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).

  • Publication number: 20200326834
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to interacting with user interface objects in a user interface. An input is detected directed to the user interface object that includes a respective amount of movement in a first direction. In response to detecting the input, if the user interface object includes user-specified content, then the user interface object is moved a first distance selected based on the respective amount of movement of the input in the first direction. If the user interface object does not include user-specified content, then the user interface object is moved a second distance selected based on the respective amount of movement of the input in the first direction, wherein the second distance is larger than the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Cas LEMMENS, Christian DALONZO, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Pani PAGE, Eric Lance WILSON
  • Publication number: 20200322479
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Nathan DE VRIES, Lee S. BROUGHTON, Kevin Will CHEN, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Stephen O. LEMAY, Christopher WILSON, Eric Lance WILSON, Giancarlo YERKES
  • Patent number: 10771606
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20200279539
    Abstract: An electronic device having a touch-screen display detects a first input on the display while displaying a first user interface on the display. In response to detecting the first input on the display, the device enters a flashlight mode. Entering the flashlight mode includes replacing the first user interface with a first flashlight user interface. The first flashlight user interface has a first total lumen output and a first luminance that is substantially uniform over the display. The device determines whether brightness change criteria are met, and in accordance with a determination that the brightness change criteria are met, displays a second flashlight user interface having a second total lumen output greater than the first total lumen output and a second luminance that is substantially uniform over the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Marco TRIVERIO, Gary Ian BUTCHER, Kevin Will CHEN, Matthew J. SUNDSTROM, Christopher Patrick FOSS
  • Publication number: 20200272293
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Nicholas ZAMBETTI, Gary Ian BUTCHER, Imran CHAUDHRI, Jonathan R. DASCOLA, Anton M. DAVYDOV, Alan C. DYE, Dylan Ross EDWARDS, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Aurelio GUZMAN, Jonathan P. IVE, Chanaka G. KARUNAMUNI, Zachery KENNEDY, Duncan Robert KERR, Nicholas V. KING, Stephen O. LEMAY, Natalia MARIC, Daniel Trent PRESTON, Christopher WILSON, Eric Lance WILSON, Lawrence Y. YANG
  • Publication number: 20200272287
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electronic message user interfaces. A device, including a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and a rotatable input mechanism, is described in relation to accessing, composing, and manipulating electronic messages. In response to detecting the user input activating the electronic conversation object, the device displays, one or more messages in an electronic conversation corresponding to the activated electronic conversation object. While displaying the electronic conversation, user input is received. If the user input is a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism, the device displays, on the display, an affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. YANG, Stephen O. LEMAY, Alan C. DYE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Christopher WILSON, Imran CHAUDHRI, Gary Ian BUTCHER, Jonathan R. DASCOLA
  • Patent number: 10732791
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20200225841
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick L. COFFMAN, Arian BEHZADI, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Cyrus Daniel IRANI, Ieyuki KAWASHIMA, Stephen O. LEMAY, Christopher D. SOLI, Christopher WILSON
  • Publication number: 20200220914
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Taylor G. CARRIGAN, Patrick L. COFFMAN, Christopher Patrick FOSS
  • Patent number: 10691230
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: 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, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang, Gary Ian Butcher, Jonathan P. Ive, Kevin Lynch
  • Publication number: 20200167047
    Abstract: An electronic is disclosed. The electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and a rotatable input mechanism. The touch-sensitive display includes one or more sensors to detect the intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive display. The electronic device also includes one or more processors, memory, and one or more programs, the one or more programs including instructions for: receiving data representing a plurality of photos; displaying at least a first photo in the plurality of photos; detecting a contact that includes a characteristic intensity on the touch-sensitive display; and in accordance with a determination that the characteristic intensity is above the threshold intensity, displaying a user interface menu including at least one user interface object that represents an option to display the first photo as a background of a user interface that represents a clock face on the touch-sensitive display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan R. DASCOLA, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Lawrence Y, YANG, Alan C. DYE, David Chance GRAHAM, Jonathan P. IVE, Kevin LYNCH
  • Patent number: 10649622
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electronic message user interfaces. A device, including a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and a rotatable input mechanism, is described in relation to accessing, composing, and manipulating electronic messages. In some examples, a user can provide input through the rotatable input mechanism to access a landing screen of an electronic messages application. The landing screen concurrently displays an affordance for accessing an electronic messages inbox and an affordance for accessing an interface for composing electronic message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. Yang, Stephen O. Lemay, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Christopher Wilson, Imran Chaudhri, Gary Ian Butcher, Jonathan R. Dascola
  • Publication number: 20200145361
    Abstract: A technique for electronic message user interfaces. In particular, the technique displays, on a display, an electronic message user interface and receives user input from a touch-sensitive surface, a rotatable input mechanism, and/or peripherals such as a microphone to access, compose, and manipulate electronic messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Alan C. DYE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Imran CHAUDHRI, Jonathan R. DASCOLA, Jonathan P. IVE
  • Patent number: 10635303
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Coffman, Arian Behzadi, Christopher Patrick Foss, Cyrus Daniel Irani, Ieyuki Kawashima, Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher D. Soli, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: 10637986
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20200110522
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    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, Christopher WILSON, Eric Lance WILSON, Lawrence Y. YANG, Gary Ian BUTCHER, Jonathan P. IVE, Kevin LYNCH
  • Patent number: 10613608
    Abstract: A device with a touch-sensitive display and a battery can determine a battery level of the battery, and in accordance with a determination that the battery level is at or below a first threshold value, cause a haptic output and/or enter a low-power mode. While in low-power mode, the device may produce different outputs in response to user inputs than while in a normal power mode. In some embodiments, while in the low-power mode, the device may display only the time and an indication that the device is in a low-power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David Chance Graham, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Jonathan P. Ive, Kevin Lynch, Christopher Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Patent number: 10565960
    Abstract: An electronic device having a touch-screen display detects a first input on the display while displaying a first user interface on the display. In response to detecting the first input on the display, the device enters a flashlight mode. Entering the flashlight mode includes replacing the first user interface with a first flashlight user interface. The first flashlight user interface has a first total lumen output and a first luminance that is substantially uniform over the display. The device determines whether brightness change criteria are met, and in accordance with a determination that the brightness change criteria are met, displays a second flashlight user interface having a second total lumen output greater than the first total lumen output and a second luminance that is substantially uniform over the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marco Triviero, Gary Ian Butcher, Kevin Will Chen, Christopher Patrick Foss, Matthew J. Sundstrom
  • Publication number: 20200050332
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. YANG, Wan Si WAN, Alan C. DYE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Kevin LYNCH, Brian SCHMITT, Christopher WILSON
  • Patent number: 10545657
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: 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