Patents by Inventor Christopher P. FOSS

Christopher P. FOSS 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: 20210286509
    Abstract: A computer system displays a first home screen user interface that includes a first subset of application icons. While displaying the first home screen user interface, in response to detecting a first input that meets second criteria and corresponds to a request to navigate to a second home screen user interface, replacing the first home screen user interface with the second home screen user interface. While displaying the second home screen user interface, in response to detecting second input that meets third criteria: replacing the second home screen user interface with a respective user interface that includes representations of a plurality of automatically-generated groupings of a plurality of applications. Activation of a respective representation of a respective automatically-generated grouping of the plurality of automatically-generated groupings in accordance with the first criteria causes display of a third subset of application icons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: William M. Tyler, Caelan G. Stack, Christopher P. Foss, Christian X. Dalonzo, Craig M. Federighi, Alan C. Dye
  • Patent number: 11112957
    Abstract: An electronic device, while displaying a user interface of a first software application, detects a first input, including a contact that does not satisfy a first threshold and is detected at a location associated with region of the user interface associated with at least a first operation. In response to the first input, if a first tactile output setting is active for the first input, the device performs the first operation without generating a tactile output, and if a second tactile output setting is active for the first input, the device forgoes performing the first operation. In response to a second input that includes a contact that satisfies the first intensity threshold and is detected at a location associated with the region of the user interface, if the second tactile output setting is active for the second input, the device performs the first operation and generates a tactile output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Aram D. Kudurshian, Christopher P. Foss, Gary I. Butcher, Patrick L. Coffman, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Nicole M. Wells, Wayne C. Westerman
  • Patent number: 11070949
    Abstract: Systems and methods for proactively identifying and surfacing relevant content on an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display are disclosed herein. In one aspect, a method includes presenting content in a first application. At least a portion of the content is presented without requiring input from a user. The method further includes receiving a request to open a second application. In response to receiving the request, the second application is presented with an input-receiving field. Before receiving any user input at the input-receiving field, a selectable user interface object is displayed with an indication that the portion of the content was viewed in the first application, allowing the user to paste at least the portion of the content into the input-receiving field. In response to detecting a selection of the selectable user interface object, the portion of the content is pasted into the input-receiving field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel C. Gross, Patrick L. Coffman, Richard R. Dellinger, Christopher P. Foss, Jason J. Gauci, Aria D. Haghighi, Cyrus D. Irani, Bronwyn A. Jones, Gaurav Kapoor, Stephen O. Lemay, Colin C. Morris, Michael R. Siracusa, Lawrence Y. Yang, Brent D. Ramerth, Jerome R. Bellegarda, Jannes G. A. Dolfing, Giulia P. Pagallo, Xin Wang, Jun Hatori, Alexandre R. Moha, Kevin D. Clark, Karl Christian Kohlschuetter, Jesper A. Andersen, Hafid Arras, Alexandre Carlhian, Thomas Deniau, Mathieu J. Martel, Sofiane Toudji
  • Publication number: 20210191612
    Abstract: An electronic device detects a first swipe gesture in a respective direction from a first edge of the touch-sensitive display. In response to detecting the first swipe gesture from the first edge of the touch-sensitive display: in accordance with a determination that a respective portion of the first swipe gesture occurs at a first portion of the first edge of the touch-sensitive display, the device displays a plurality of controls for adjusting settings of the touch-sensitive display; and in accordance with a determination that the respective portion of the first swipe gesture occurs at a second portion of the first edge of the touch-sensitive display, the device displays a plurality of recently received notifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Nathan de Vries, Brandon M. Walkin, Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher P. Foss, Caelan G. Stack, William M. Tyler, Terence L. Magno
  • Patent number: 11036387
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays a first user interface of a first application. The device detects an input a contact on the touch-sensitive surface, movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface, and liftoff of the contact at an end of the movement. In response, the device, in accordance with a determination that the input meets last-application-display criteria, displays a second user interface of a second application that is distinct from the first application; and in accordance with a determination that the input meets home-display criteria, displays a home screen user interface that includes a plurality of application launch icons that correspond to a plurality of applications installed on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Nathan de Vries, Brandon M. Walkin, Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher P. Foss, Caelan G. Stack, Jeffrey T. Bernstein, Julian K. Missig, Linda L. Dong
  • Publication number: 20210109836
