Patents by Inventor Aroon Pahwa

Aroon Pahwa 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).

  • Publication number: 20180101138
    Abstract: An adjustable alarm indicator of an alarm application is described. The adjustable alarm indicator may be presented in connection with an alarm setting sequence. The adjustable alarm indicator may include a variable element having a variable annular shape, a first element associated with a first end of the variable element, and a second element associated with a second end of the variable element. The first element may be independently moveable to adjust the size of the variable element. The second element also may be independently moveable to adjust the size of the variable element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Roy J.E.M. Raymann, Jay Kriz Blahnik, Stephanie M. Greer, Aroon Pahwa, Jonathan T. Varbel
  • Publication number: 20180103140
    Abstract: Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for allowing a user to switch between watches that have been paired with a device such as a smartphone are described. In one embodiment, the watches automatically detect a removal of a first watch from a user's wrist and an attachment of a second watch to the user's wrist. Messages from the watches are transmitted to the device to allow the device to switch the active watch from the first watch to the second watch. The switch can occur while the device is in a locked state, and the device can synchronize the second watch with data received from the first watch. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: David C. Donley, Julien A. Poumailloux, Pierre J. De Filippis, Tyler D. Hawkins, Craig P. Dooley, Daniel B. Pollack, James C. Grandy, Gregory B. Novick, Todd A. Shortlidge, Aroon Pahwa, David T. Wilson, Yan Yang, Nicholas Joseph Circosta
  • Patent number: 9912799
    Abstract: Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for allowing a user to switch between watches that have been paired with a device such as a smartphone are described. In one embodiment, the watches automatically detect a removal of a first watch from a user's wrist and an attachment of a second watch to the user's wrist. Messages from the watches are transmitted to the device to allow the device to switch the active watch from the first watch to the second watch. The switch can occur while the device is in a locked state, and the device can synchronize the second watch with data received from the first watch. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Donley, Julien A. Poumailloux, Pierre J. De Filippis, Tyler D. Hawkins, Craig P. Dooley, Daniel B. Pollack, James C. Grandy, Gregory B. Novick, Todd A. Shortlidge, Aroon Pahwa, David T Wilson, Yan Yang, Nicholas Joseph Circosta
  • Patent number: 9869973
    Abstract: An adjustable alarm indicator of an alarm application is described. The adjustable alarm indicator may be presented in connection with an alarm setting sequence. The adjustable alarm indicator may include a variable element having a variable annular shape, a first element associated with a first end of the variable element, and a second element associated with a second end of the variable element. The first element may be independently moveable to adjust the size of the variable element. The second element may be dependently moveable to cause the first element, the second element, and the variable element to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Roy J. E. M. Raymann, Jay C. Blahnik, Stephanie M. Greer, Aroon Pahwa, Jonathan T. Varbel
  • Publication number: 20170357217
    Abstract: An adjustable alarm indicator of an alarm application is described. The adjustable alarm indicator may be presented in connection with an alarm setting sequence. The adjustable alarm indicator may include a variable element having a variable annular shape, a first element associated with a first end of the variable element, and a second element associated with a second end of the variable element. The first element may be independently moveable to adjust the size of the variable element. The second element may be dependently moveable to cause the first element, the second element, and the variable element to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Roy J.E.M. Raymann, Jay C. Blahnik, Stephanie M. Greer, Aroon Pahwa, Jonathan T. Varbel
  • Publication number: 20170357419
    Abstract: An alarm application is described. A user interface of the alarm application may be presented that includes a generic alarm option and a sleep alarm option. A first view of the user interface may be presented that includes generic alarm related options when the generic alarm option is selected. A second view of the user interface may be presented that includes sleep alarm related options when the sleep alarm option is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Roy J.E.M. Raymann, Jay C. Blahnik, Stephanie M. Greer, Aroon Pahwa, Jonathan T. Varbel
  • Patent number: 9838526
    Abstract: Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for allowing a user to switch between watches that have been paired with a device such as a smartphone are described. In one embodiment, the watches automatically detect a removal of a first watch from a user's wrist and an attachment of a second watch to the user's wrist. Messages from the watches are transmitted to the device to allow the device to switch the active watch from the first watch to the second watch. The switch can occur while the device is in a locked state, and the device can synchronize the second watch with data received from the first watch. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Donley, Julien A. Poumallioux, Pierre J. De Fillippis, Tyler D. Hawkins, Craig P. Dooley, Daniel B. Pollack, James C. Grandy, Gregory B. Novick, Todd A. Shortlidge, Aroon Pahwa, David T Wilson, Yan Yang, Nicholas Joseph Circosta
  • Patent number: 9798926
