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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Patent number: 12676927Abstract: An electronic device having a user interface for accessing phone features. The user interface accounts for whether the electronic device is connected to a companion cellular phone. The user interface accounts for a headset is available for use to carry on a call. The user interface permits transition between using one or more of cellular phone, headset, and/or the electronic device to be used for carrying on incoming or outgoing calls.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2023Date of Patent: July 7, 2026Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Y. Yang, Imran Chaudhri, Anton M. Davydov, Alan C. Dye, Dylan Ross Edwards, Christopher Patrick Foss, Jonathan P. Ive, Zachery Kennedy, Stephen O. Lemay
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Patent number: 12675206Abstract: An electronic device with a touch-sensitive display can obtain a plurality of alerts associated with dates and times. The device can detect a user input, and in response to the input display a notification interface. The notification interface can include a future notification representing a future alert with a date and time after the current date and time, and a past notification representing a past alert with a date and time before the current date and time. The future and past notifications can be separated by a graphical separator that has an indication of the current time. The future and past alerts correspond to different installed applications.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 7, 2026Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jonathan R. Dascola, Lawrence Y. Yang, Christopher Patrick Foss, Gary Ian Butcher, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Craig M. Federighi, Jonathan P. Ive, Stephen O. Lemay, Kevin Lynch, Natalia Maric, Curtis A. Rothert, Wan Si Wan, Jeff Williams, Christopher Wilson
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Patent number: 12591329Abstract: One or more alerts are received at the electronic device. In some embodiments, the device determines how notifications corresponding to the alerts should be output to the user at the device. In some embodiments, the device determines whether to output respective content corresponding to the alert based on one or more criteria. For example, if a request is detected within a time threshold, the device outputs the respective content; if the request is detected after an amount of time greater than the time threshold has elapsed, the device forgoes outputting the respective content.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2024Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Y. Yang, Stephen O. Lemay, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Jonathan R. Dascola, Imran Chaudhri, Gary Ian Butcher, David Chance Graham, Jonathan P. Ive, Kevin Lynch, Natalia Maric
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Publication number: 20260064245Abstract: Context-specific user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, provide, inter alia, indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. A user interface screen including a current time indicator and a first platter is displayed. The first platter is at a first position, is associated with a first application, and displays a first set of information obtained from the first application. The first set of information relates to a first temporal context of the current day. In response to detecting a user input, the first platter is displayed at a second position and a second platter is displayed at the first position. The second platter is associated with a second application and displays a second set of information obtained from the second application. The second set of information relates to a second temporal context of the current day.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2025Publication date: March 5, 2026Inventors: Heena KO, Giovanni M. AGNOLI, Kevin Will CHEN, Joshua R. FORD, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Aurelio GUZMAN, Stephen O. LEMAY, Matthew J. SUNDSTROM, Joshua WEINBERG, Christopher WILSON
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Patent number: 12554382Abstract: Target electronic devices can be remotely controlled using a personal electronic device are disclosed. The personal electronic device can identify target devices that are responsive to remote control. The personal electronic device displays graphical user interface objects that, when selected, cause the personal electronic device to instruct the target electronic device to perform an operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2024Date of Patent: February 17, 2026Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Stephen O. Lemay, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Lawrence Y. Yang, David Chance Graham, Jonathan P. Ive
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Patent number: 12549661Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device operates in a streaming mode to automatically stream content from the electronic device to a playback destination. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents selectable options to control playback of content on a streaming destination while the electronic device streams content to the streaming destination. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents visual indications that the electronic device is operating in a streaming mode to stream content to a playback destination. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a user interface for controlling electronic devices that automatically reconfigures to support different user inputs and issues different commands based on the type of electronic device being controlled.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2023Date of Patent: February 10, 2026Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan, Patrick L. Coffman, Christopher Patrick Foss, Eliza J. Von Hagen, Policarpo B. Wood
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Patent number: 12481420Abstract: The present disclosure relates to user interfaces for manipulating user interface objects. A device, including a display and a rotatable input mechanism, is described in relation to manipulating user interface objects. In some examples, the manipulation of the object is a scroll, zoom, or rotate of the object. In other examples, objects are selected in accordance with simulated magnetic properties.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2023Date of Patent: November 25, 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, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang, Gary Ian Butcher, Nathan De Vries, Jonathan P. Ive
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Publication number: 20250343854Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to viewing and updating application views. A device receives a user input, the input, when received initiating display of a plurality of application views of a set of application views. The device, in response to receiving the user input, displays the plurality of application views of the set of application views, wherein the set of application views includes preselected application views and an adaptive view that corresponds to a most recently opened application that is not one of the preselected application views.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2025Publication date: November 6, 2025Inventors: Nathan DE VRIES, Lee S. BROUGHTON, Kevin Will CHEN, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Stephen O. LEMAY, Christopher WILSON, Eric Lance WILSON, Giancarlo YERKES
