Patents by Inventor Gilles Drieu

Gilles Drieu 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).

  • Publication number: 20230119043
    Abstract: A method of sharing smart home devices between applications may include receiving a request from a first application operating on a control device to share a smart home device that registered with the first application; generating an interface on the control device that displays one or more applications with which the smart home device can be shared; receiving a selection of a second application with which to share the smart home device; and sending information to the second smart home device to register the smart home device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Crettenand, Gilles Drieu, Nathan Sandland, Kevin Po, Alexei Sakhartchouk, Julius Löwe, Anna Maria Phan, Mehdi Kash Khaleghi, Kevin Coppock
  • Publication number: 20230119058
    Abstract: A method of performing a setup of a smart home device may include determining, by an operating system of a control device, that a smart home device is present in an enclosure; receiving, by the operating system, information from the smart home device using a multi-ecosystem protocol, wherein the information identifies a type of device for the smart home device; performing, by the operating system, setup operations for the smart home device based on the type of device; and providing, by the operating system, access to the smart home device for an application operating on the control device after the setup operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Crettenand, Gilles Drieu, Nathan Sandland, Kevin Po, Alexei Sakhartchouk, Julius Löwe, Anna Maria Phan, Mehdi Kash Khaleghi, Kevin Coppock
  • Patent number: 9953391
    Abstract: Methods of expressing animation in a data stream are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of expressing animation in a data stream includes defining animation states in the data stream with each state having at least one property such that properties are animated as a group. The animation states that are defined in the data stream may be expressed as an extension of a styling sheet language. The data stream may include web content and the defined animation states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Graffagnino, Dave Hyatt, Richard Blanchard, Kevin Calhoun, Gilles Drieu, Maciej Stachowiak, Don Melton, Darin Adler
  • Publication number: 20150170322
    Abstract: Methods of expressing animation in a data stream are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of expressing animation in a data stream includes defining animation states in the data stream with each state having at least one property such that properties are animated as a group. The animation states that are defined in the data stream may be expressed as an extension of a styling sheet language. The data stream may include web content and the defined animation states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Graffagnino, Dave Hyatt, Richard Blanchard, Kevin Calhoun, Gilles Drieu, Maciej Stachowiak, Don Melton, Darin Adler
  • Patent number: 8878857
    Abstract: Methods of expressing animation in a data stream are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of expressing animation in a data stream includes defining animation states in the data stream with each state having at least one property such that properties are animated as a group. The animation states that are defined in the data stream may be expressed as an extension of a styling sheet language. The data stream may include web content and the defined animation states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Graffagnino, Dave Hyatt, Richard Blanchard, Kevin Calhoun, Gilles Drieu, Maciej Stachowiak, Don Melton, Darin Adler
  • Publication number: 20130194310
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying data associated with a first application and data associated with a second application on a portable computing are disclosed. Data from physical and virtual sensors is captured and used to determine a context vector. The context vector may provide information about portable computing device usage. Application modes associated with the context vector by the first application and by the second application are identified in addition to a container mode associated with the context vector by a display container. In one embodiment, the display container is a virtual display space used to identify and describe data for display on a display device. A display configuration is determined form the application modes associated with the context vector and the container mode associated with the context vector and used to display data on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Venugopal Vasudevan, Silviu Chiricescu, Gilles Drieu, Sriram Yadavalli
  • Patent number: 8321783
    Abstract: It can be difficult to predict what the layout of a document will be if the document contains several content elements, some of which are associated with different positioning schemes. In one embodiment, elements are shown in different layers based on their positioning schemes. For example, a first layer includes elements that are associated with non-overlapping positioning schemes, and a second layer includes elements that are associated with overlapping positioning schemes. When the document is viewed from above, the layers “collapse” onto each other, and the document appears to have a conventional (two-dimensional) page rendering. However, when the document is viewed from an angle, the layers appear separately in three-dimensional space, similar to an exploded view. The separate layers reveal the positioning schemes of the various elements and the layout interactions between those elements. This visualization technique helps a user understand how various elements are positioned within the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dimitri Dupuis-Latour, Pierre JY Frisch, Francois M. Jouaux, Gilles Drieu
  • Patent number: 8234392
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing hardware acceleration of a web browser are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of operating a web browser on a computer system includes analyzing a data stream having a plurality of fragments. The method further includes determining what fragments of the data stream should be rendered for storage into separate backing stores. The method further includes rendering the fragments into raster images intended for hardware acceleration. The method further includes storing the raster images in the backing stores located in a graphics processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Graffagnino, Dave Hyatt, Richard Blanchard, Kevin Calhoun, Gilles Drieu, Maciej Stachowiak, Don Melton, Darin Adler
