Patents by Inventor Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer

Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer 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: 8624933
    Abstract: A method for scrolling a multi-section document is disclosed, including displaying on a display an electronic document that includes a plurality of document sections separated by respective logical structure boundaries; detecting a gesture on a touch-sensitive surface, the gesture having an initial velocity that exceeds a predefined speed threshold such that the gesture will scroll the electronic document more than one document section; initiating scrolling of the electronic document on the display at the initial velocity in accordance with an initial scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function; while scrolling the electronic document, adjusting the scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function so that when the scrolling speed becomes zero, a first logical structure boundary in the electronic document is displayed at a predefined location on the display; and, scrolling the electronic document in accordance with the adjusted scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Robert Marr, Akiva Leffert, Peter William Rapp, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer, Jay Christopher Capela
  • Patent number: 8621375
    Abstract: Associating an object with a relevant data source is disclosed. In some embodiments, an object pasted into a destination document is associated with a data source included in the destination document. In various embodiments, the data source associated with the object may comprise a data source concurrently pasted with the object into the destination document, a data source already existing in the destination document prior to the object being pasted into the destination document, or a data source generated in the destination document using data extracted from the pasted object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Glen Berger, Peter William Rapp, Michael Duncan Trent, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer
  • Patent number: 8619100
    Abstract: Methods for touch-based gestural command input on a device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes displaying an electronic canvas including an object at a first magnification level; simultaneously detecting a first and a second contact on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein at least one of the first contact and the second contact on the touch-sensitive surface is at a location that corresponds to a location on the display that is away from the object; detecting a gesture made with the first and second contacts; when a velocity of the gesture is less than a predefined gesture velocity threshold, scaling the electronic canvas in accordance with the gesture; and, when the velocity of the gesture is greater than the predefined gesture velocity threshold transitioning the electronic canvas from the first magnification level to a second, predefined magnification level in response to the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Christopher Capela, Akiva Dov Leffert, Jason Robert Marr, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer, Peter William Rapp
  • Patent number: 8612884
    Abstract: A method for resizing a currently selected user interface object includes simultaneously displaying on a touch-sensitive display the currently selected user interface object having a center, and a plurality of resizing handles for the currently selected user interface object. The method also includes detecting a first contact on a first resizing handle in the plurality of resizing handles, and detecting movement of the first contact across the touch-sensitive display. The method further includes, in response to detecting movement of the first contact, when a second contact is detected on the touch-sensitive display while detecting movement of the first contact, resizing the currently selected user interface object about the center of the currently selected user interface object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Christopher Capela, Charles J. Migos, William John Thimbleby, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer
  • Patent number: 8601361
    Abstract: Automatically populating and/or generating tables using data extracted from files is disclosed. In some embodiments, in response to receiving an indication that at least a portion of a data object is desired to be included in a table, a set of one or more data values associated with the data object is selected for inclusion in the table and automatically included as an entry corresponding to the data object in the table. In various embodiments, the table may comprise an existing table and/or a newly generated table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Glen Berger, Jay Christopher Capela, Yaniv Gur, Roger Rock Rosner, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer
  • Patent number: 8539386
    Abstract: A method performed at a computing device with a touch-sensitive display includes: displaying a plurality of user interface objects on the display, including a currently selected first user interface object; detecting a first contact on the first user interface object; detecting movement of the first contact across the display; moving the first user interface object in accordance with the movement of the first contact; while detecting movement of the first contact across the display: detecting a first finger gesture on a second user interface object; and, in response: selecting the second user interface object; moving the second user interface object in accordance with movement of the first contact subsequent to detecting the first finger gesture; and continuing to move the first user interface object in accordance with the movement of the first contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Christopher Capela, Charles J. Migos, William John Thimbleby, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer
  • Patent number: 8539385
