Patents by Inventor Emanuele Vulcano
Emanuele Vulcano 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: 10318104Abstract: Some embodiments provide a navigation application. The navigation application includes an interface for receiving data describing junctures along a route from a first location on a map to a second location on the map. The data for each juncture includes a set of angles at which roads leave the juncture. The navigation application includes a juncture decoder for synthesizing, from the juncture data, instruction elements for each juncture that describe different aspects of a maneuver to be performed at the juncture. The navigation application includes an instruction generator for generating at least two different instruction sets for a maneuver by combining one or more of the instruction elements for the juncture at which the maneuver is to be performed. The navigation application includes an instruction retriever for selecting one of the different instruction sets for the maneuver according to a context in which the instruction set will be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Seejo K. Pylappan, Emanuele Vulcano, Bradford A. Moore, Marcel van Os
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Publication number: 20190058964Abstract: Some embodiments provide a mobile computing device that includes a number of applications having a common display area to display data relating to a location. In some embodiments, the common display area is a unified display area to display different types of data. The different types of data can include information regarding the location, multimedia associated with the location, user feedbacks regarding the location, a catalog associated with the location, social network data, etc. In some embodiments, the unified common display area is also referred to as a place card because it presents data relating to a place.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Nathaniel R. Rivard, Marcel van Os, Emanuele Vulcano, Srichand Pendyala
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Patent number: 10176633Abstract: An integrated map and navigation program is described. The program provides a first operational mode for browsing and searching a map. The program provides a second operational mode for providing a navigation presentation that provides a set of navigation directions along a navigated route by reference to the map.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2012Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Bradford A. Moore, Marcel van Os, Christopher Blumenberg, Brady A. Law, Emanuele Vulcano, Jonathan Koch, Richard J. Williamson
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Patent number: 10156455Abstract: A context-aware voice guidance method is provided that interacts with other voice services of a user device. The voice guidance does not provide audible guidance while the user is making a verbal request to any of the voice-activated services. Instead, the voice guidance transcribes its output on the screen while the verbal requests from the user are received. In some embodiments, the voice guidance only provides a short warning sound to get the user's attention while the user is speaking on a phone call or another voice-activated service is providing audible response to the user's inquires. The voice guidance in some embodiments distinguishes between music that can be ducked and spoken words, for example from an audiobook, that the user wants to pause instead of being skipped. The voice guidance ducks music but pauses spoken words of an audio book in order to provide voice guidance to the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2012Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Jonathan A. Bennett, Stephen O. Lemay, Marcel van Os, Scott Forstall, Bradford A. Moore, Emanuele Vulcano, Seejo K. Pylappan
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Publication number: 20180335311Abstract: A method of providing navigation instructions in a locked mode of a device is disclosed. The method, while the display screen of the device is turned off, determines that the device is near a navigation point. The method turns on the display screen and provides navigation instructions. In some embodiments, the method identifies the ambient light level around the device and turns on the display at brightness level determined by the identified ambient light level. The method turns off the display after the navigation point is passed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2017Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Marcel van Os, Emanuele Vulcano, Bradford A. Moore, Andrew B. Cato
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Publication number: 20180335312Abstract: A context-aware voice guidance method is provided that interacts with other voice services of a user device. The voice guidance does not provide audible guidance while the user is making a verbal request to any of the voice-activated services. Instead, the voice guidance transcribes its output on the screen while the verbal requests from the user are received. In some embodiments, the voice guidance only provides a short warning sound to get the user's attention while the user is speaking on a phone call or another voice-activated service is providing audible response to the user's inquires. The voice guidance in some embodiments distinguishes between music that can be ducked and spoken words, for example from an audiobook, that the user wants to pause instead of being skipped. The voice guidance ducks music but pauses spoken words of an audio book in order to provide voice guidance to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jonathan A. Bennett, Stephen O. Lemay, Marcel Van Os, Scott Forstall, Bradford A. Moore, Emanuele Vulcano, Seejo K. Pylappan
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Publication number: 20180276300Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide an address harvester that harvests addresses from one or more applications executing on a device. Some embodiments use the harvested addresses to facilitate the operation of one or more applications executing on the device. Alternatively, or conjunctively, some embodiments use the harvested addresses to facilitate the operation of one or more applications executing on another device than the one used for harvesting the addresses. In some embodiments, a prediction system uses the harvested addresses to formulate predictions, which it then provides to the same set of applications from which it harvested the addresses in some embodiments.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ashley B. Clark, Jorge Fino, Scott Herz, Emanuele Vulcano, Marcel van Os
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Publication number: 20180238703Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for an application executing on a mobile device. The method renders an animated navigation presentation for output to an external display screen not part of the mobile device. The navigation presentation includes an animated map showing at least a portion of a route to a destination. The method simultaneously displays information regarding a maneuver along the route on a display screen of the mobile device without displaying a same animated map on the mobile device. In some embodiments, the displayed information regarding the maneuver comprises a graphical instruction and a text instruction for a next maneuver along the route.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2017Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Emanuele Vulcano, Bradford A. Moore, Jorge Fino, Marcel van Os
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Publication number: 20180238704Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for a mobile device connected to a vehicle's interactive communication system that includes a display screen. The method identifies at least one search term from audio data received through the vehicle's interactive communication system. At the mobile device, the method performs a search to identify at least one location related to the identified search term. The method generates a map, that displays the identified location, for output on the display screen of the interactive communication system of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Emanuele Vulcano, Bradford A. Moore, Jorge Fino, Scott Herz, Justin Garcia