  • Patent number: 8234564
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a way to perform transforms and animations using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). CSS may be used to define colors, fonts, layout, and other aspects of document presentation, such as for a webpage. Embodiments of the present invention provide CSS properties for transforms and animations of document content. New CSS properties for transforms allow for rotation, translation, scaling, skewing, perspective, origin, and the like. CSS properties are also provided for animating document content, such as movement, transitions, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gilles Drieu, Simon Fraser, Chris Marrin
  • Publication number: 20120095847
    Abstract: A method and system for managing ad campaign data. According to one embodiment, an application receives a request to store data associated with an ad campaign, and responsive to the request, stores one or more output files and context information associated with the data, the context information assembled according to a pre-defined data format defining a role of the data within the ad campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Steven Wolkoff, Vladislav Sinaniyev, Dritan Suljoti, Gary Steven Grossman, Gilles Drieu, Suzanne Mattis Johnson
  • Patent number: 8082178
    Abstract: A method and system for managing ad campaign data. According to one embodiment, an application receives a request to store data associated with an ad campaign, and responsive to the request, stores one or more output files and context information associated with the data, the context information assembled according to a pre-defined data format defining a role of the data within the ad campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Wolkoff, Vladislav Sinaniyev, Dritan Suljoti, Gary Steven Grossman, Gilles Drieu, Suzanne Mattis Johnson
  • Publication number: 20110304631
    Abstract: Methods of expressing animation in a data stream are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of expressing animation in a data stream includes defining animation states in the data stream with each state having at least one property such that properties are animated as a group. The animation states that are defined in the data stream may be expressed as an extension of a styling sheet language. The data stream may include web content and the defined animation states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Peter Graffagnino, Dave Hyatt, Richard Blanchard, Kevin Calhoun, Gilles Drieu, Maciej Stachowiak, Don Melton, Darin Adler
  • Publication number: 20100083096
    Abstract: It can be difficult to predict what the layout of a document will be if the document contains several content elements, some of which are associated with different positioning schemes. In one embodiment, elements are shown in different layers based on their positioning schemes. For example, a first layer includes elements that are associated with non-overlapping positioning schemes, and a second layer includes elements that are associated with overlapping positioning schemes. When the document is viewed from above, the layers “collapse” onto each other, and the document appears to have a conventional (two-dimensional) page rendering. However, when the document is viewed from an angle, the layers appear separately in three-dimensional space, similar to an exploded view. The separate layers reveal the positioning schemes of the various elements and the layout interactions between those elements. This visualization technique helps a user understand how various elements are positioned within the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dimitri Dupuis-Latour, Pierre JY Frisch, Francois M. Jouaux, Gilles Drieu
  • Publication number: 20090259711
    Abstract: Media state synchronization across multiple devices can include detecting an event relating to a user's access of content on a first device, determining state information relating to an access state of the content corresponding to the detected event, and transmitting the determined state information to a remote location for use in accessing the content on a second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Gilles Drieu, Barry Richard Munsterteiger
  • Publication number: 20090228784
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a way to perform transforms and animations using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). CSS may be used to define colors, fonts, layout, and other aspects of document presentation, such as for a webpage. Embodiments of the present invention provide CSS properties for transforms and animations of document content. New CSS properties for transforms allow for rotation, translation, scaling, skewing, perspective, origin, and the like. CSS properties are also provided for animating document content, such as movement, transitions, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Gilles Drieu, Simon Fraser, Chris Martin
  • Publication number: 20080120626
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing hardware acceleration of a web browser are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of operating a web browser on a computer system includes analyzing a data stream having a plurality of fragments. The method further includes determining what fragments of the data stream should be rendered for storage into separate backing stores. The method further includes rendering the fragments into raster images intended for hardware acceleration. The method further includes storing the raster images in the backing stores located in a graphics processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Peter Graffagnino, Dave Hyatt, Richard Blanchard, Kevin Calhoun, Gilles Drieu, Maciej Stachowiak, Don Melton, Darin Adler
  • Publication number: 20060015355
    Abstract: A method and system for managing ad campaign data. According to one embodiment, an application receives a request to store data associated with an ad campaign, and responsive to the request, stores one or more output files and context information associated with the data, the context information assembled according to a pre-defined data format defining a role of the data within the ad campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Wolkoff, Vladislav Sinaniyev, Dritan Suljoti, Gary Grossman, Gilles Drieu, Suzanne Johnson