Patents by Inventor Keith Kowalczykowski
Keith Kowalczykowski 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).
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Publication number: 20250106598Abstract: A service for providing messaging extension apps can be an online store that can be browsed and searched for the apps. The store uses extension app identifiers which are related to app identifiers that are sent between devices in a conversation of messages so that a receiving device can, when it does not have the extension app installed to interact with received content, use the extension app identifier to download and install the required extension app. In one embodiment, the download and install can occur while the messaging app remains the foreground app, and the messaging app adds an icon of the newly installed extension app into a browsable tray in the UI of the messaging app.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Adele C. PETERSON, Bhaskar P. SARMA, Kevin J. LINDEMAN, Roberto GARCIA, Keith KOWALCZYKOWSKI, Imran CHAUDHRI, Chanaka KARUNAMUNI
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Patent number: 12108310Abstract: A service for providing messaging extension apps can be an online store that can be browsed and searched for the apps. The store uses extension app identifiers which are related to app identifiers that are sent between devices in a conversation of messages so that a receiving device can, when it does not have the extension app installed to interact with received content, use the extension app identifier to download and install the required extension app. In one embodiment, the download and install can occur while the messaging app remains the foreground app, and the messaging app adds an icon of the newly installed extension app into a browsable tray in the UI of the messaging app.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Adele C. Peterson, Bhaskar P. Sarma, Kevin J. Lindeman, Roberto Garcia, Keith Kowalczykowski, Imran Chaudhri, Chanaka Karunamuni
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Publication number: 20220408231Abstract: A service for providing messaging extension apps can be an online store that can be browsed and searched for the apps. The store uses extension app identifiers which are related to app identifiers that are sent between devices in a conversation of messages so that a receiving device can, when it does not have the extension app installed to interact with received content, use the extension app identifier to download and install the required extension app. In one embodiment, the download and install can occur while the messaging app remains the foreground app, and the messaging app adds an icon of the newly installed extension app into a browsable tray in the UI of the messaging app.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Adele C. PETERSON, Bhaskar P. SARMA, Kevin J. LINDEMAN, Roberto GARCIA, Keith KOWALCZYKOWSKI, Imran CHAUDHRI, Chanaka KARUNAMUNI
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Patent number: 11375345Abstract: A service for providing messaging extension apps can be an online store that can be browsed and searched for the apps. The store uses extension app identifiers which are related to app identifiers that are sent between devices in a conversation of messages so that a receiving device can, when it does not have the extension app installed to interact with received content, use the extension app identifier to download and install the required extension app. In one embodiment, the download and install can occur while the messaging app remains the foreground app, and the messaging app adds an icon of the newly installed extension app into a browsable tray in the UI of the messaging app.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Adele C. Peterson, Bhaskar P. Sarma, Kevin J. Lindeman, Roberto Garcia, Keith Kowalczykowski, Imran Chaudhri, Chanaka Karunamuni
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Publication number: 20200236513Abstract: A service for providing messaging extension apps can be an online store that can be browsed and searched for the apps. The store uses extension app identifiers which are related to app identifiers that are sent between devices in a conversation of messages so that a receiving device can, when it does not have the extension app installed to interact with received content, use the extension app identifier to download and install the required extension app. In one embodiment, the download and install can occur while the messaging app remains the foreground app, and the messaging app adds an icon of the newly installed extension app into a browsable tray in the UI of the messaging app.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Adele C. PETERSON, Bhaskar P. SARMA, Kevin J. LINDEMAN, Roberto GARCIA, Keith KOWALCZYKOWSKI, Imran CHAUDHRI, Chanaka KARUNAMUNI
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Patent number: 10595169Abstract: A service for providing messaging extension apps can be an online store that can be browsed and searched for the apps. The store uses extension app identifiers which are related to app identifiers that are sent between devices in a conversation of messages so that a receiving device can, when it does not have the extension app installed to interact with received content, use the extension app identifier to download and install the required extension app. In one embodiment, the download and install can occur while the messaging app remains the foreground app, and the messaging app adds an icon of the newly installed extension app into a browsable tray in the UI of the messaging app.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Adele C. Peterson, Bhaskar P. Sarma, Kevin J. Lindeman, Roberto Garcia, Keith Kowalczykowski, Imran Chaudhri, Chanaka Karunamuni
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Patent number: 10505872Abstract: A messaging system in one embodiment includes a messaging app and one or more extension apps configured to create content that is displayed in a view hosted by the messaging app. The messaging app can launch the one or more extension apps, and content can be communicated between each extension app and the messaging app through an interprocess communication.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Adele C. Peterson, Roberto Garcia, Sam H. Gharabally, David Alex Carter, Bhaskar Sarma, Kevin Lindeman, Keith Kowalczykowski, Justin Wood, Eugene Bistolas, Craig Federighi
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Patent number: 9990128Abstract: A messaging system in one embodiment includes a messaging app and one or more extension apps configured to create content that is displayed in a view hosted by the messaging app. The messaging app can launch the one or more extension apps, and content can be communicated between each extension app and the messaging app through an interprocess communication.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Adele C. Peterson, Roberto Garcia, David Alex Carter, Bhaskar Sarma, Kevin Lindeman, Keith Kowalczykowski, Imran Chaudhri, Chanaka Karunamuni
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Publication number: 20170357442Abstract: A messaging system in one embodiment includes a messaging app and one or more extension apps configured to create content that is displayed in a view hosted by the messaging app. The messaging app can launch the one or more extension apps, and content can be communicated between each extension app and the messaging app through an interprocess communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Adele C. Peterson, Roberto Garcia, David Alex Carter, Bhaskar Sarma, Kevin Lindeman, Keith Kowalczykowski, Imran Chaudhri, Chanaka Karunamuni
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Publication number: 20170359702Abstract: A service for providing messaging extension apps can be an online store that can be browsed and searched for the apps. The store uses extension app identifiers which are related to app identifiers that are sent between devices in a conversation of messages so that a receiving device can, when it does not have the extension app installed to interact with received content, use the extension app identifier to download and install the required extension app. In one embodiment, the download and install can occur while the messaging app remains the foreground app, and the messaging app adds an icon of the newly installed extension app into a browsable tray in the UI of the messaging app.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Adele C. Peterson, Bhaskar P. Sarma, Kevin J. Lindeman, Roberto Garcia, Keith Kowalczykowski, Imran Chaudhri, Chanaka Karunamuni
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Publication number: 20170359279Abstract: A messaging system in one embodiment includes a messaging app and one or more extension apps configured to create content that is displayed in a view hosted by the messaging app. The messaging app can launch the one or more extension apps, and content can be communicated between each extension app and the messaging app through are interprocess communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Adele C. Peterson, Roberto Garcia, Sam H. Gharabally, David Alex Carter, Bhaskar Sarma, Kevin Linderman, Keith Kowalczykowski, Justin Wood, Eugene Bistolas, Craig Federighi