Patents by Inventor Deepak R. Iyer

Deepak R. Iyer 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).

  • Smart audio playback when connecting to an audio output system
    Patent number: 10331399
    Abstract: A method performed in a portable computing device for intelligently performing audio playback, upon connecting with an audio output system. The portable computing device detects that a connection is made with an audio output system. The portable computing device determines a first audio playback application that last played audio and when the first audio playback application last played audio. If the first audio playback application played audio within a specified amount of time in the past, then the portable computing device signals that audio playback be performed from the first audio playback application (through the connection made with the audio output system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Alsina, Andre M. Boule, Craig M. Federighi, Gregory R. Chapman, Deepak R. Iyer, Jonathan A. Bennett, Stephen O. Lemay, Edward T. Schmidt, Charles Magahern
  • SMART AUDIO PLAYBACK WHEN CONNECTING TO AN AUDIO OUTPUT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160357509
    Abstract: A method performed in a portable computing device for intelligently performing audio playback, upon connecting with an audio output system. The portable computing device detects that a connection is made with an audio output system. The portable computing device determines a first audio playback application that last played audio and when the first audio playback application last played audio. If the first audio playback application played audio within a specified amount of time in the past, then the portable computing device signals that audio playback be performed from the first audio playback application (through the connection made with the audio output system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Alsina, Andre M. Boule, Craig M. Federighi, Gregory R. Chapman, Deepak R. Iyer, Jonathan A. Bennett, Stephen O. Lemay, Edward T. Schmidt, Charles Magahern