Patents by Inventor Christopher Patrick FOSS
Christopher Patrick 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).
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Publication number: 20250147608Abstract: Button functionalities for user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. Exemplary button functionalities are described for an electronic device with a display, a rotatable and depressible input mechanism, and/or a button. Different device features may be accessed, depending on whether the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button is activated, and further depending on whether the activation represents a single press, a double press, or an extended press on the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Christopher Patrick FOSS, Anton M. DAVYDOV, Dylan Ross EDWARDS, Imran CHAUDHRI, Alan C. DYE, Jonathan P. IVE, Stephen O. LEMAY, Kevin M. LYNCH, Lawrence Y. YANG, Dennis S. Park
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Patent number: 12293741Abstract: An electronic device having a display and a physical input mechanism detects a request to display a flashlight user interface. In response to detecting the request, the device displays the flashlight user interface. While displaying the flashlight user interface, the electronic device detects an interaction with the physical input mechanism. In response to detecting the interaction, the electronic device changes a property of the illumination source that is used as the flashlight.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2024Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Marco Triverio, Gary Ian Butcher, Kevin Will Chen, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Christopher Patrick Foss
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Patent number: 12287962Abstract: User interface navigation on a personal electronics device based on movements of a crown is disclosed. The device can select an appropriate level of information arranged along a z-axis for display based on crown movement. The navigation can be based on an angular velocity of the crown.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Zambetti, Imran Chaudhri, Jonathan R. Dascola, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Aurelio Guzman, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Duncan Robert Kerr, Stephen O. Lemay, Natalia Maric, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang, Gary Ian Butcher, Anton M. Davydov, Dylan Ross Edwards, Jonathan P. Ive, Zachery Kennedy, Nicholas V. King, Daniel Trent Preston
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Publication number: 20250130692Abstract: Techniques and user interfaces for accessing, navigating, and displaying photos on an electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Jonathan R. DASCOLA, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Lawrence Y. YANG, Alan C. DYE, David Chance GRAHAM, Jonathan P. IVE, Kevin LYNCH
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Publication number: 20250117110Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to playing and managing audio items. In some examples, an electronic device provides intuitive user interfaces for playing and managing audio items on the device. In some examples, an electronic device provides seamless transitioning from navigating a stack of items corresponding to groups of audio items to navigating a list of menus. In some examples, an electronic device provides for quick and easy access between different applications that are active on the device. In some examples, an electronic device enables automatic transmission of data associated with audio items to be stored locally on a linked external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Inventors: Taylor G. CARRIGAN, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Stephen O. LEMAY
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Patent number: 12265364Abstract: An electronic device, with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, one or more processors and memory, displays a first representation of a first controllable external device, where the first controllable external device is situated at a location. The device detects a first user input corresponding to a selection of the first representation of the first controllable external device. The device, after detecting the first user input, adds data identifying the first controllable external device and a first state of the first controllable external device in a scene profile.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Patrick L. Coffman, Arian Behzadi, Christopher Patrick Foss, Cyrus Daniel Irani, Ieyuki Kawashima, Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher D. Soli, Christopher Wilson
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Patent number: 12262089Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces related to sources of video data. User interfaces enables users to configure and interact with the sources of video data, such as for displaying a live video feed and a recorded video from an external source of video data. In some embodiments, a device provides user interfaces for displaying video from a video source and controlling external devices related to the source.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan, Patrick L. Coffman, Christopher Patrick Foss
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Patent number: 12256128Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces related to sources of video data. User interfaces enables users to configure and interact with the sources of video data, such as for displaying a live video feed and a recorded video from an external source of video data. In some embodiments, a device provides user interfaces for displaying video from a video source and controlling external devices related to the source.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2024Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan, Patrick L. Coffman, Christopher Patrick Foss
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Patent number: 12242707Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to selecting and opening applications. An electronic device includes a display and a rotatable input mechanism rotatable around a rotation axis substantially perpendicular to a normal axis that is normal to a face of the display. The device detects a user input, and in response to detecting the user input, displays a first subset of application views of a set of application views. The first subset of application views is displayed along a first dimension of the display substantially perpendicular to both the rotation axis and the normal axis. The device detects a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism, and in response to detecting the rotation, displays a second subset of application views of the set of application views. Displaying the second subset of application views includes moving the set of application views on the display along the first dimension of the display.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Sundstrom, Taylor G. Carrigan, Christopher Patrick Foss, Ieyuki Kawashima, Stephen O. Lemay, Marco Triverio
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Patent number: 12229396Abstract: Reduced-size user interfaces for providing weather information are disclosed. At an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, indications of a location and a temperature at the location may be displayed. In some examples, a user may provide input through a touch on the touch-sensitive display and/or through a rotation of a rotatable input mechanism to display additional weather information, such as weather information for another location, another temperature, another time, and so forth. In some examples, the device may obtain data representing an upcoming activity, determine whether the activity is to begin within a threshold amount of time, and display weather information based on the upcoming activity. In some examples, the device may display an affordance at a position to indicate the time of day for which a weather condition is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2024Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Y. Yang, Wan Si Wan, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Kevin Lynch, Brian Schmitt, Christopher Wilson