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents indications of usage metrics for the device. In some embodiments, an electronic device sets, configures and/or enforces device usage limits. In some embodiments, an electronic device limits access to certain applications during certain periods of time. In some embodiments, an electronic device suppresses auxiliary functions of certain applications when an application usage limit or restriction criteria associated with those applications is reached. In some embodiments, an electronic device manages restriction settings with permission optionally provided by another electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Elizabeth Caroline CRANFILL, Christopher P. FOSS, David C. GRAHAM
  • Patent number: 10963158
    Abstract: A first version of a notification associated with an application is displayed. A first input is detected on the first version of the notification. If the first input meets application-launching criteria which require that the first input has ended without having met a first input threshold, launching of the application is initiated in response to the first input. If the first input meets notification expansion criteria which require that the first input meets the first input threshold before an end of the first input is detected, an expanded version of the notification is displayed in response to the first input. A second input is detected on the expanded version of the notification. If the second input is outside of the expanded version of the notification, the expanded version of the notification is dismissed; and if the second input is on the expanded version of the notification, application launching is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Dascola, Richard R. Dellinger, Christopher P. Foss
  • Publication number: 20210081102
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display device displays a user interface that includes content. The electronic device, while displaying the user interface that includes content, detects a first input. The electronic device, in response to detecting the first input, displays an annotation layer over the displayed content. At least a portion of the content is visible through the annotation layer. The electronic device, while displaying the annotation layer, displays a set of markup tools, including a plurality of tools for adding marks to the annotation layer. The electronic device detects a second input selecting a first markup tool of the set of markup tools. The electronic device adds one or more marks on the annotation layer in accordance with one or more additional inputs using the selected first markup tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: David C. Graham, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Caelan G. Stack, Christopher P. Foss, Freddy A. Anzures
  • Publication number: 20210049321
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at a device with one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a touch-sensitive display. The method includes displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a text region that includes a first portion of text and a second portion of text. The method includes detecting, on the touch-sensitive display, an input within the text region. The method includes, in response to detecting the input within the text region, moving the first portion of text relative to the second portion of text to display a non-text region between the first portion of text and the second portion of text that does not include any text and converting at least a portion of the non-text region into a drawing panel provided to receive drawing input via the touch-sensitive display and display a corresponding graphic in response to receiving the drawing input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher P. Foss, Patrick Lee Coffman, Jason Clay Beaver, Toby Charles Wood Paterson, Alastair Kenneth Fettes
  • Publication number: 20210051226
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display detects a plurality of manual activations of a first mode on the electronic device. The first mode, while active, prevents output of notifications when communications of a first type are received. After detecting the plurality of manual activations of the first mode, the device automatically determines, based on the plurality of manual activations of the first mode, a set of conditions that correspond to manual activations of the first mode and outputs a suggestion for activation of the first mode at the electronic device. After outputting the suggestion, the device receives a response that accepts the suggestion for activation of the first mode. In response to receiving the response that accepts the suggestion, the device changes settings at the device that are associated with the first mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Heena Ko, Jonathan R. Dascola, Christopher P. Foss, Corey K. Wang
  • Patent number: 10904379
    Abstract: While an electronic device with a display is in a reduced notification mode, the device receives one or more communications. After receiving the one or more communications, the device detects an alert condition for the reduced notification mode. In response to detecting the alert condition for the reduced notification mode, the device displays a first user interface that includes a first affordance which, when activated, causes deactivation of the reduced notification mode of the electronic device. In response to detecting a first input that activates the first affordance, the device deactivates the reduced notification mode, and displays a second user interface. The second user interface does not display content from any one of the one or more communications. While the second user interface is displayed, in response to detecting a second input, the device displays notifications that include content for at least some of the one or more communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Heena Ko, Jonathan R. Dascola, Christopher P. Foss, Corey K. Wang
  • Publication number: 20210004148
