Patents by Inventor Joshua R. FORD

Joshua R. FORD 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: 12265583
    Abstract: A system for determining relevant information based on user interactions may include a processor configured to receive data and associated relevance information from a data source and a set of signals describing a current environment of a user or historical user behavior information in which the data source being local to a computing device. The processor may be further configured to provide, using a machine learning model, a relevance score for each of multiple data items based at least in part on the received relevance information and the set of signals. The processor may be further configured to sort the data items based on a ranking of each relevance score for each data item. The processor may be further configured to provide, as output, the multiple data items based at least in part on the ranking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Giovanni M. Agnoli, Joshua C. Weinberg, Joshua R. Ford, Antoine J. Atallah, Roozbeh Mahdavian, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: 12189865
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to navigating user interfaces using hand gestures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tu K. Nguyen, James N. Cartwright, Elizabeth C. Cranfill, Christopher B. Fleizach, Joshua R. Ford, Jeremiah R. Johnson, Charles Maalouf, Heriberto Nieto, Jennifer D. Patton, Hojat Seyed Mousavi, Shawn R. Scully, Ibrahim G. Yusuf, Joanna Arreaza-Taylor, Hannah G. Coleman, Yoonju Han
  • Publication number: 20240402793
    Abstract: Providing a visual treatment based on proximity to an obstruction includes collecting, by a device, a sensor data for an environment, and determining a velocity of the device. A boundary of a volume around the device is determined based on the velocity. If a physical object is detected within the boundary based on the sensor data, then a notification procedure is initiated. The boundary of the volume dynamically changes as the velocity of the device or user changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Gregory D. Chu, Joshua R. Ford, Maxime Uzan, Pavel V. Dudrenov
  • Publication number: 20240203066
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer system displays virtual content illustrating an area of likely interaction, and displays immersive virtual content. In some embodiments, a computer system reduces visual prominence of immersive virtual content and displays an area of likely interaction. In some embodiments, a computer system generates alerts associated with physical objects in an environment of a user. In some embodiments, a computer system changes the visual prominence of people in a three-dimensional environment based on one or more attention-related factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Ieyuki KAWASHIMA, Benjamin HYLAK, Garrett L. WEINBERG, Joshua R. FORD, Maxime UZAN, Pavel V. DUDRENOV, Katherine W. KOLOMBATOVICH, Giancarlo YERKES, Lee S. BROUGHTON
  • Publication number: 20230376549
    Abstract: A system for determining relevant information based on user interactions may include a processor configured to receive data and associated relevance information from a data source and a set of signals describing a current environment of a user or historical user behavior information in which the data source being local to a computing device. The processor may be further configured to provide, using a machine learning model, a relevance score for each of multiple data items based at least in part on the received relevance information and the set of signals. The processor may be further configured to sort the data items based on a ranking of each relevance score for each data item. The processor may be further configured to provide, as output, the multiple data items based at least in part on the ranking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Giovanni M. AGNOLI, Joshua C. WEINBERG, Joshua R. FORD, Antoine J. ATALLAH, Roozbeh MAHDAVIAN, Eric Lance WILSON
  • Publication number: 20230344903
    Abstract: One embodiment provides for an electronic device, comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium to store instructions, one or more processors to execute the instructions, and a memory coupled to the one or more processors. The memory can be configured to store a set of synchronization data associated with interaction between the electronic device and one or more applications and instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to retrieve a set of synchronization data to be transmitted from the electronic device to select a transport channel from one of a peer-to-peer channel or a network-based channel and transmit the set of synchronization data from the electronic device to one or more remote devices via the selected transport channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joao Pedro De Almeida Forjaz de Lacerda, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Bob Bradley, Joshua R. Ford, Michael D. Ford, Brian E. Korver, Marc J. Krochmal, Joseph E. Meyer, Jared K. McGann, Rex C. Ross, Paul W. Salzman, Christopher G. Skogen
  • Patent number: 11799955
    Abstract: One embodiment provides for an electronic device, comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium to store instructions, one or more processors to execute the instructions, and a memory coupled to the one or more processors. The memory can be configured to store a set of synchronization data associated with interaction between the electronic device and one or more applications and instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to retrieve a set of synchronization data to be transmitted from the electronic device to select a transport channel from one of a peer-to-peer channel or a network-based channel and transmit the set of synchronization data from the electronic device to one or more remote devices via the selected transport channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joao Pedro De Almeida Forjaz de Lacerda, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Bob Bradley, Joshua R. Ford, Michael D. Ford, Brian E. Korver, Marc J. Krochmal, Joseph E. Meyer, Jared K. McGann, Rex C. Ross, Paul W. Salzman, Christopher G. Skogen
  • Patent number: 11775141