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Patent number: 12461642Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for enabling an activity using a computer system. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for invoking an activity associated with an application are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for customizing displayed content based on circumstances under which the content was invoked are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing applications that were used to enable activities are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing settings for applications used to enable activities are described.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2023Date of Patent: November 4, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yongjun Zhang, Reza Abbasian, Darin Adler, Patrick L. Coffman, Nicholas Stephen Doherty, Steven Falkenburg, Craig M. Federighi, Kenneth Arthur Abraham Ferry, Christopher Patrick Foss, Brian Erik Goldberg, Heena Ko, Grant Paul, Grant C. Ritchie, Caelan G. Stack, Charles H. Ying, Xiaoyue Zhang
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Publication number: 20250315796Abstract: Techniques for a displaying user interfaces screens of a calendar application include displaying different screens based on an input modality. The calendar application may respond differently to inputs from a touch-sensitive screen, inputs from a rotatable input mechanism, inputs having higher intensities, inputs having lower intensities, and so forth.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2025Publication date: October 9, 2025Inventors: Imran CHAUDHRI, Alan C. DYE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Jonathan P. IVE, Stephen O. LEMAY, Britt K. NELSON, Dennis S. PARK, Christopher WILSON, Eric Lance WILSON, Lawrence Y. YANG
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Patent number: 12361388Abstract: Techniques for a displaying user interfaces screens of a calendar application include displaying different screens based on an input modality. The calendar application may respond differently to inputs from a touch-sensitive screen, inputs from a rotatable input mechanism, inputs having higher intensities, inputs having lower intensities, and so forth.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2025Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Jonathan P. Ive, Stephen O. Lemay, Britt K. Nelson, Dennis S. Park, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang
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Patent number: 12363219Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to viewing and updating application views. A device receives a user input, the input, when received initiating display of a plurality of application views of a set of application views. The device, in response to receiving the user input, displays the plurality of application views of the set of application views, wherein the set of application views includes preselected application views and an adaptive view that corresponds to a most recently opened application that is not one of the preselected application views.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2024Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nathan De Vries, Lee S. Broughton, Kevin Will Chen, Christopher Patrick Foss, Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Giancarlo Yerkes
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Publication number: 20250224852Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2024Publication date: July 10, 2025Inventors: Arian BEHZADI, Marco TRIVERIO, Nicole R. RYAN, Marcel VAN OS, Corey Keiko WANG, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Adam MEYER, Nicholas V. KING, Peter TSOI
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Patent number: 12333124Abstract: The present disclosure relates to music user interfaces. A device, comprising a display and a rotatable input mechanism, one or more processors, memory, and one or more programs, is described. In response to receiving the first user input, the one or more programs may include instructions for ceasing display of an audio playback user interface and displaying a first user interface of a first set of user interfaces. While displaying the user interface of the first user interfaces, the one or more programs may include instructions for: receiving a second user input representing a directional swipe in a second direction and, in response to receiving the second user input, ceasing display of the first user interface of a first set of user interfaces and displaying the audio playback user interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2024Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Y. Yang, Anton M. Davydov, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, David Chance Graham, Jonathan P. Ive, Stephen O. Lemay
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Publication number: 20250168270Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device operates in a streaming mode to automatically stream content from the electronic device to a playback destination. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents selectable options to control playback of content on a streaming destination while the electronic device streams content to the streaming destination. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents visual indications that the electronic device is operating in a streaming mode to stream content to a playback destination. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a user interface for controlling electronic devices that automatically reconfigures to support different user inputs and issues different commands based on the type of electronic device being controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2025Publication date: May 22, 2025Inventors: Taylor G. CARRIGAN, Patrick L. COFFMAN, Christopher Patrick FOSS
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Publication number: 20250168456Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces related to sources of video data. User interfaces enable 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: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2025Publication date: May 22, 2025Inventors: Taylor G. CARRIGAN, Patrick L. COFFMAN, Christopher Patrick FOSS
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Publication number: 20250165930Abstract: Techniques for a displaying user interfaces screens of a calendar application include displaying different screens based on an input modality. The calendar application may respond differently to inputs from a touch-sensitive screen, inputs from a rotatable input mechanism, inputs having higher intensities, inputs having lower intensities, and so forth.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2025Publication date: May 22, 2025Inventors: Imran CHAUDHRI, Alan C. DYE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Jonathan P. IVE, Stephen O. LEMAY, Britt K. NELSON, Dennis S. PARK, Christopher WILSON, Eric Lance WILSON, Lawrence Y. YANG
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Publication number: 20250165124Abstract: An electronic device displays a menu of applications in a first arrangement style. In response to detecting user input corresponding to the menu of applications, the electronic device displays an option to change an arrangement style of the menu of applications in accordance with a determination that the user input satisfies a set of one or more criteria. In response to detecting user input corresponding to selection of the option to change the arrangement style of the menu of applications, the electronic device displays the menu of applications in a second arrangement style that is different from the first arrangement style.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2025Publication date: May 22, 2025Inventors: Matthew J. SUNDSTROM, Taylor G. CARRIGAN, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Ieyuki KAWASHIMA, Stephen O. LEMAY, Marco TRIVERIO
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Publication number: 20250164951Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2025Publication date: May 22, 2025Inventors: 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: 20250156059Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2025Publication date: May 15, 2025Inventors: 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