Patents by Inventor Christopher Will
Christopher Will 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: 12008230Abstract: The present disclosure generally describe user interfaces related to time. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for displaying and enabling an adjustment of a displayed time zone are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for initiating a measurement of time are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling and displaying a user interface using a character are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling and displaying a user interface that includes an indication of a current time are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling configuration of a background for a user interface are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling configuration of displayed applications on a user interface are described.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Teofila Connor, Aurelio Guzman, Eileen Y. Lee, Christopher Wilson, Alan C. Dye
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Publication number: 20240163365Abstract: 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: January 25, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: 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: 11977411Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to context-specific user interfaces. In some embodiments, methods are provided for displaying a watch user interface including a clock face and a user interface element at least partially surrounding the clock face. In some embodiments, methods are further provided for receiving a request to add a respective complication to a respective location on the clock face and, in response to receiving the request: in accordance with a determination that the respective complication is a first complication, displaying the first complication in the respective location and replacing at least a portion of the user interface element with content associated with the first complication; and in accordance with a determination that the respective complication is a second complication, displaying the second complication in the respective location without replacing the portion of the user interface element with content associated with the second complication.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Taylor G. Carrigan, Alan C. Dye, Nicholas D. Felton, Aled Hywel Williams, Christopher Wilson
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Publication number: 20240118783Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for accessing modes of operation and techniques for providing an alarm interface for electronic devices. In some embodiments, a device detects that a battery is being charged and that the device is oriented in a predefined orientation. In accordance with the detection that the battery is being charged and that the device is oriented in the predefined orientation, the device activates a predefined mode of operation. In some embodiments, a device displays a first user interface object in a first color, and, at a predetermined time, the device displays the first user interface object in a second color and displays an option for dismissing an alarm, wherein the option for dismissing is displayed as a second user interface object located at a portion of a display of the device proximate to a hardware button of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Kevin Will CHEN, Alan C. DYE, Jonathan P. IVE, Christopher WILSON, Lawrence Y. YANG
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Patent number: 11955100Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Marco Triverio, Gary Ian Butcher, Kevin Will Chen, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Christopher Patrick Foss
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Publication number: 20230265015Abstract: The present invention provides fiber cement articles, such as roof tiles having improved impact and hail resistance and methods for making them. The fiber cement articles comprise cement, an optional filler, reinforcing fibers, such as poly(vinyl alcohol) fibers or a mixture of cellulosic and synthetic fibers, one or more core-shell aqueous emulsion polymers having a crosslinked rubbery core with a calculated glass transition temperature (calculated Tg) of from ?20 to ?140° C., and an at least partially grafted acrylic or vinyl shell polymer having a calculated Tg of from 20 to 170° C., and having a Z-average primary particle size of from 55 to 800 nm, or, preferably, from 140 to 650 nm. The solids weight ratio of the crosslinked rubbery core to the shell of the core-shell aqueous emulsion polymer may range from 85:20 to 97:3.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Luz Adriana Gomez Ortiz, Ricardo Hernández Salas, Eduardo Oliveira Cruz, Carlos Alfonso Cruz, Morris Christopher Wills, Charles J. Rand
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Patent number: 11673616Abstract: A vehicle system includes a vehicle, a server configured to store position information, and a skirt coupled to the vehicle. The skirt includes a graphical representation. A global positioning system (GPS) tracking device is coupled to the vehicle and is associated with the graphical representation. The GPS tracking device wirelessly is coupled to the server and includes an electronic processor and a memory. The electronic processor is configured to receive, via a GPS interface, a position of the graphical representation, and transmit, via a transceiver, the position of the graphical representation to the server. The position of the graphical representation is accessible via an application on a mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: InRange Technologies, LLCInventors: Timothy Brereton, Christopher Will, Brett Simmons
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Publication number: 20210276634Abstract: A vehicle system includes a vehicle, a server configured to store position information, and a skirt coupled to the vehicle. The skirt includes a graphical representation. A global positioning system (GPS) tracking device is coupled to the vehicle and is associated with the graphical representation. The GPS tracking device wirelessly is coupled to the server and includes an electronic processor and a memory. The electronic processor is configured to receive, via a GPS interface, a position of the graphical representation, and transmit, via a transceiver, the position of the graphical representation to the server. The position of the graphical representation is accessible via an application on a mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Timothy BRERETON, Christopher WILL, Brett SIMMONS
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Patent number: 10688642Abstract: A handheld guide for advancing and installing a decking fastener with an elongate track with a rail and an advancement member. The advancement member carries a pivoting pawl with an engagement surface for advancing fasteners forward through the track to an installation position with a frontmost fastener aligned with a screw guide for driving a screw through the frontmost fastener. The rail has a ramp transitioning to a cliff and a lower ledge such that the frontmost fastener is maintained forward of the cliff above the ledge in the installation position. The pawl pivots to disengage from the fasteners when the advancement member moves rearwardly along the track.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: OMG, Inc.Inventors: Peter J. Shadwell, Christopher Will, David Mathieu
