Patents by Inventor Erik Lindholm

Erik Lindholm 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: 12299273
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of items of content available for playback on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents selectable options for playing an item of content in accordance with the manners in which the item of content is available to be played on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of episodes in a series of episodic content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents an enhanced preview of content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a control panel. In some embodiments, an electronic device switches the active user profile of a device. In some embodiments, an electronic device enters into a picture-in-picture mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Lindholm, Drew R. Domm, Fredric Vinna
  • Publication number: 20250138725
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of items of content available for playback on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents selectable options for playing an item of content in accordance with the manners in which the item of content is available to be played on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of episodes in a series of episodic content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents an enhanced preview of content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a control panel. In some embodiments, an electronic device switches the active user profile of a device. In some embodiments, an electronic device enters into a picture-in-picture mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventor: Erik LINDHOLM
  • Publication number: 20240185481
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device changes a value of a first visual characteristic with which lyrics are displayed in response to detecting a change in a performer of lyrics associated with a song or other type of content item. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a vocal attenuation control element and changes a vocal volume (e.g., a volume of vocals) of a content item, such as a song, in response to input directed to the vocal attenuation control element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventor: Erik LINDHOLM
  • Publication number: 20230333808
    Abstract: Generating a customized playlist may include identifying a user account for which a playlist is to be generated, where the user account is associated with a user listening history, a taste profile, and a social profile, identifying one or more friend accounts linked to the user account based on the social profile, obtaining an indication of a plurality of songs associated with one or more of the friend accounts, determining a listening history for the one or more plurality of songs based on the friend accounts, obtaining a subset of the plurality of songs based on the listening history of the plurality of songs, and generating a playlist from the subset of the plurality of songs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Bekir B. Dundar, Arvind S. Shenoy, Daniel Cartoon, Denise L. Chen, Drew R. Domm, Fredric R. Vinna, Mark H. Levy, Paul C. Irvine, Priyo Mustafi, Thomas Alsina, Erik Lindholm, Uli M. Schoberl
  • Patent number: 11777881
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a first electronic device shares a portion of a content item corresponding to a respective portion of lyrics for the content item with a second electronic device. In some embodiments, a system facilitates securely sharing a portion of a content item between two devices. In some embodiments, an electronic device generates a server address for accessing a portion of a content item. In some embodiments, a uniform resource locator includes an identification of content, an indication of a first subset of the content, and authentication data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tiffany S. Reese, Erik Lindholm, Drew R. Domm
  • Publication number: 20230305799
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays time-synced lyrics of content items playing on an electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays representations of content items in a playback sequence on an electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device shares an item of content with another user account of another electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Erik LINDHOLM, Drew R. DOMM, Adam SILVER
  • Patent number: 11675563
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays time-synced lyrics of content items playing on an electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays representations of content items in a playback sequence on an electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device shares an item of content with another user account of another electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Agnes Won, Erik Lindholm, Drew R. Domm, Adam Silver
  • Publication number: 20230022781
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of items of content available for playback on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents selectable options for playing an item of content in accordance with the manners in which the item of content is available to be played on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of episodes in a series of episodic content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents an enhanced preview of content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a control panel. In some embodiments, an electronic device switches the active user profile of a device. In some embodiments, an electronic device enters into a picture-in-picture mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Erik LINDHOLM, Drew R. DOMM, Fredric VINNA
  • Patent number: 11467726
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of items of content available for playback on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents selectable options for playing an item of content in accordance with the manners in which the item of content is available to be played on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of episodes in a series of episodic content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents an enhanced preview of content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a control panel. In some embodiments, an electronic device switches the active user profile of a device. In some embodiments, an electronic device enters into a picture-in-picture mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Lindholm, Drew R. Domm, Fredric Vinna
  • Publication number: 20220248187
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a first electronic device shares a portion of a content item corresponding to a respective portion of lyrics for the content item with a second electronic device. In some embodiments, a system facilitates securely sharing a portion of a content item between two devices. In some embodiments, an electronic device generates a server address for accessing a portion of a content item. In some embodiments, a uniform resource locator includes an identification of content, an indication of a first subset of the content, and authentication data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Tiffany S. REESE, Erik Lindholm, Drew R. Domm
  • Publication number: 20220248101
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates selection of a format for the playback of content. In some embodiments, while displaying, via a display generation component, a content playback user interface for a first content item that is playing at the electronic device, wherein the electronic device is playing the first content item in a first format, in accordance with a determination that the first content item is available in a second format, different from the first format, and that a currently-active output device for playing the first content item is compatible with the second format, the electronic device displays, in the content playback user interface, a selectable option that is selectable to initiate a process to switch from playing the first content item in the first format to playing the first content item in the second format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Erik Lindholm, Christopher D. Carvey, Thomas Alsina
