Patents by Inventor Craig Federighi
Craig Federighi 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: 11416817Abstract: Events that are described in either structured data (e.g. HTML web page or email) or text in a natural language description can be extracted and entered into one or more calendars on a user's device. In one embodiment, selecting an add event command in a calendar application can cause the calendar application to search, without having received any search input, in a database of extracted events, and events extracted within a predetermined period of time can be suggested as events to add to the calendar. In one embodiment, an extracted event can cause a notification to be displayed to a user. Other embodiments are also described herein.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sofiane Toudji, Erik M. Berget, Craig Federighi, Patrick L. Coffman
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Patent number: 11036278Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein describe ways that a browser application or other process can reduce power usage by a computing device. Methods include the process suspending one or more plug-ins on a web page by replacing them with a snapshot taken from the plug-in, and reducing processing on non-media plug-ins and non-visible portions of web pages running in the browser, but not currently in focus, such as when a tab is in the background behind a different tab, when a browser window is minimized, or when the web page is entirely or partially occluded.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Kevin W. Decker, Dean Jackson, Gavin Barraclough, Jon Lee, Craig Federighi, Maciej Stachowiak
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Patent number: 10750367Abstract: A host device can establish a verified session with a wearable device. The host device can determine whether the verified session is in progress. In accordance with a determination that the verified session is in progress, the host device can provide a user interface to request confirmation that the identifier is to be provided to the wearable device. The host device can receive an input at the user interface and, in accordance with a determination that the input indicates a confirmation that the identifier is to be provided to the wearable device, the host can identify a user identifier to provide to the wearable device, and transmit the user identifier to the wearable device.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jesse W. Boettcher, Craig Federighi, Bryan J. James, James Eric Mason
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Patent number: 10567965Abstract: A wearable device can establish a verified session with a host device. For example, if a user wearing the wearable device unlocks the host device (e.g., by entering a credential), the devices can create a verified session, which can persist across lock and unlock events at the host device. For the duration of the verified session, a host device can request session confirmation from the wearable device at any time to confirm that the verified session is still in progress. While the session is in progress, the host can make features available such as bypassing re-entry of a credential during unlock operations.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jesse W. Boettcher, Craig Federighi, Bryan J. James, James Eric Mason
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Patent number: 10505872Abstract: A messaging system in one embodiment includes a messaging app and one or more extension apps configured to create content that is displayed in a view hosted by the messaging app. The messaging app can launch the one or more extension apps, and content can be communicated between each extension app and the messaging app through an interprocess communication.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Adele C. Peterson, Roberto Garcia, Sam H. Gharabally, David Alex Carter, Bhaskar Sarma, Kevin Lindeman, Keith Kowalczykowski, Justin Wood, Eugene Bistolas, Craig Federighi
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Publication number: 20190166498Abstract: A host device can establish a verified session with a wearable device. The host device can determine whether the verified session is in progress. In accordance with a determination that the verified session is in progress, the host device can provide a user interface to request confirmation that the identifier is to be provided to the wearable device. The host device can receive an input at the user interface and, in accordance with a determination that the input indicates a confirmation that the identifier is to be provided to the wearable device, the host can identify a user identifier to provide to the wearable device, and transmit the user identifier to the wearable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jesse W. Boettcher, Craig Federighi, Bryan J. James, James Eric Mason
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Publication number: 20190138077Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein describe ways that a browser application or other process can reduce power usage by a computing device. Methods include the process suspending one or more plug-ins on a web page by replacing them with a snapshot taken from the plug-in, and reducing processing on non-media plug-ins and non-visible portions of web pages running in the browser, but not currently in focus, such as when a tab is in the background behind a different tab, when a browser window is minimized, or when the web page is entirely or partially occluded.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Kevin W. Decker, Dean Jackson, Gavin Barraclough, Jon Lee, Craig Federighi, Maciej Stachowiak
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Publication number: 20190090134Abstract: A wearable device can establish a verified session with a host device. For example, if a user wearing the wearable device unlocks the host device (e.g., by entering a credential), the devices can create a verified session, which can persist across lock and unlock events at the host device. For the duration of the verified session, a host device can request session confirmation from the wearable device at any time to confirm that the verified session is still in progress. While the session is in progress, the host can make features available such as bypassing re-entry of a credential during unlock operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jesse W. Boettcher, Craig Federighi, Bryan J. James, James Eric Mason
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Patent number: 10209760Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein describe ways that a browser application or other process can reduce power usage by a computing device. Methods include the process suspending one or more plug-ins on a web page by replacing them with a snapshot taken from the plug-in, and reducing processing on non-media plug-ins and non-visible portions of web pages running in the browser, but not currently in focus, such as when a tab is in the background behind a different tab, when a browser window is minimized, or when the web page is entirely or partially occluded.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Kevin W. Decker, Dean Jackson, Gavin Barraclough, Jon Lee, Craig Federighi, Maciej Stachowiak
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Publication number: 20180349489Abstract: Events that are described in either structured data (e.g. HTML web page or email) or text in a natural language description can be extracted and entered into one or more calendars on a user's device. In one embodiment, selecting an add event command in a calendar application can cause the calendar application to search, without having received any search input, in a database of extracted events, and events extracted within a predetermined period of time can be suggested as events to add to the calendar. In one embodiment, an extracted event can cause a notification to be displayed to a user. Other embodiments are also described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: SOFIANE TOUDJI, ERIK M. BERGET, CRAIG FEDERIGHI, PATRICK L. COFFMAN
