Patents by Inventor Christopher Wilson

Christopher Wilson 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).

  • Patent number: 11660503
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to navigating, viewing, and sharing activity and workout data and interacting with workout and/or activity applications. In some examples, scrolling of activity data is based on the content being displayed. In some examples, friends' activity data may be viewed. In some examples, a notification and workout data for a friend's completed workout is received and displayed. In some example, the activity data received from friends is viewed and managed. In some examples, workout data for a multi-segment workout is displayed in a three-dimensional stack on a map. In some examples, a workout application operates in a limited mode until a touch input is received with a characteristic intensity that is greater than a threshold intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aled Hywel Williams, David Chance Graham, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: 11665044
    Abstract: A method includes (a) receiving and storing interaction time data associated with processes of a communication distributor server for an end-user network having an associated contact center with agent instances; (b) determining whether a trigger specified in a first logical directive is initiated; (c) upon determining that the trigger specified in the first logical directive is initiated, determining whether a metric related to the customer communications with the end-user network satisfies the condition in the first logical directive; and (d) upon determining that the metric related to the customer communications with the end-user network satisfies the condition in the first logical directive, providing the operation to at least one of the end-user network or the communication distributor server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Intradiem, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Powell Busbee, Jennifer Christine East, Michael Carl Jarus, Jennifer Lee, Kevin Wilson, Harper Flores
  • Patent number: 11656751
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    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, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang, Gary Ian Butcher, Nathan De Vries, Jonathan P. Ive
  • Publication number: 20230152958
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a compass user interface with a direction indicator and a bearing indicator. The direction indicator provides an indication of a respective compass direction, wherein the appearance of the direction indicator is determined based on the orientation of the electronic device relative to the respective compass direction. The bearing indicator provides an indication of an offset from the respective compass direction. While displaying the bearing indicator, the electronic device detects rotation of the rotatable input mechanism and, in response, changes the displayed position of the bearing indicator from a first position to a second position by an amount that is determined in accordance with a magnitude of the rotation of the rotatable input mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Rich LYONS, Aurelio GUZMAN, Matthew J. SUNDSTROM, Christopher WILSON
  • Patent number: 11651137
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices can efficiently manage the displaying of text on a screen of a computing device. For example, a client application can provide a data object for a particular style window on the screen. The data object can include a data item, comprising text data, one or more units specifying one or more portions of the text data to be displayed in the style window, and an identifier corresponding to a particular display function to be used in displaying the text data. The display function can be invoked to determine a potential text string to display based on the text data, the one or more units, and one or more rules corresponding to the particular display function. Additional text strings can be generated to obtain a text string that is shorter than or equal to a maximum length for the data item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Eliza C. Block, David A. Schimon, Eric Lance Wilson, Paul W. Salzman, Aurelio Guzman, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: 11609681
    Abstract: In response to detecting that an external device is within communication range of an electronic device and in accordance with a determination that the external device is in a pairing mode, the electronic device displays an affordance corresponding to a pairing application of the electronic device. In response to detecting that an external device is within communication range of an electronic device and in accordance with a determination that the external device is not in the pairing mode, the electronic device forgoes display of the affordance. In response to user input corresponding to selection of the affordance, the electronic device displays a user interface associated with initiating a process to pair the electronic device and the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. Yang, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Gary Ian Butcher, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Stephen O. Lemay, Lee S. Broughton
  • Publication number: 20230078153
    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: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. YANG, Wan Si WAN, Alan C. DYE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Kevin LYNCH, Brian SCHMITT, Christopher WILSON
  • Publication number: 20230082492
    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: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Patrick L. COFFMAN, Arian BEHZADI, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Cyrus Daniel IRANI, Ieyuki KAWASHIMA, Stephen O. LEMAY, Christopher D. SOLI, Christopher WILSON
  • Publication number: 20230065445
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to navigating, viewing, and sharing activity and workout data and interacting with workout and/or activity applications. In some examples, scrolling of activity data is based on the content being displayed. In some examples, friends' activity data may be viewed. In some examples, a notification and workout data for a friend's completed workout is received and displayed. In some example, the activity data received from friends is viewed and managed. In some examples, workout data for a multi-segment workout is displayed in a three-dimensional stack on a map. In some examples, a workout application operates in a limited mode until a touch input is received with a characteristic intensity that is greater than a threshold intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Aled Hywel WILLIAMS, David Chance GRAHAM, Christopher WILSON
  • Patent number: 11580867
    Abstract: Exercise-based watch faces and complications for use with a portable multifunction device are disclosed. The methods described herein for exercise-based watch faces and complications provide indications of time and affordances representing applications (e.g., a workout application or a weather application). In response to detecting a user input corresponding to a selection of the affordance (e.g., representing a workout application), a workout routine can optionally be begun. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein, as well as electronic devices related thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Wilson, Aled Hywel Williams, Kevin Will Chen, Chester H. Chipperfield, Stanley Carl Ng
  • Patent number: 11564719
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures, including bone implant fixation procedures. The assembly is configured to provide a faster and more accurate measurement of depth of holes for placement of bone screws and fasteners. The assembly includes a guidewire having a deployable distal hook member configured to securely anchor into a desired position relative to a hole drilled in a bone and thereby provide an accurate datum for a measuring instrument for determining a depth of the hole for subsequent screw placement. The assembly further includes a surgical depth instrument to cooperatively function with the guidewire and obtain one or more measurements while operably coupled to the guidewire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: EDGE SURGICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Aniruddha Raina, Robert F. Rioux, Christopher Wilson, Jim A. Youssef
  • Publication number: 20230024225
    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: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    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
  • Patent number: 11561596
    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: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    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: D975723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: William Martin Bachman, Colin Bennett, Graham Clarke, Jennifer Lynn Carley Folse, Monika E. Gromek, Alexander W. Johnston, Dennis Park, Brian K. Shiraishi, Jeff Tan-Ang, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: D977562
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: D976277
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ian V. Bambao, Alan C. Dye, Patrick Lee Coffman, Aram D. Kudurshian, Raymond Sepulveda, Christopher Wilson, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D978182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Broughton, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D978190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Jonathan P. Ive, Joe Marianek, Christopher Daryl Soli, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: D979585
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lynne Devine, Alan C. Dye, Bradley William Griffin, Jonathan P. Ive, Pedro Mari, Daamun Mohseni, Grant R. Paul, William McMillan Tyler, Marcel van Os, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: D986925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Christopher Foss, David C. Graham, Jonathan P. Ive, Brian Andrew Schmitt, Christopher Wilson