Patents by Inventor Charles John Pisula

Charles John Pisula 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: 9946583
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing media playback are described. In one embodiment, a third party media request is received from a third party application. A native media request is sent to a native media player in response to the third party media request. The native media request causes the native media player to access content or metadata. Metadata is returned to the third party application if the third party media request requested data. The native media player performs a content operation on the content if the third party media request requested a content operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lucas Christopher Newman, Charles John Pisula
  • Publication number: 20150348585
    Abstract: Instructions stored in a tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium executable by a computing device to record audio. The instructions include instructions to, when a first record command to record a first piece of audio is detected, generate an original audio composition, which includes a first audio file reference to a first audio file that stores a digital representation of the first piece of audio, a first waveform file reference to a first waveform file that stores a digital representation of intensity of the first piece of audio, and a first metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Charles John Pisula, Charles Magahern, Jonathan Robert Dascola, Edward Thomas Schmidt, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill
  • Patent number: 8234558
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for adaptive presentation of graphical representations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. E. Swift, Alex Kan, Sean Gies, Charles John Pisula, Sean B. Kelly
  • Publication number: 20100235741
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing media playback are described. In one embodiment, a third party media request is received from a third party application. A native media request is sent to a native media player in response to the third party media request. The native media request causes the native media player to access content or metadata. Metadata is returned to the third party application if the third party media request requested data. The native media player performs a content operation on the content if the third party media request requested a content operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Lucas Christopher Newman, Charles John Pisula
  • Publication number: 20090276730
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to providing third party applications a standardized framework for presenting user interface elements for its content. In particular, embodiments may provide application programming interfaces (APIs) to user interface views and user interface control elements. In some embodiments, the APIs may provide user interface views and control elements that can be arranged in a stack, which can allow for efficient transition and navigation between the various views of the third party applications as well as other applications on a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: ALEXANDRE AYBES, Evan Doll, Sean Kelly, Virgil King, Paul Marcos, Greg Novick, Charles John Pisula
  • Publication number: 20090228906
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to providing third party applications a standardized framework for integrating multimedia content. In particular, in some embodiments application programming interfaces (APIs) are provided that allow the third party application to easily integrate multimedia content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Sean Kelly, Lucas C. Newman, Charles John Pisula
  • Publication number: 20090006978
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for adaptive presentation of graphical representations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: MICHAEL J. E. SWIFT, Alex Kan, Sean Gies, Charles John Pisula, Sean B. Kelly