    Abstract: A method includes, at a computing device with a touch-sensitive display: displaying a user interface object on the touch-sensitive display; detecting a contact on the user interface object; while continuing to detect the contact on the user interface object: detecting an M-finger gesture, distinct from the contact, in a first direction on the touch-sensitive display, where M is an integer; and, in response to detecting the M-finger gesture, translating the user interface object a predefined number of pixels in a direction in accordance with the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Christopher Capela, Charles J. Migos, William John Thimbleby, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer
  • Patent number: 8438500
    Abstract: A computing device with a display simultaneously displays a plurality of user interface objects, a currently selected user interface object, and a plurality of resizing handles for the currently selected user interface object. Each respective resizing handle has a corresponding handle activation region with a default position relative to the respective resizing handle, a default size, and a default shape. The device detects a first input on a first handle activation region for a first resizing handle in the plurality of resizing handles. In response to detecting the first input, the device: resizes the currently selected user interface object, and for at least one resizing handle in the plurality of resizing handles, modifies a corresponding handle activation region by changing the position of the handle activation region relative to the resizing handle from the default position to a modified position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter William Rapp, Akiva Dov Leffert, Jason Robert Marr, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer, Jay Christopher Capela
  • Publication number: 20130099022
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes irrigation control software for a computer that interacts with the features of a plurality of advanced sprinklers, environmental sensors, and other available data. The irrigation control software provides a graphical user interface to create a more efficient irrigation scheduling control interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Doug Palmer, Dana R. Lonn, Paul Standerfer, David Stucke, James T. Wright, III, Russ Huffman, Steve M. Calde, Nathan J. Fortin, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer
  • Patent number: 8421762
    Abstract: A computing device with a display simultaneously displays a plurality of user-repositionable user interface objects with one or more activation regions. The device receives a first input from the user. Based at least in part on the first input, the device determines a first plurality of candidate actions for manipulating a user interface object. The device performs a first candidate action of the first plurality of candidate actions as determined in accordance with the first ordering. After performing the first candidate action, the device undoes the first candidate action, receives a third input that is a repetition of the first input, and determines a second plurality of candidate. The second plurality of candidate actions is ordered such that second candidate action in the second plurality of candidate actions has a higher position than the first candidate action in the second ordering. The device performs the second candidate action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter William Rapp, Akiva Dov Leffert, Jason Robert Marr, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer, Jay Christopher Capela
  • Patent number: 8416205
    Abstract: A computing device with a touch screen display simultaneously displays on the touch screen display a plurality of user interface objects displayed at a first magnification level in a display area. The device detects a first contact on a first handle activation region for a first handle of a user interface object. In response to continuing to detect the first contact at for a predefined amount of time, the device zooms the display area to a second magnification level. While the display area is at the second magnification level, the device: detects a movement of the first contact across the touch screen display; moves the first handle in accordance with the detected movement of the first contact; and detects liftoff of the first contact. In response to detecting liftoff of the first contact, the device zooms the display area to the first magnification level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter William Rapp, Akiva Dov Leffert, Jason Robert Marr, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer, Jay Christopher Capela
  • Publication number: 20120306779
    Abstract: An electronic device displays at least a portion of an electronic document with a predefined page layout at a first magnification level on a display; detects a first input indicating a first insertion point in the document, where the first insertion point is proximate to a first portion of text in the document; and in response to detecting the first input: selects a second magnification level different from the first magnification level, where the second magnification level is selected so as to display the first portion of text at a target text display size, and, while maintaining the predefined page layout of the document, displays, at the second magnification level, a portion of the document that includes the first portion of text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer, Martin J. Murrett, Matthew Todd Schomer, Kevin Raemon Glyn Smyth, Ian Joseph Elseth
  • Publication number: 20120311422
    Abstract: An electronic device displays at least a portion of an electronic document with a predefined page layout at a first magnification level on a display; detects a first input indicating a first insertion point in the document, where the first insertion point is proximate to a first portion of text in the document; and in response to detecting the first input: selects a second magnification level different from the first magnification level, where the second magnification level is selected so as to display the first portion of text at a target text display size, and, while maintaining the predefined page layout of the document, displays, at the second magnification level, a portion of the document that includes the first portion of text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer, Martin J. Murrett, Matthew Todd Schomer, Kevin Raemon Glyn Smyth, Ian Joseph Elseth
  • Publication number: 20120311435
