable items presented in the second mode a next time the second mode is entered.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Genevieve Garand, Imran Chaudhri, Anton Davydov, Michel Elings, Mark A. Gingrich, Alden M. Haley, Dominic J. Hughes, Vincent Lane, Aimee Machado, Alexander C. MacLean, Steve E. Marmon, Charles J. Migos, Jonathan M. Penn, Jip van der Velde
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Patent number: 10466861Abstract: Adaptive user interfaces and techniques therefor are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device having a display: displaying, on the display, a first user interface comprising a first affordance associated with a first function; receiving a first user input corresponding to a request to display a second affordance associated with a second function; in response to the first user input, displaying the second affordance; receiving a second user input corresponding to a selection of the second affordance; in response to the second user input: performing the second function; and displaying a second user interface comprising the first affordance and the second affordance.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Adam P. Williams, Craig M. Federighi, Tamara L. Abell, Jonathan Cho, Jay Christopher Capela, Evan Torchin, Alexander C. Maclean, Per Lindgren, Gregory Vincent Gaudio
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Patent number: 10296177Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) is presented that allows a user to view and interact with content embedded in a digital book, such as text, image galleries, multimedia presentations, video, HTML, animated and static diagrams, charts, tables, visual dictionaries, review questions, three-dimensional (3D) animation and any other known media content, and various touch gestures can be used by the user to move through images and multimedia presentations, play video, answer review questions, manipulate three-dimensional objects, and interact with HTML.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Inventors: Charles J. Migos, Diego Bauducco, Markus Hagele, Jay Christopher Capela, Gary W. Gehiere, Jacob G. Refstrup, Christopher Erich Rudolph, Peter W. Rapp, David M. Hall, Peter G. Berger, Simon Antony Ward, Mark Ambachtsheer, Paul Elseth, Steven J. Israelson, Roger Rock Rosner, Yaniv Gur, Alexander C. MacLean, M. Frank Emanuel, Mac Murrett
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Patent number: 10254939Abstract: A method includes detecting first movement of a first contact on an on-screen ruler in a first direction around a pivot location; in response to the first movement: rotating the ruler by an angular amount according to the first movement; and when the ruler has entered a snap zone associated with a snap angle upon rotation by the first angular amount, rotating the ruler by a first adjusted amount to bring the ruler into alignment with the first snap angle; detecting second movement of the first contact in a second direction and the second movement satisfies unsnapping criteria; and in response to the second movement, rotating the ruler by a second adjusted amount to bring the ruler into alignment with the first contact.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: William J. Thimbleby, Charles J. Migos, Gustaf Engstrom, Anton M. Davydov, Alexander C. MacLean
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Publication number: 20180018069Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) is presented that allows a user to view and interact with content embedded in a digital book, such as text, image galleries, multimedia presentations, video, HTML, animated and static diagrams, charts, tables, visual dictionaries, review questions, three-dimensional (3D) animation and any other known media content, and various touch gestures can be used by the user to move through images and multimedia presentations, play video, answer review questions, manipulate three-dimensional objects, and interact with HTML.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Charles J. Migos, Diego Bauducco, Markus Hagele, Jay Christopher Capela, Gary W. Gehiere, Jacob G. Refstrup, Christopher Erich Rudolph, Peter W. Rapp, David M. Hall, Peter G. Berger, Simon Antony Ward, Mark Ambachtsheer, Paul Elseth, Steven J. Israelson, Roger Rock Rosner, Yaniv Gur, Alexander C. MacLean, M. Frank Emanuel, Mac Murrett
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Publication number: 20170357622Abstract: Some embodiments provide a GUI for a document reader application that displays an aggregated feed with sections for different groups of personalized documents. Some embodiments provide a method for arranging documents within the different sections and for ordering the different sections within the aggregated feed. In some embodiments, the groups are dynamically generated at a device based on content (e.g., tags) of the documents.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Charles J. Migos, Alexander C. MacLean, Brian J. Turner, Ian J. Elseth, Jay W. Robinson, Shawn D. Moon, Steve E. Marmon, Vincent M. Lane, Wyatt Mitchell