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for providing vector map data for generating a view of a map in a mapping application. In one example process, a request for a vector map sub-tile can be received by a map server. The map server can identify a pre-generated vector map tile corresponding to the requested vector map sub-tile and can generate the requested vector map sub-tile from the identified vector map tile by dividing the vector map tile into two or more vector map sub-tiles. In some examples, dividing the vector map tile into multiple vector map sub-tiles can include identifying features and attributes of the vector map tile that should be included in the requested vector map sub-tile and generating the requested vector map sub-tile to include these features and attributes. The map server can then transmit the requested vector map sub-tile to the requesting electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Aroon Pahwa, Brian A. Lenoski, Mathieu Courtemanche
  • Publication number: 20170201612
    Abstract: Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for allowing a user to switch between watches that have been paired with a device such as a smartphone are described. In one embodiment, the watches automatically detect a removal of a first watch from a user's wrist and an attachment of a second watch to the user's wrist. Messages from the watches are transmitted to the device to allow the device to switch the active watch from the first watch to the second watch. The switch can occur while the device is in a locked state, and the device can synchronize the second watch with data received from the first watch. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: David C. Donley, Julien A. Poumailloux, Pierre J. De Filippis, Tyler D. Hawkins, Craig P. Dooley, Daniel B. Pollack, James C. Grandy, Gregory B. Novick, Todd A. Shortlidge, Aroon Pahwa, David T. Wilson, Yan Yang, Nicholas Joseph Circosta
  • Publication number: 20170201611
    Abstract: Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for allowing a user to switch between watches that have been paired with a device such as a smartphone are described. In one embodiment, the watches automatically detect a removal of a first watch from a user's wrist and an attachment of a second watch to the user's wrist. Messages from the watches are transmitted to the device to allow the device to switch the active watch from the first watch to the second watch. The switch can occur while the device is in a locked state, and the device can synchronize the second watch with data received from the first watch. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: David C. Donley, Julien A. Poumallioux, Pierre J. De Fillippis, Tyler D. Hawkins, Craig P. Dooley, Daniel B. Pollack, James C. Grandy, Gregory B. Novick, Todd A. Shortlidge, Aroon Pahwa, David T. Wilson, Yan Yang, Nicholas Joseph Circosta
  • Patent number: 9582061
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein pertain to power conservation for electronic devices. According to one embodiment, power conservation can be achieved through adaptive frame rate control for a display associated with an electronic device. The frame rate is able to be controlled so as to adapt to a frame rate that is adequate for the display task. Since the display often times displays content that is not very dynamic, the frame rate in such situations can be controlled to use a reduced frame rate, which thereby reduces power consumption. However, when the display displays content that is substantially dynamic, the frame rate in such situations can be controlled to use an enhanced (or not reduced) frame rate, which ensures reasonable display quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Seejo K. Pylappan, Aroon Pahwa, Christopher Blumenberg, Gregory Bolsinga
  • Publication number: 20160098598
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for providing vector map data for generating a view of a map in a mapping application. In one example process, a request for a vector map sub-tile can be received by a map server. The map server can identify a pre-generated vector map tile corresponding to the requested vector map sub-tile and can generate the requested vector map sub-tile from the identified vector map tile by dividing the vector map tile into two or more vector map sub-tiles. In some examples, dividing the vector map tile into multiple vector map sub-tiles can include identifying features and attributes of the vector map tile that should be included in the requested vector map sub-tile and generating the requested vector map sub-tile to include these features and attributes. The map server can then transmit the requested vector map sub-tile to the requesting electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Aroon Pahwa, Brian A. Lenoski, Mathieu Courtemanche
  • Publication number: 20160065650
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for efficiently communicating mapping application data between electronic devices. In one example, a first electronic device can act as a proxy between a second electronic device and a map server by receiving a first request for map data from the second user device, determining a set of supplemental data to add to the first request to generate a complete second request for map data, and transmitting the second request to a map server. The first electronic device can receive the requested map data from the map server and transmit the received map data to the second electronic device. In another example, the first electronic device can act as a navigation server for the second electronic device by initially transmitting a full set of route data to the second electronic device and subsequently transmitting route update messages to the second electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Aroon Pahwa, Matthew B. Ball
  • Publication number: 20160066149
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for selecting location data provided by communicatively coupled electronic devices. In one example process, a first electronic device can select one of a first location determined by the first electronic device and a second location determined by a second electronic device for use as the location of the first electronic device. The selection can be made based on one or more of the times the first and second locations were determined, accuracies of the first and second location determinations, whether or not the first and second locations intersect, priorities associated with source used to determine the first and second locations, and previous location determinations made by the first electronic device. The selected location can be used as the location of the first electronic device to execute an application on the first electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Aroon Pahwa, Matthew B. Ball