    Abstract: An electronic device displays at least a portion of an electronic document with a predefined page layout at a first magnification level on a display; detects a first input indicating a first insertion point in the document, where the first insertion point is proximate to a first portion of text in the document; and in response to detecting the first input: selects a second magnification level different from the first magnification level, where the second magnification level is selected so as to display the first portion of text at a target text display size, and, while maintaining the predefined page layout of the document, displays, at the second magnification level, a portion of the document that includes the first portion of text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer, Martin J. Murrett, Matthew Todd Schomer, Kevin Raemon Glyn Smyth, Ian Joseph Elseth
  • Publication number: 20120311507
    Abstract: An electronic device displays text of an electronic document on a display; displays an insertion marker at a first position in the text of the electronic document; detects a first horizontal gesture on a touch-sensitive surface; in response to a determination that the first horizontal gesture satisfies a first set of one or more predefined conditions: translates the electronic document on the display in accordance with a direction of the first horizontal gesture, and maintains the insertion marker at the first position in the text; and, in response to a determination that the first horizontal gesture satisfies a second set of one or more predefined conditions, moves the insertion marker by one character in the text from the first position to a second position in the text in accordance with the direction of the first horizontal gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Martin J. Murrett, Matthew Todd Schomer, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer, James Vernon Van Boxtel
  • Publication number: 20120311437
    Abstract: An electronic device displays at least a portion of an electronic document with a predefined page layout at a first magnification level on a display; detects a first input indicating a first insertion point in the document, where the first insertion point is proximate to a first portion of text in the document; and in response to detecting the first input: selects a second magnification level different from the first magnification level, where the second magnification level is selected so as to display the first portion of text at a target text display size, and, while maintaining the predefined page layout of the document, displays, at the second magnification level, a portion of the document that includes the first portion of text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer, Martin J. Murrett, Matthew Todd Schomer, Kevin Raemon Glyn Smyth, Ian Joseph Elseth
  • Publication number: 20120306778
    Abstract: An electronic device displays at least a portion of an electronic document with a predefined page layout at a first magnification level on a display; detects a first input indicating a first insertion point in the document, where the first insertion point is proximate to a first portion of text in the document; and in response to detecting the first input: selects a second magnification level different from the first magnification level, where the second magnification level is selected so as to display the first portion of text at a target text display size, and, while maintaining the predefined page layout of the document, displays, at the second magnification level, a portion of the document that includes the first portion of text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer, Martin J. Murrett, Matthew Todd Schomer, Kevin Raemon Glyn Smyth, Ian Joseph Elseth
  • Patent number: 8209630
    Abstract: Aspect ratio locking alignment guides for gestures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a gesture is detected to resize a user interface element, and in response, a first alignment guide is visibly displayed, wherein the first alignment guide includes positions representing different sizes the user interface element can be resized to while maintaining the initial aspect ratio of the user interface element. While the user interface element is resized in accordance with the user gesture, and while the first alignment guide is visibly displayed: when the user gesture is substantially aligned with the first alignment guide, visible display of the first alignment guide is maintained; and when the user gesture substantially deviates from the first alignment guide, visible display of the first alignment guide is terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Will John Thimbleby, Jay Christopher Capela, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer
  • Patent number: 8112701
    Abstract: Reference adding behavior in a formula editing mode is disclosed. In some embodiments, in response to receiving an indication of a selection of a cell, a reference to the selected cell is inserted into a formula being entered into a host cell if the host cell is not a header cell, and a reference to a row or column with which the selected cell is associated is inserted into a formula being entered into a host cell if the host cell is a header cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yaniv Gur, Jay Christopher Capela, Peter William Rapp, Roger Rock Rosner, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer
  • Publication number: 20120030569
    Abstract: At a multifunction device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface, a plurality of objects are displayed on the display. The plurality of objects have a first layer order. A first contact is detected at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location of a respective object of the plurality of objects. While detecting the first contact, a gesture that includes a second contact is detected on the touch-sensitive surface. In response to detecting the gesture, the plurality of objects are reordered in accordance with the gesture to create a second layer order that is different from the first layer order. In some embodiments, the position of the respective object within the first order is different from the position of the respective object within the second order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Charles J. Migos, Jay Christopher Capela, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer, William John Thimbleby, Elizabeth Gloria Guarino Reid