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Publication number: 20170326716Abstract: A handheld guide for advancing and installing a decking fastener with an elongate track with a rail and an advancement member. The advancement member carries a pivoting pawl with an engagement surface for advancing fasteners forward through the track to an installation position with a frontmost fastener aligned with a screw guide for driving a screw through the frontmost fastener. The rail has a ramp transitioning to a cliff and a lower ledge such that the frontmost fastener is maintained forward of the cliff above the ledge in the installation position. The pawl pivots to disengage from the fasteners when the advancement member moves rearwardly along the track.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Peter J. Shadwell, Christopher Will, David Mathieu
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Publication number: 20090311336Abstract: A particle having an average diameter from 80 to 500 nm and having a core containing at least one compound having a ?max in the range from 250 to 400 nm and a cross-linked polymeric shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventors: Charles Elwood Jones, Morris Christopher Wills
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Patent number: 7598317Abstract: A precision fragmentation assemblage is disclosed, along with precision fragmentation assemblage catalysts derivable therefrom. A method for the preparation of a precision fragmentation assemblage is also disclosed, along with a method for preparing precision fragmentation assemblage catalysts from precision fragmentation assemblages. A method is further disclosed for using precision fragmentation catalysts in the polymerization of olefins to produce polyolefins.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2006Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Richard Roy Clikeman, Morris Christopher Wills
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Publication number: 20090143540Abstract: An aqueous composition comprising polymer particles of one or more multistage aqueous emulsion, at least one of which is a multistage aqueous emulsion copolymer comprising polymerized units derived from monomer X in at least one stage, wherein monomer X is selected from polymerizable derivatives of imidazole, imidazoline, amidine, pyridine, pyrrole, pyrrolidine, pyrrolidinone, caprolactam, and combinations thereof. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: Tirthankar Ghosh, Joseph Martin Rokowski, Morris Christopher Wills
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Publication number: 20090137747Abstract: An aqueous composition comprising polymer particles of one or more aqueous emulsion copolymer and a homopolymer comprising polymerized units derived from monomer X, wherein monomer X is selected from polymerizable derivatives of imidazole, imidazoline, amidine, pyridine, pyrrole, pyrrolidine, pyrrolidinone, caprolactam, and combinations thereof. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Inventors: Tirthankar Ghosh, Joseph Martin Rokowski, Morris Christopher Wills
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Patent number: 7285585Abstract: This invention provides processes for isolating particles from an emulsion including the steps of: (a) forming an emulsion having a solid component having a population of particles, a liquid component, and a first ionic forming compound, wherein the presence of the first ionic forming compound in the emulsion does not result in the coagulation of the population of particles contained therein; (b) obtaining a composition having a second ionic forming compound which, by itself, is not sufficient to result in the coagulation of the population of particles contained in the emulsion; and (c) mixing the emulsion and the composition having the second ionic compound such that the first ionic forming compound reacts with the second ionic forming compound to form a coagulating agent which results in the coagulation of the population of particles. The invention also provides processes for preparing a polymer matrix system using the aforementioned process for isolating particles from an emulsion.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2003Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Robert William Coyle, Morris Christopher Wills
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Patent number: 7217747Abstract: The plastics additives powder compositions of the present invention are provided as powder particles having impact modifier particles and processing aid particles which are coagulated and dried. When blended in thermoplastic resins, such as PVC, the subject plastics additives powders both increase the impact strength and improve process efficiency and melt strength. The impact and processing properties achieved by the present invention are more efficient than using separate impact modifier and processing aid powders. The method of preparing the powder compositions of the present invention also enable impact modifier particles having rubber weight fractions greater than 88% to be isolated as free-flowing powders.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2003Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Jane Elizabeth Weier, Morris Christopher Wills, Robert William Coyle
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Publication number: 20070052701Abstract: A system and method for receiving and displaying simulated movement data on a graphical display in real-time is provided. Simulated movement data from a simulation is received. The type and location of each object to be displayed on a graphical display for a time step is extracted from the simulated movement data. The extracted data is transferred to an application for determining an appropriate three-dimensional representation to associate with each type of object in the first point in time. Each three-dimensional representation is displayed according the location of each object for the first point in time of the simulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2006Publication date: March 8, 2007Applicant: HNTB Holdings LtdInventors: Brian Trotta, Christopher Wills
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Patent number: D1016842Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lee Broughton, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
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Patent number: D1016853Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lee Broughton, Gary Butcher, Kevin Will Chen, Nathan De Vries, Christopher Foss, Aled Williams, Christopher Wilson
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Patent number: D1018594Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Hanwen Fan, Aurelio Guzmán, Lauren Kim Trottier, Christopher I. Wilson