Patents by Inventor Anthony R. Griffin

Anthony R. Griffin 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: 10970083
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for implementing an educational mode on a portable computing device, such as a tablet computer, that is a single-user system, used serially by multiple users. Each user can have a separate user storage that may be encrypted. The computing device boots as a system user to a login screen. A first student user enters user credentials into the login screen. The computing device can reboot the user-space processes, while leaving the kernel running, rebooting the computing device as the first student user. When the first student user logs out, data to be synchronized to, e.g., the cloud, can be synchronized for the first student user while a second student user is logged into the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Drummond, Anthony R. Griffin, Andrew B. Cato, Benjamin E. Nielsen, Daniel T. Kurtz, David Steinberg
  • Publication number: 20190228158
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for implementing an educational mode on a portable computing device, such as a tablet computer, that is a single-user system, used serially by multiple users. Each user can have a separate user storage that may be encrypted. The computing device boots as a system user to a login screen. A first student user enters user credentials into the login screen. The computing device can reboot the user-space processes, while leaving the kernel running, rebooting the computing device as the first student user. When the first student user logs out, data to be synchronized to, e.g., the cloud, can be synchronized for the first student user while a second student user is logged into the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Drummond, Anthony R. Griffin, Andrew B. Cato, Benjamin E. Nielsen, Daniel T. Kurtz, David Steinberg
  • Patent number: 10192055
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for implementing an educational mode on a portable computing device, such as a tablet computer, that is a single-user system, used serially by multiple users. Each user can have a separate user storage that may be encrypted. The computing device boots as a system user to a login screen. A first student user enters user credentials into the login screen. The computing device can reboot the user-space processes, while leaving the kernel running, rebooting the computing device as the first student user. When the first student user logs out, data to be synchronized to, e.g., the cloud, can be synchronized for the first student user while a second student user is logged into the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Drummond, Anthony R. Griffin, Andrew B. Cato, Benjamin E. Nielsen, Daniel T. Kurtz, David Steinberg
  • Publication number: 20170200007
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for implementing an educational mode on a portable computing device, such as a tablet computer, that is a single-user system, used serially by multiple users. Each user can have a separate user storage that may be encrypted. The computing device boots as a system user to a login screen. A first student user enters user credentials into the login screen. The computing device can reboot the user-space processes, while leaving the kernel running, rebooting the computing device as the first student user. When the first student user logs out, data to be synchronized to, e.g., the cloud, can be synchronized for the first student user while a second student user is logged into the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Drummond, Anthony R. Griffin, Andrew B. Cato, Benjamin E. Nielsen, Daniel T. Kurtz, David Steinberg