  • Patent number: 11095946
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents information about, and facilitates consumption of, content in a content delivery application, including utilizing content consumption activities of the user's friends to do so. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates presentation of a friends content mix corresponding to content selected based on content consumption activity of one or more friends of a user of the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates presentation of a plurality of content items included in the friends content mix that includes a representation of a first content item of the plurality of content items displayed in association with a representation of a first friend, of the one or more friends of the user, that is associated with the first content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Drew R. Domm, Erik Lindholm, Fredric Vinna, Uli M. Schöberl, Matthew J. Cielak
  • Patent number: 10983699
    Abstract: A queue manager apparatus converts inbound commands of a first width into scalar format commands to be queued in a command queue. Furthermore, the queue manager converts the scalar format commands residing in the command queue into outbound commands of a second width for transmission. Converting inbound commands to scalar format commands and then converting the scalar format commands to a target width for transmission allows the queue manager to advantageously provide efficient and programmable command transmission between arbitrary processing units, regardless of potentially mismatched native command widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventor: John Erik Lindholm
  • Publication number: 20200379715
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays time-synced lyrics of content items playing on an electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays representations of content items in a playback sequence on an electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device shares an item of content with another user account of another electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Agnes WON, Erik LINDHOLM, Drew R. DOMM, Adam SILVER
  • Publication number: 20200301575
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of items of content available for playback on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents selectable options for playing an item of content in accordance with the manners in which the item of content is available to be played on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of episodes in a series of episodic content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents an enhanced preview of content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a control panel. In some embodiments, an electronic device switches the active user profile of a device. In some embodiments, an electronic device enters into a picture-in-picture mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Erik LINDHOLM, Drew R. DOMM, Fredric VINNA
  • Publication number: 20200057560
    Abstract: A queue manager apparatus converts inbound commands of a first width into scalar format commands to be queued in a command queue. Furthermore, the queue manager converts the scalar format commands residing in the command queue into outbound commands of a second width for transmission. Converting inbound commands to scalar format commands and then converting the scalar format commands to a target width for transmission allows the queue manager to advantageously provide efficient and programmable command transmission between arbitrary processing units, regardless of potentially mismatched native command widths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: John Erik Lindholm
  • Publication number: 20200004495
    Abstract: Generating a customized playlist may include identifying a user account for which a playlist is to be generated, where the user account is associated with a user listening history, a taste profile, and a social profile, identifying one or more friend accounts linked to the user account based on the social profile, obtaining an indication of a plurality of songs associated with one or more of the friend accounts, determining a listening history for the one or more plurality of songs based on the friend accounts, obtaining a subset of the plurality of songs based on the listening history of the plurality of songs, and generating a playlist from the subset of the plurality of songs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Bekir B. Dundar, Arvind S. Shenoy, Daniel Cartoon, Denise L. Chen, Drew R. Domm, Fredric R. Vinna, Mark H. Levy, Paul C. Irvine, Priyo Mustafi, Thomas Alsina, Erik Lindholm, Uli M. Schoberl
  • Patent number: 10489056
    Abstract: A queue manager apparatus converts inbound commands of a first width into scalar format commands to be queued in a command queue. Furthermore, the queue manager converts the scalar format commands residing in the command queue into outbound commands of a second width for transmission. Converting inbound commands to scalar format commands and then converting the scalar format commands to a target width for transmission allows the queue manager to advantageously provide efficient and programmable command transmission between arbitrary processing units, regardless of potentially mismatched native command widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventor: John Erik Lindholm
  • Publication number: 20190342616
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents information about, and facilitates consumption of, content in a content delivery application, including utilizing content consumption activities of the user's friends to do so. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates presentation of a friends content mix corresponding to content selected based on content consumption activity of one or more friends of a user of the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates presentation of a plurality of content items included in the friends content mix that includes a representation of a first content item of the plurality of content items displayed in association with a representation of a first friend, of the one or more friends of the user, that is associated with the first content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Drew R. DOMM, Erik LINDHOLM, Fredric VINNA, Uli M. SCHöBERL, Matthew J. CIELAK
  • Patent number: 10346212
    Abstract: A streaming multiprocessor (SM) in a parallel processing subsystem schedules priority among a plurality of threads. The SM retrieves a priority descriptor associated with a thread group, and determines whether the thread group and a second thread group are both operating in the same phase. If so, then the method determines whether the priority descriptor of the thread group indicates a higher priority than the priority descriptor of the second thread group. If so, the SM skews the thread group relative to the second thread group such that the thread groups operate in different phases, otherwise the SM increases the priority of the thread group. f the thread groups are not operating in the same phase, then the SM increases the priority of the thread group. One advantage of the disclosed techniques is that thread groups execute with increased efficiency, resulting in improved processor performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jack Hilaire Choquette, Olivier Giroux, Robert J. Stoll, Gary M. Tarolli, John Erik Lindholm