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Publication number: 20170357623Abstract: Some embodiments provide a GUI for a document reader application that displays an aggregated feed with sections for different groups of personalized documents. Some embodiments provide a method for arranging documents within the different sections and for ordering the different sections within the aggregated feed. In some embodiments, the groups are dynamically generated at a device based on content (e.g., tags) of the documents.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Alexander C. MacLean, Charles J. Migos, Brian James Turner, Jay W. Robinson, Shawn D. Moon, Steve E. Marmon, Vincent M. Lane, Wyatt R. Mitchell
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Patent number: 9766782Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) is presented that allows a user to view and interact with content embedded in a digital book, such as text, image galleries, multimedia presentations, video, HTML, animated and static diagrams, charts, tables, visual dictionaries, review questions, three-dimensional (3D) animation and any other known media content, and various touch gestures can be used by the user to move through images and multimedia presentations, play video, answer review questions, manipulate three-dimensional objects, and interact with HTML.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Charles J. Migos, Diego Bauducco, Markus Hagele, Jay Christopher Capela, Gary W. Gehiere, Jacob G. Refstrup, Christopher Erich Rudolph, Peter W. Rapp, David M. Hall, Peter G. Berger, Simon Antony Ward, Mark Ambachtsheer, Paul Elseth, Steven J. Israelson, Roger Rock Rosner, Yaniv Gur, Alexander C. MacLean, M. Frank Emanuel, Mac Murrett
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Publication number: 20160357412Abstract: A method includes detecting first movement of a first contact on an on-screen ruler in a first direction around a pivot location; in response to the first movement: rotating the ruler by an angular amount according to the first movement; and when the ruler has entered a snap zone associated with a snap angle upon rotation by the first angular amount, rotating the ruler by a first adjusted amount to bring the ruler into alignment with the first snap angle; detecting second movement of the first contact in a second direction and the second movement satisfies unsnapping criteria; and in response to the second movement, rotating the ruler by a second adjusted amount to bring the ruler into alignment with the first contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: William J. Thimbleby, Charles J. Migos, Gustaf Engstrom, Anton M. Davydov, Alexander C. MacLean
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Publication number: 20160357364Abstract: Some embodiments provide a document viewing application with first and second document-browsing modes. The first document-browsing mode, accessed through a first UI item of several top-level UI items, displays several selectable document channel items corresponding to previously-selected document channels. Selection of one of the selectable document channel items causes the document viewing application to present a set of documents related to the document channel corresponding to the particular selectable item. The second document-browsing mode, accessed through a second UI item of the several top-level UI items, displays several selectable document panes corresponding to documents related to several of the previously-selected channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Pepijn T. Zoon, Jay C. Capela, Daniel L. Carter, Anton Davydov, Michel Elings, Ian J. Elseth, Steven Evergreen, Genevieve Garand, Alden M. Haley, Alexander C. MacLean, Steve E. Marmon, Charles J. Migos, Martin J. Murrett, Jonathan M. Penn, Roger R. Rosner, Collin D. Ruffenach, Brian J. Turner, Jip van der Velde, Martin Walvius, Matthijs J. Zoon
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Publication number: 20160357365Abstract: Some embodiments provide a document viewing application with first and second document channel browsing modes. The first mode displays selectable items corresponding to document channels. Selection of an item causes the application to add the corresponding document channel to a set of selected document channels from which to retrieve documents for presentation within the application and dynamically add items corresponding to document channels related to the selected document channel to the selectable items for display in the first mode. The second mode displays a first set of selectable items corresponding to sources of documents and a second set of selectable items corresponding to document topics. Selection of an item in the second browsing mode causes the application to add the corresponding document channel to the set of selected document channels and modify the selectable items presented in the second mode a next time the second mode is entered.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Genevieve Garand, Imran Chaudhri, Anton Davydov, Michel Elings, Mark A. Gingrich, Alen M. Haley, Dominic J. Hughes, Vincent Lane, Aimee Machado, Alexander C. MacLean, Steve E. Marmon, Charles J. Migos, Jonathan M. Penn, Jip van der Velde