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Patent number: 10085153Abstract: A wearable device can establish a verified session with a host device. For example, if a user wearing the wearable device unlocks the host device (e.g., by entering a credential), the devices can create a verified session, which can persist across lock and unlock events at the host device. For the duration of the verified session, a host device can request session confirmation from the wearable device at any time to confirm that the verified session is still in progress. While the session is in progress, the host can make features available such as bypassing re-entry of a credential during unlock operations.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jesse W. Boettcher, Craig Federighi, Bryan J. James, James Eric Mason
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Publication number: 20170359279Abstract: A messaging system in one embodiment includes a messaging app and one or more extension apps configured to create content that is displayed in a view hosted by the messaging app. The messaging app can launch the one or more extension apps, and content can be communicated between each extension app and the messaging app through are interprocess communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Adele C. Peterson, Roberto Garcia, Sam H. Gharabally, David Alex Carter, Bhaskar Sarma, Kevin Linderman, Keith Kowalczykowski, Justin Wood, Eugene Bistolas, Craig Federighi
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Patent number: 9838474Abstract: The described embodiments distribute and synchronize objects in a network. More specifically, the described embodiments distribute copies of objects locally (i.e., store copies of objects in local address spaces). By storing a copy of a given object in a local address space, the object's methods may be executed locally, which can help to avoid excessive network traffic associated with remotely executing the object's methods. However, executing an object's methods locally can result in the state of the object (i.e., data associated with the object, etc.) becoming out of sync with other copies of the object in the network. To avoid issues associated with unsynchronized copies of the object in the network, the described embodiments use a policy that specifies conditions under which objects are to be synchronized.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Patrick Gates, Craig Federighi, Eric Noyau
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Publication number: 20170303129Abstract: A wearable device can establish a verified session with a host device. For example, if a user wearing the wearable device unlocks the host device (e.g., by entering a credential), the devices can create a verified session, which can persist across lock and unlock events at the host device. For the duration of the verified session, a host device can request session confirmation from the wearable device at any time to confirm that the verified session is still in progress. While the session is in progress, the host can make features available such as bypassing re-entry of a credential during unlock operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jesse W. Boettcher, Craig Federighi, Bryan J. James, James Eric Mason
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Patent number: 9674707Abstract: A wearable device can establish a verified session with a host device. For example, if a user wearing the wearable device unlocks the host device (e.g., by entering a credential), the devices can create a verified session, which can persist across lock and unlock events at the host device. For the duration of the verified session, a host device can request session confirmation from the wearable device at any time to confirm that the verified session is still in progress. While the session is in progress, the host can make features available such as bypassing re-entry of a credential during unlock operations.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jesse W. Boettcher, Craig Federighi, Bryan J. James, James Eric Mason
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Patent number: 9483574Abstract: A content application includes one or more content list panels. The content application provides mechanisms that allow the user to easily manage article representations included in the content lists such as adding article representations a content list and editing the items directly in menus associated with the content lists.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kevin W. Decker, Darin Benjamin Adler, Steven J. Falkenburg, Raymond Sepulveda, Craig Federighi, Steve O. Lemay, Patrick Coffman, Andreas Wendker, Brian Croll, Chan Karunamuni, Conrad Shultz
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Publication number: 20160261691Abstract: The described embodiments distribute and synchronize objects in a network. More specifically, the described embodiments distribute copies of objects locally (i.e., store copies of objects in local address spaces). By storing a copy of a given object in a local address space, the object's methods may be executed locally, which can help to avoid excessive network traffic associated with remotely executing the object's methods. However, executing an object's methods locally can result in the state of the object (i.e., data associated with the object, etc.) becoming out of sync with other copies of the object in the network. To avoid issues associated with unsynchronized copies of the object in the network, the described embodiments use a policy that specifies conditions under which objects are to be synchronized.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Patrick Gates, Craig Federighi, Eric Noyau
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Patent number: 9323442Abstract: User interface changes related to moving items in a user interface are disclosed. An operation (e.g., a drag operation) can be initiated on selected items by moving a cursor or pointing device in the user interface, and an animation can be presented illustrating representations of the selected items moving from their respective original locations toward a current location of the cursor or pointing device and forming a cluster in proximity to the current location of the cursor or pointing device. As the cluster of items is moved over a container object in the user interface, the representations of the items can adopt the appearance style defined by that container object. The representations of the items can also be shown to depart from the cluster and move toward anticipated locations of the items in the container object as a preview of a drop operation into the container object.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Raleigh Joseph Ledet, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, B. Michael Victor, Avi E. Cieplinksi, Kristin Forster, Craig Federighi
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Publication number: 20160037346Abstract: A wearable device can establish a verified session with a host device. For example, if a user wearing the wearable device unlocks the host device (e.g., by entering a credential), the devices can create a verified session, which can persist across lock and unlock events at the host device. For the duration of the verified session, a host device can request session confirmation from the wearable device at any time to confirm that the verified session is still in progress. While the session is in progress, the host can make features available such as bypassing re-entry of a credential during unlock operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Jesse W. Boettcher, Craig Federighi, Bryan J. James, James Eric Mason
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Patent number: 9247000Abstract: The described embodiments distribute and synchronize objects in a network. More specifically, the described embodiments distribute copies of objects locally (i.e., store copies of objects in local address spaces). By storing a copy of a given object in a local address space, the object's methods may be executed locally, which can help to avoid excessive network traffic associated with remotely executing the object's methods. However, executing an object's methods locally can result in the state of the object (i.e., data associated with the object, etc.) becoming out of sync with other copies of the object in the network. To avoid issues associated with unsynchronized copies of the object in the network, the described embodiments use a policy that specifies conditions under which objects are to be synchronized.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Patrick Gates, Craig Federighi, Eric Noyau