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Patent number: 12197659Abstract: Button functionalities for user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. Exemplary button functionalities are described for an electronic device with a display, a rotatable and depressible input mechanism, and/or a button. Different device features may be accessed, depending on whether the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button is activated, and further depending on whether the activation represents a single press, a double press, or an extended press on the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2024Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher Patrick Foss, Anton M. Davydov, Dylan Ross Edwards, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Stephen O. Lemay, Kevin M. Lynch, Lawrence Y. Yang, Dennis S. Park
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Patent number: 12197699Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to playing and managing audio items. In some examples, an electronic device provides intuitive user interfaces for playing and managing audio items on the device. In some examples, an electronic device provides seamless transitioning from navigating a stack of items corresponding to groups of audio items to navigating a list of menus. In some examples, an electronic device provides for quick and easy access between different applications that are active on the device. In some examples, an electronic device enables automatic transmission of data associated with audio items to be stored locally on a linked external device.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan, Christopher Patrick Foss, Stephen O. Lemay
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Patent number: 12200161Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays an incoming call user interface in response to receiving an indication of an incoming call. In some embodiments, the incoming call user interface is displayed overlaid on a respective user interface that is optionally associated with an application other than the application associated with the incoming call.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jae Woo Chang, Nathan De Vries, Marcel Van Os, Christopher Patrick Foss, Heena Ko, Patrick L. Coffman, Robert Garcia, III
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Patent number: 12169395Abstract: An electronic device, with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, one or more processors and memory, displays a first representation of a first controllable external device, where the first controllable external device is situated at a location. The device detects a first user input corresponding to a selection of the first representation of the first controllable external device. The device, after detecting the first user input, adds data identifying the first controllable external device and a first state of the first controllable external device in a scene profile.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Patrick L. Coffman, Arian Behzadi, Christopher Patrick Foss, Cyrus Daniel Irani, Ieyuki Kawashima, Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher D. Soli, Christopher Wilson
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Publication number: 20240406632Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device configured to control an external thermostat device. The electronic device displays a temperature mode creation user interface including a first set of controls for creating a temperature mode for the external thermostat device. While displaying the temperature mode creation user interface, the electronic device detects a first set of one or more inputs, and in response, selects a temperature range that includes a minimum temperature and a maximum temperature, and associates the temperature range with a first temperature mode. After associating the temperature range with the first temperature mode, the electronic device displays a temperature scheduling user interface including a second set of controls for creating a scheduled operation of the external thermostat device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Taylor G. CARRIGAN, Patrick L. COFFMAN, Elizabeth C. CRANFILL, Christopher Patrick FOSS
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Publication number: 20240385741Abstract: The present disclosure relates to manipulating a user interface on a wearable electronic device using a mechanical crown. In some examples, the user interface can be scrolled or scaled in response to a rotation of the crown. The direction of the scrolling or scaling and the amount of scrolling or scaling can depend on the direction and amount of rotation of the crown, respectively. In some examples, the amount of scrolling or scaling can be proportional to the change in rotation angle of the crown. In other examples, a speed of scrolling or a speed of scaling can depend on a speed of angular rotation of the crown. In these examples, a greater speed of rotation can cause a greater speed of scrolling or scaling to be performed on the displayed view.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Inventors: Nicholas ZAMBETTI, Imran CHAUDHRI, Jonathan R. DASCOLA, Alan C. DYE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Aurelio GUZMAN, Chanaka G. KARUNAMUNI, Duncan Robert KERR, Stephen O. LEMAY, Christopher WILSON, Eric Lance WILSON, Lawrence Y. YANG, Gary Ian BUTCHER, Jonathan P. IVE, Kevin LYNCH
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Patent number: 12147648Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents an option that is selectable to share content with a second electronic device towards which the first electronic device is oriented. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents an indication to change the orientation of the electronic device when the orientation of the electronic device is outside of a range of orientations in which circuitry that identifies another electronic device with which to share content is able to function with desired reliability. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a sharing user interface within an action user interface of an application. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents one or more options for changing one or more settings associated with an item of content before sharing the content.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Arian Behzadi, Christopher Patrick Foss, Corey Keiko Wang, Marcel Van Os, Marco Triverio, Nicole R. Ryan
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Publication number: 20240364806Abstract: Techniques for displaying relevant user interface objects when a device is placed into viewing position are disclosed. In one example, the device displays a user interface including a plurality of application icons. While displaying the user interface including the plurality of application icons, the device detects rotation of a rotatable input mechanism and in response, replaces display of the user interface including the plurality of application icons with a representation of a physical location.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Gary Ian BUTCHER, Imran CHAUDHRI, Jonathan R. DASCOLA, Alan C. DYE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Daniel C. GROSS, Chanaka G. KARUNAMUNI, Stephen O. LEMAY, Natalia MARIC, Christopher WILSON, Lawrence Y. YANG
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Patent number: 12118181Abstract: Techniques and user interfaces for accessing, navigating, and displaying photos on an electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jonathan R. Dascola, Christopher Patrick Foss, Lawrence Y. Yang, Alan C. Dye, David Chance Graham, Jonathan P. Ive, Kevin Lynch
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Patent number: 12114142Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for configuring an electronic device to control a first controllable external device. The process includes receiving information corresponding to the first controllable external device, and determining, based on the received information, whether the first controllable external device is associated with a plurality of controllable functions associated with a plurality of subcomponents of the first controllable external device.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan, Patrick L Coffman, Christopher Patrick Foss, Tiffany S. Jon, Andrew S. Kim, Lauren K. Trottier