    Abstract: Context-specific user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, provide, inter alia, indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. A user interface screen including a current time indicator and a first platter is displayed. The first platter is at a first position, is associated with a first application, and displays a first set of information obtained from the first application. The first set of information relates to a first temporal context of the current day. In response to detecting a user input, the first platter is displayed at a second position and a second platter is displayed at the first position. The second platter is associated with a second application and displays a second set of information obtained from the second application. The second set of information relates to a second temporal context of the current day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Heena Ko, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Kevin Will Chen, Joshua R. Ford, Christopher Patrick Foss, Aurelio Guzman, Stephen O. Lemay, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Joshua Weinberg, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: 11741176
    Abstract: A system for determining relevant information based on user interactions may include a processor configured to receive data and associated relevance information from a data source and a set of signals describing a current environment of a user or historical user behavior information in which the data source being local to a computing device. The processor may be further configured to provide, using a machine learning model, a relevance score for each of multiple data items based at least in part on the received relevance information and the set of signals. The processor may be further configured to sort the data items based on a ranking of each relevance score for each data item. The processor may be further configured to provide, as output, the multiple data items based at least in part on the ranking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Giovanni M. Agnoli, Joshua C. Weinberg, Joshua R. Ford, Antoine J. Atallah, Roozbeh Mahdavian, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Publication number: 20230214241
    Abstract: A system for determining relevant information based on user interactions may include a processor configured to receive application data from one or more applications, the application data including features related to user activity from the one or more applications, the one or more application including applications local to the device that are stored in the memory and applications external to the device. The processor may be further configured to provide, using a machine learning (ML) model, a relevance score for each of one or more user interface (UI) elements based on each of the features. The processor may be further configured to sort one or more UI elements based on a ranking of the relevance scores. The processor may be further configured to provide, as output, the one or more UI elements based at least in part on the ranking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Giovanni M. AGNOLI, Matthew J. SUNDSTROM, Conrad B. KRAMER, Kyle T. HOWARTH, William C. MACCARTNEY, Joshua R. FORD, Paul W. SALZMAN, Ari R. WEINSTEIN, Roozbeh MAHDAVIAN, Joshua C. WEINBERG, Jared K. MCGANN
  • Publication number: 20230195237
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to navigating user interfaces using hand gestures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Tu K. NGUYEN, James N. CARTWRIGHT, Elizabeth C. CRANFILL, Christopher B. FLEIZACH, Joshua R. FORD, Jeremiah R. JOHNSON, Charles MAALOUF, Heriberto NIETO, Jennifer D. PATTON, Hojjat SEYED MOUSAVI, Shawn R. SCULLY, Ibrahim G. YUSUF
  • Patent number: 11604661
    Abstract: A system for determining relevant information based on user interactions may include a processor configured to receive application data from one or more applications, the application data including features related to user activity from the one or more applications, the one or more application including applications local to the device that are stored in the memory and applications external to the device. The processor may be further configured to provide, using a machine learning (ML) model, a relevance score for each of one or more user interface (UI) elements based on each of the features. The processor may be further configured to sort one or more UI elements based on a ranking of the relevance scores. The processor may be further configured to provide, as output, the one or more UI elements based at least in part on the ranking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Giovanni M. Agnoli, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Conrad B. Kramer, Kyle T. Howarth, William C. MacCartney, Joshua R. Ford, Paul W. Salzman, Ari R. Weinstein, Roozbeh Mahdavian, Joshua C. Weinberg, Jared K. McGann
  • Publication number: 20220374085
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to navigating user interfaces using hand gestures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tu K. NGUYEN, James N. CARTWRIGHT, Elizabeth C. CRANFILL, Christopher B. FLEIZACH, Joshua R. FORD, Jeremiah R. JOHNSON, Charles MAALOUF, Heriberto NIETO, Jennifer D. PATTON, Hojjat SEYED MOUSAVI, Shawn R. SCULLY, Ibrahim G. YUSUF
  • Publication number: 20220221964
    Abstract: Context-specific user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, provide, inter alia, indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. A user interface screen including a current time indicator and a first platter is displayed. The first platter is at a first position, is associated with a first application, and displays a first set of information obtained from the first application. The first set of information relates to a first temporal context of the current day. In response to detecting a user input, the first platter is displayed at a second position and a second platter is displayed at the first position. The second platter is associated with a second application and displays a second set of information obtained from the second application. The second set of information relates to a second temporal context of the current day.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Heena KO, Giovanni M. AGNOLI, Kevin Will CHEN, Joshua R. FORD, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Aurelio GUZMAN, Stephen O. LEMAY, Matthew J. SUNDSTROM, Joshua WEINBERG, Christopher WILSON
  • Patent number: 11182057