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at a device with one or more processors, non-transitory memory, a display, and an input device. The method includes displaying, on the display, a playback status indicator regarding playback of a media item. The method includes displaying, on the display, an image associated with the media item. The method includes detecting an input interacting with the image. In response to a first portion of the input, the method includes adjusting the appearance of the image on the display in accordance with the first portion of the input. In response to a second portion of the input, the method includes changing playback of media items on the device in accordance with the input in accordance with the second portion of the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Alan Dye, Christopher P. Foss, Cyrus D. Irani, David Chance Graham, Drew R. Domm, Eric Lance Wilson, Jeffrey L. Robbin, Matthew J. Cielak, Monika Ewa Gromek, Ofer Morag, Prashant Desai, Stephen O. Lemay, Taylor G. Carrigan, William M. Bachman
  • Publication number: 20210006943
    Abstract: Systems and methods for proactively identifying and surfacing relevant content are disclosed herein. An example method includes: detecting, via the touch-sensitive display, a search activation gesture from a user of the electronic device. The method also includes: in response to detecting only the search activation gesture, displaying a search interface on substantially all of the touch-sensitive display, the search interface including: (i) a search entry portion; and (ii) a predictions portion with one or more user interface objects each associated with a respective locally-installed application. Each respective locally-installed application is selected from among a plurality of locally-installed applications for inclusion in the predictions portion based on an application usage history associated with the user of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel C. GROSS, Patrick L. COFFMAN, Richard R. DELLINGER, Christopher P. FOSS, Jason J. GAUCI, Aria D. HAGHIGHI, Cyrus D. IRANI, Bronwyn A. JONES, Gaurav KAPOOR, Stephen O. LEMAY, Colin C. MORRIS, Michael R. SIRACUSA, Lawrence Y. YANG, Brent D. RAMERTH, Jerome R. BELLEGARDA, Jannes G.A. DOLFING, Giulia P. PAGALLO, Xin WANG, Jun HATORI, Alexandre R. MOHA, Kevin D. CLARK, Karl Christian KOHLSCHUETTER, Jesper A. ANDERSEN, Hafid ARRAS, Alexandre CARLHIAN, Thomas DENIAU, Mathieu J. MARTEL, Sofiane TOUDJI
  • Patent number: 10872024
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents indications of usage metrics for the device. In some embodiments, an electronic device sets, configures and/or enforces device usage limits. In some embodiments, an electronic device limits access to certain applications during certain periods of time. In some embodiments, an electronic device suppresses auxiliary functions of certain applications when an application usage limit or restriction criteria associated with those applications is reached. In some embodiments, an electronic device manages restriction settings with permission optionally provided by another electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill, Christopher P. Foss, David C. Graham
  • Patent number: 10860177
    Abstract: An application launching user interface that includes a plurality of application icons for launching corresponding applications is displayed. A first touch input is detected on a first application icon of the plurality of application icons. The first application icon is for launching a first application that is associated with one or more corresponding quick actions. If the first touch input meets one or more application-launch criteria which require that the first touch input has ended without having met a first input threshold, the first application is launched in response to the first touch input. If the first touch input meets one or more quick-action-display criteria which require that the first touch input meets the first input threshold, one or more quick action objects associated with the first application are concurrently displayed along with the first application icon without launching the first application, in response to the first touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Foss, Freddy A. Anzures, Sebastian J. Bauer, Jonathan R. Dascola, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Wan Si Wan, Giancarlo Yerkes, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Camille Moussette, Lauren K. Trottier, Nicholas V. King, Adam J. Leonard, Lawrence Y. Yang, Craig M. Federighi
  • Patent number: 10860788
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at a device with one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a touch-sensitive display. The method includes displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a text region that includes a first portion of text and a second portion of text. The method includes detecting, on the touch-sensitive display, an input within the text region. The method includes, in response to detecting the input within the text region, moving the first portion of text relative to the second portion of text to display a non-text region between the first portion of text and the second portion of text that does not include any text and converting at least a portion of the non-text region into a drawing panel provided to receive drawing input via the touch-sensitive display and display a corresponding graphic in response to receiving the drawing input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Foss, Patrick Lee Coffman, Jason Clay Beaver, Toby Charles Wood Paterson, Alastair Kenneth Fettes
  • Patent number: D907053
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Dascola, Richard R. Dellinger, Alan C. Dye, Christopher P. Foss, Heena Ko, Aled Williams
  • Patent number: D916867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Patrick Lee Coffman, Thalia Echevarria Fiol, Christopher P. Foss, Bon Min, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D916884
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Dascola, Christopher P. Foss, William McMillan Tyler
  • Patent number: D920372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mani Amini, Christian Xavier Dalonzo, Christopher P. Foss, Eric Lance Wilson