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Publication number: 20160313875Abstract: Adaptive user interfaces and techniques therefor are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device having a display: displaying, on the display, a first user interface comprising a first affordance associated with a first function; receiving a first user input corresponding to a request to display a second affordance associated with a second function; in response to the first user input, displaying the second affordance; receiving a second user input corresponding to a selection of the second affordance; in response to the second user input: performing the second function; and displaying a second user interface comprising the first affordance and the second affordance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Adam P. WILLIAMS, Craig M. FEDERIGHI, Tamara L. ABELL, Jonathan CHO, Jay Christopher CAPELA, Evan TORCHIN, Alexander C. MACLEAN, Per LINDGREN, Gregory Vincent GAUDIO
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Publication number: 20160210274Abstract: Some embodiments described herein provide a content publishing tool for publishing documents to a content distribution system. The content publishing tool in some embodiments guides the application's user through different operations in preparing a document for publication. In some embodiments, these operations include one or more of the following: (1) analyzing the document for errors, (2) specifying a version number for the document, (3) creating a sample document, and (4) exporting the document for publication.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Alexander C. MacLean, Jay C. Capela, Charles J. Migos, Markus Hagele, Christopher E. Rudolph
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Patent number: 9317186Abstract: Some embodiments described herein provide a content publishing tool for publishing documents to a content distribution system. The content publishing tool in some embodiments guides the application's user through different operations in preparing a document for publication. In some embodiments, these operations include one or more of the following: (1) analyzing the document for errors, (2) specifying a version number for the document, (3) creating a sample document, and (4) exporting the document for publication.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2012Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Alexander C. MacLean, Jay C. Capela, Charles J. Migos, Markus Hagele, Christopher E. Rudolph
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Patent number: 9275028Abstract: Systems, techniques, and methods are presented for creating digital note cards and presenting a graphical user interface for interacting with digital note cards. For example, content from an electronic book can be displayed in a graphical user interface. Input can be received in the graphical user interface highlighting a portion of the content and creating a note, the note including user generated content. A digital note card can be created where one side of the digital note card includes the highlighted text, and the other side of the digital note card includes the note. The digital note card can be displayed in the graphical user interface.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Charles J. Migos, Jay Christopher Capela, Markus Hagele, Alexander C. MacLean, M. Frank Emanuel, Mac Murrett, Paul Elseth, Kevin Smyth
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Publication number: 20140115508Abstract: Some embodiments described herein provide a content publishing tool for publishing documents to a content distribution system. The content publishing tool in some embodiments guides the application's user through different operations in preparing a document for publication. In some embodiments, these operations include one or more of the following: (1) analyzing the document for errors, (2) specifying a version number for the document, (3) creating a sample document, and (4) exporting the document for publication.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Alexander C. MacLean, Jay C. Capela, Charles J. Migos, Markus Hagele, Christopher E. Rudolph
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Publication number: 20130073998Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer program products for authoring content for digital books. In some implementations, a single graphical user interface (GUI) is presented that allows an author to design a layout for the digital book, including editing text and inserting various types of interactive elements in the text. The GUI functions as both a digital book layout design tool and a word processor to facilitate the building of a digital book. The relative page location of inserted widgets can be determined by a user-selectable anchor point placed within the text. An outline view of the digital book can be created and presented in the GUI based on a hierarchical structure determined by paragraph styles applied to the text. The GUI can provide a hybrid glossary and index page for allowing the author to create and manage a glossary and index for the digital book.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Charles J. Migos, Diego Bauducco, Markus Hagele, Jay C. Capela, Gary W. Gehiere, Alexander C. MacLean, Jacob G. Refstrup, Christopher E. Rudolph, Peter W. Rapp, David M. Hall, Peter G. Berger, Simon A. Ward, Steven J. Israelson, Mark Ambachtsheer, Paul Elseth, Roger Rock Rosner, Yaniv Gur