    Abstract: The subject technology provides generating configuration files that represent user interaction scenarios on a device, the configuration files including a set of user interface (UI) elements to display and a set of interactions corresponding to user activity to perform on at least one UI element of the set of UI elements. The subject technology processes the configuration files using a relevance engine to determine a relevance score of each UI element of the set of UI elements, wherein the relevance score is based at least in part on weights assigned to features based on the user activity and respective variance values of the features, and the features include information related to a location or time. The subject technology generates a user simulation based machine learning model based at least on each relevance score of each UI element. The subject technology stores the user simulation based machine learning model on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua R. Ford, Bianca Marcial Ocasio, Wajeeh Syed, Michael C. Landers, Sunny R. Sainani
  • Publication number: 20210011963
    Abstract: A system for determining relevant information based on user interactions may include a processor configured to receive data and associated relevance information from a data source and a set of signals describing a current environment of a user or historical user behavior information in which the data source being local to a computing device. The processor may be further configured to provide, using a machine learning model, a relevance score for each of multiple data items based at least in part on the received relevance information and the set of signals. The processor may be further configured to sort the data items based on a ranking of each relevance score for each data item. The processor may be further configured to provide, as output, the multiple data items based at least in part on the ranking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Giovanni M. AGNOLI, Joshua C. WEINBERG, Joshua R. FORD, Antoine J. ATALLAH, Roozbeh MAHDAVIAN, Eric Lance WILSON
  • Patent number: 10838586
    Abstract: Context-specific user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, provide, inter alia, indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. A user interface screen including a current time indicator and a first platter is displayed. The first platter is at a first position, is associated with a first application, and displays a first set of information obtained from the first application. The first set of information relates to a first temporal context of the current day. In response to detecting a user input, the first platter is displayed at a second position and a second platter is displayed at the first position. The second platter is associated with a second application and displays a second set of information obtained from the second application. The second set of information relates to a second temporal context of the current day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Heena Ko, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Kevin Will Chen, Joshua R. Ford, Christopher Patrick Foss, Aurelio Guzman, Stephen O. Lemay, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Joshua Weinberg, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: 10817579
    Abstract: A system for determining relevant information based on user interactions may include a processor configured to receive data and associated relevance information from a data source and a set of signals describing a current environment of a user or historical user behavior information in which the data source being local to a computing device. The processor may be further configured to provide, using a machine learning model, a relevance score for each of multiple data items based at least in part on the received relevance information and the set of signals. The processor may be further configured to sort the data items based on a ranking of each relevance score for each data item. The processor may be further configured to provide, as output, the multiple data items based at least in part on the ranking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Giovanni M. Agnoli, Joshua C. Weinberg, Joshua R. Ford, Antoine J. Atallah, Roozbeh Mahdavian, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Publication number: 20200042147
    Abstract: The subject technology provides generating configuration files that represent user interaction scenarios on a device, the configuration files including a set of user interface (UI) elements to display and a set of interactions corresponding to user activity to perform on at least one UI element of the set of UI elements. The subject technology processes the configuration files using a relevance engine to determine a relevance score of each UI element of the set of UI elements, wherein the relevance score is based at least in part on weights assigned to features based on the user activity and respective variance values of the features, and the features include information related to a location or time. The subject technology generates a user simulation based machine learning model based at least on each relevance score of each UI element. The subject technology stores the user simulation based machine learning model on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua R. FORD, Bianca Marcial OCASIO, Wajeeh Syed, Michael C. Landers, Sunny R. Sainani
  • Publication number: 20190373058
    Abstract: One embodiment provides for an electronic device, comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium to store instructions, one or more processors to execute the instructions, and a memory coupled to the one or more processors. The memory can be configured to store a set of synchronization data associated with interaction between the electronic device and one or more applications and instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to retrieve a set of synchronization data to be transmitted from the electronic device to select a transport channel from one of a peer-to-peer channel or a network-based channel and transmit the set of synchronization data from the electronic device to one or more remote devices via the selected transport channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Joao Pedro De Almeida Forjaz de Lacerda, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Bob Bradley, Joshua R. Ford, Michael D. Ford, Brian E. Korver, Marc J. Krochmal, Joseph E. Meyer, Jared K. McGann, Rex C. Ross, Paul W. Salzman, Christopher G. Skogen