Patents by Inventor Gokul Thirumala

Gokul Thirumala 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).

  • Messaging sticker applications
    Patent number: 10534533
    Abstract: A messaging system in one embodiment includes a messaging app and one or more sticker extension apps configured to create a sticker image and render a sticker image that is displayed in a view hosted by the messaging app. The messaging app can launch, from a browsable view that includes one or more sticker extension apps, one or more of the sticker extension apps, and a sticker image created by one of the sticker extension apps can be communicated between the sticker extension app and the messaging app through an interprocess communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Adele C. Peterson, Bhaskar P. Sarma, Kevin J. Lindeman, Roberto Garcia, David Alex Carter, Gokul Thirumala