Patents by Inventor Harry M. SIMMONDS

Harry M. SIMMONDS 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: 20230098174
    Abstract: This relates generally to intelligent automated assistants and, more specifically, to provide a handsfree notification management system. An example method includes displaying one or more notifications by the electronic device. In response to displaying the one or more notifications, the method includes detecting a visual interaction of a user with the one or more notifications, identifying a notification from the one or more notifications based on the visual interaction, receiving a speech input related to the notification from the user, determining one or more actions associated with the notification based on the speech input, and performing the one or more actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Andrea Valentina SIMES, Daniel W. LOO, Felicia W. EDWARDS, Harry M. SIMMONDS, Tyler R. CALDERONE, Kevin D. PITOLIN, Lorena S. PAZMINO
  • Publication number: 20230081605
    Abstract: An example process includes while displaying, on a display, a graphical element having a first display location, receiving a natural language input including a deictic reference to the graphical element; determining whether the natural language input corresponds to a user intent to move or copy the graphical element; in accordance with a determination that the natural language input corresponds to the user intent to move or copy the graphical element: determining, based on detected user gaze input, that the deictic reference refers to the graphical element; and in accordance with determining that the deictic reference refers to the graphical element, displaying the graphical element at a second display location different from the first display location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Christine S. O'MARA, Jessica J. PECK, Harry M. SIMMONDS, Felicia W. EDWARDS