  • Publication number: 20160061623
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for interacting with mapping applications. In one example, a virtual assistant server can efficiently communicate with a map server to provide a user with map data in response to spoken user requests received at a user device. In another example, communicatively coupled electronic devices can be synchronized such that a location marker generated on one device can be displayed on the other device. In another example, an electronic device can display simplified views of individual route directions that can be updated based on movement of the user or in response to user requests. In another example, an electronic device can selectively display an interface including a current location of a user or an interface including a route to a predicted destination based on contextual information associated with the user. The interfaces can include affordances for launching an associated mapping application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Aroon PAHWA, Britt K. NELSON, Stephen O. LEMAY, Imran CHAUDHRI
  • Patent number: 9269178
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a mapping application which when executed on a device by at least one processing unit provides automated animation of a three-dimensional (3D) map along a navigation route. The mapping application identifies a first set of attributes for determining a first position of a virtual camera in the 3D map at a first instance in time. Based on the identified first set of attributes, the mapping application determines the position of the virtual camera in the 3D map at the first instance in time. The mapping application identifies a second set of attributes for determining a second position of the virtual camera in the 3D map at a second instance in time. Based on the identified second set of attributes, the mapping application determines the position of the virtual camera in the 3D map at the second instance in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Patrick S. Piemonte, Aroon Pahwa, Christopher D. Moore
  • Publication number: 20160019360
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aggregating and sharing wellness data. The wellness data can be received by a user device from any number of sensors external or internal to the user device, from a user manually entering the wellness data, or from other users or entities. The user device can securely store the wellness data on the user device and transmit the wellness data to be stored on a remote database. A user of the device can share some or all of the wellness data with friends, relatives, caregivers, healthcare providers, or the like. The user device can further display a user's wellness data in an aggregated view of different types of wellness data. Wellness data of other users can also be viewed if authorizations from those users have been received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aroon PAHWA, Rebecca L. WEBER, Divya NAG, Christopher D. SOLI, Lawrence Y. YANG, Stephen O. LEMAY, Kevin LYNCH, Stacey LYSIK, Dylan Ross EDWARDS, Zachury MINJACK, Zachery KENNEDY, Adam L. BEBERG, Dennis S. PARK, Afshad M. MISTRI, Anton M. DAVYDOV
  • Patent number: 9224218
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method for loading and rendering curved features in a map are described. Embodiments may include a map tool of a mapping or navigation application configured to generate a display for a map that includes one or more curved features (e.g., curved roads or curved polygons). The map tool may be executed in a client/server environment in which a server portion receives digitized map data in the form of polylines, detects a curved feature in the map data by fitting it to a parametric curve, and transmits data representing the parametric curve to a client device for subsequent rendering. The client device may render the curved feature using the received parametric curve data or, dependent on characteristics of the client device, extract data corresponding to points on the parametric curve to generate a triangle mesh for rendering the curved feature at a suitable resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aroon Pahwa, Christopher Blumenberg, James A. Howard, Jeffrey P. Hultquist, Michael D. Schuster
  • Patent number: 9129428
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for efficiently identifying map tiles of a raised-relief map to retrieve from a server. An electronic device can use estimates of height(s) for various region(s) of the map to determine map tiles that are likely viewable from a given position of a virtual camera. The device can calculate the intersection of the field of view of the virtual camera with the estimated heights to determine a location of the map tiles (e.g., as determined by a 2D grid) needed. In this manner, the electronic device can retrieve, from a map server, the map tiles needed to display the image, without retrieving extraneous tiles that are not needed. Identifying such tiles can reduce the amount of data to be sent across a network and reduce the number of requests for tiles, since the correct tiles can be obtained with the first request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aroon Pahwa, Edward Kandrot, Christopher Blumenberg, Jeffrey H. Hultquist, Robert R. Cook, Billy P. Chen, Patrick S. Piemonte
  • Patent number: 9111380
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a mapping application for rendering map portions. The mapping application includes a map receiver for receiving map tiles from a mapping service in response to a request for the map tiles needed for a particular map view. Each map tile includes vector data describing a map region. The mapping application includes a set of mesh building modules. Each mesh building module is for using the vector data in at least one map tile to build a mesh for a particular layer of the particular map view. The mapping application includes a mesh aggregation module for combining layers from several mesh builders into a renderable tile for the particular map view. The mapping application includes a rendering engine for rendering the particular map view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Patrick S. Piemonte, Christopher D. Moore, Aroon Pahwa, James A. Howard