Patents by Inventor Avi E. Cieplinksi

Avi E. Cieplinksi 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: 9323442
    Abstract: User interface changes related to moving items in a user interface are disclosed. An operation (e.g., a drag operation) can be initiated on selected items by moving a cursor or pointing device in the user interface, and an animation can be presented illustrating representations of the selected items moving from their respective original locations toward a current location of the cursor or pointing device and forming a cluster in proximity to the current location of the cursor or pointing device. As the cluster of items is moved over a container object in the user interface, the representations of the items can adopt the appearance style defined by that container object. The representations of the items can also be shown to depart from the cluster and move toward anticipated locations of the items in the container object as a preview of a drop operation into the container object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Raleigh Joseph Ledet, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, B. Michael Victor, Avi E. Cieplinksi, Kristin Forster, Craig Federighi
  • Publication number: 20120084689
    Abstract: User interface changes related to moving items in a user interface are disclosed. An operation (e.g., a drag operation) can be initiated on selected items by moving a cursor or pointing device in the user interface, and an animation can be presented illustrating representations of the selected items moving from their respective original locations toward a current location of the cursor or pointing device and forming a cluster in proximity to the current location of the cursor or pointing device. As the cluster of items is moved over a container object in the user interface, the representations of the items can adopt the appearance style defined by that container object. The representations of the items can also be shown to depart from the cluster and move toward anticipated locations of the items in the container object as a preview of a drop operation into the container object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Raleigh Joseph Ledet, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, B. Michael Victor, Avi E. Cieplinksi, Kristin Forster, Craig Federighi