Patents by Inventor Grant C. Ritchie

Grant C. Ritchie 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: 20230289034
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for enabling an activity using a computer system. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for invoking an activity associated with an application are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for customizing displayed content based on circumstances under which the content was invoked are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing applications that were used to enable activities are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing settings for applications used to enable activities are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Yongjun ZHANG, Reza ABBASIAN, Darin ADLER, Patrick L. COFFMAN, Nicholas Stephen DOHERTY, Steven FALKENBURG, Craig M. FEDERIGHI, Kenneth Arthur Abraham FERRY, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Brian Erik GOLDBERG, Heena KO, Grant PAUL, Grant C. RITCHIE, Caelan G. STACK, Charles H. YING, Xiaoyue ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200366636
    Abstract: A device implementing a system for initiating a business messaging session includes at least one processors configured to receive a selection of a telephone number on a device. The at least one processor is further configured to transmit an encoded identifier corresponding to the telephone number to a server. The at least one processor is further configured to determine whether the telephone number is registered for a business messaging system based at least in part on a response received from the server. The at least one processor is further configured to provide a first display element for initiating communication with the telephone number via the business messaging system when the telephone number is registered for the business messaging system, otherwise providing a second display element for initiating communication with the telephone number via a user messaging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Grant C. RITCHIE, Mithilesh KUMAR, Austin A. MARUSCO, Akshay BAPAT, John N. MEEHAN, Elmira PETRENCO, Malay MALLICK, Sampath Sree Kumar KOLLURU, Adam R. PODSTAWCZYNSKI, Zhaoyuan YE, Jae Woo CHANG, Marcel VAN OS
  • Publication number: 20190288979
    Abstract: A device implementing a system for initiating a business messaging session includes at least one processors configured to receive a selection of a telephone number on a device. The at least one processor is further configured to transmit an encoded identifier corresponding to the telephone number to a server. The at least one processor is further configured to determine whether the telephone number is registered for a business messaging system based at least in part on a response received from the server. The at least one processor is further configured to provide a first display element for initiating communication with the telephone number via the business messaging system when the telephone number is registered for the business messaging system, otherwise providing a second display element for initiating communication with the telephone number via a user messaging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Grant C. RITCHIE, Mithilesh KUMAR, Austin A. MARUSCO, Akshay BAPAT, John N. MEEHAN, Elmira PETRENCO, Malay MALLICK, Sampath Sree Kumar KOLLURU, Adam R. PODSTAWCZYNSKI, Zhaoyuan YE, Jae Woo CHANG, Marcel VAN OS
  • Patent number: 9767137
    Abstract: A method and system of verifying data stored in a database, by polling one or more computing devices. A server generates a poll object for a data item and a poll notification is transmitted to the one or more computing devices, whereupon users of the computing devices may respond to the poll notification and transmit responses. A set of response notifications is received and the server determines if the set of response notifications satisfies a quorum criterion. If the quorum criterion is satisfied, the server determines a data verification result, based on a tally criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Grant C. Ritchie, Sergejs Marins
  • Publication number: 20130304708
    Abstract: A method and system of verifying data stored in a database, by polling one or more computing devices. A server generates a poll object for a data item and a poll notification is transmitted to the one or more computing devices, whereupon users of the computing devices may respond to the poll notification and transmit responses. A set of response notifications is received and the server determines if the set of response notifications satisfies a quorum criterion. If the quorum criterion is satisfied, the server determines a data verification result, based on a tally criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: LOCATIONARY, INC.
    Inventors: Grant C. Ritchie, Sergejs Marins