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Patent number: 10057712Abstract: Some embodiments provide a mobile computing device that includes a number of applications having a common display area to display data relating to a location. In some embodiments, the common display area is a unified display area to display different types of data. The different types of data can include information regarding the location, multimedia associated with the location, user feedbacks regarding the location, a catalog associated with the location, social network data, etc. In some embodiments, the unified common display area is also referred to as a place card because it presents data relating to a place.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nathaniel R. Rivard, Marcel van Os, Emanuele Vulcano, Srichand Pendyala
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Publication number: 20180195872Abstract: A context-aware voice guidance method is provided that interacts with other voice services of a user device. The voice guidance does not provide audible guidance while the user is making a verbal request to any of the voice-activated services. Instead, the voice guidance transcribes its output on the screen while the verbal requests from the user are received. In some embodiments, the voice guidance only provides a short warning sound to get the user's attention while the user is speaking on a phone call or another voice-activated service is providing audible response to the user's inquires. The voice guidance in some embodiments distinguishes between music that can be ducked and spoken words, for example from an audiobook, that the user wants to pause instead of being skipped. The voice guidance ducks music but pauses spoken words of an audio book in order to provide voice guidance to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jonathan A. Bennett, Stephen O. Lemay, Marcel van Os, Scott Forstall, Bradford A. Moore, Emanuele Vulcano, Seejo K. Pylappan
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Patent number: 9997069Abstract: A context-aware voice guidance method is provided that interacts with other voice services of a user device. The voice guidance does not provide audible guidance while the user is making a verbal request to any of the voice-activated services. Instead, the voice guidance transcribes its output on the screen while the verbal requests from the user are received. In some embodiments, the voice guidance only provides a short warning sound to get the user's attention while the user is speaking on a phone call or another voice-activated service is providing audible response to the user's inquires. The voice guidance in some embodiments distinguishes between music that can be ducked and spoken words, for example from an audiobook, that the user wants to pause instead of being skipped. The voice guidance ducks music but pauses spoken words of an audio book in order to provide voice guidance to the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jonathan A. Bennett, Stephen O. Lemay, Marcel van Os, Scott Forstall, Bradford A. Moore, Emanuele Vulcano, Seejo K. Pylappan
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Patent number: 9903732Abstract: A method of providing navigation instructions in a locked mode of a device is disclosed. The method, while the display screen of the device is turned off, determines that the device is near a navigation point. The method turns on the display screen and provides navigation instructions. In some embodiments, the method identifies the ambient light level around the device and turns on the display at brightness level determined by the identified ambient light level. The method turns off the display after the navigation point is passed.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Marcel van Os, Emanuele Vulcano, Bradford A. Moore, Andrew B. Cato
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Patent number: 9891068Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for a mobile device connected to a vehicle's interactive communication system that includes a display screen. The method identifies at least one search term from audio data received through the vehicle's interactive communication system. At the mobile device, the method performs a search to identify at least one location related to the identified search term. The method generates a map, that displays the identified location, for output on the display screen of the interactive communication system of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Emanuele Vulcano, Bradford A. Moore, Jorge Fino, Scott Herz, Justin Garcia
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Publication number: 20180020321Abstract: Some embodiments provide a mobile computing device that includes a number of applications having a common display area to display data relating to a location. In some embodiments, the common display area is a unified display area to display different types of data. The different types of data can include information regarding the location, multimedia associated with the location, user feedbacks regarding the location, a catalog associated with the location, social network data, etc. In some embodiments, the unified common display area is also referred to as a place card because it presents data relating to a place.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Nathaniel R. Rivard, Marcel van Os, Emanuele Vulcano, Srichand Pendyala
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Patent number: 9857193Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for an application executing on a mobile device. The method renders an animated navigation presentation for output to an external display screen not part of the mobile device. The navigation presentation includes an animated map showing at least a portion of a route to a destination. The method simultaneously displays information regarding a maneuver along the route on a display screen of the mobile device without displaying a same animated map on the mobile device. In some embodiments, the displayed information regarding the maneuver comprises a graphical instruction and a text instruction for a next maneuver along the route.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Emanuele Vulcano, Bradford A. Moore, Jorge Fino, Marcel van Os
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Patent number: 9706346Abstract: Some embodiments provide a mobile computing device that includes a number of applications having a common display area to display data relating to a location. In some embodiments, the common display area is a unified display area to display different types of data. The different types of data can include information regarding the location, multimedia associated with the location, user feedbacks regarding the location, a catalog associated with the location, social network data, etc. In some embodiments, the unified common display area is also referred to as a place card because it presents data relating to a place.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nathaniel R. Rivard, Marcel van Os, Emanuele Vulcano, Srichand Pendyala
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Patent number: D790560Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mikio Inose, Tiffany Jon, Marcel van Os, Emanuele Vulcano
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Patent number: D800143Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mikio Inose, Tiffany Jon, Christopher Moore, Marcel van Os, Emanuele Vulcano, Eleanor Cady Wachsman
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Patent number: D818473Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mikio Inose, Tiffany Jon, Marcel van Os, Emanuele Vulcano