Patents by Inventor Kenneth C. Barry

Kenneth C. Barry 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).

  • Managing access to media accounts
    Patent number: 11522965
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing system can manage access to media sources associated with a user's media account. For example, the system can coordinate access to a user's media account between local and network devices such that when access to the user's media account is granted to an application on a user device, the application can access both local and network media sources associated with the user's media account. Similarly, when access to the user's media account is revoked from an application at a user device or at a network device, the application is prevented from accessing both local and network media sources associated with the user's media account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Alsina, Zhiyuan Zhao, Kenneth C. Barry, David K. Heller
  • Managing Access to Media Accounts
    Publication number: 20210112139
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing system can manage access to media sources associated with a user's media account. For example, the system can coordinate access to a user's media account between local and network devices such that when access to the user's media account is granted to an application on a user device, the application can access both local and network media sources associated with the user's media account. Similarly, when access to the user's media account is revoked from an application at a user device or at a network device, the application is prevented from accessing both local and network media sources associated with the user's media account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Alsina, Zhiyuan Zhao, Kenneth C. Barry, David K. Heller
  • Managing access to media accounts
    Patent number: 10791197
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing system can manage access to media sources associated with a user's media account. For example, the system can coordinate access to a user's media account between local and network devices such that when access to the user's media account is granted to an application on a user device, the application can access both local and network media sources associated with the user's media account. Similarly, when access to the user's media account is revoked from an application at a user device or at a network device, the application is prevented from accessing both local and network media sources associated with the user's media account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Alsina, Zhiyuan Zhao, Kenneth C. Barry, David K. Heller
  • Managing Access to Media Accounts
    Publication number: 20180213059
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing system can manage access to media sources associated with a user's media account. For example, the system can coordinate access to a user's media account between local and network devices such that when access to the user's media account is granted to an application on a user device, the application can access both local and network media sources associated with the user's media account. Similarly, when access to the user's media account is revoked from an application at a user device or at a network device, the application is prevented from accessing both local and network media sources associated with the user's media account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Alsina, Zhiyuan Zhao, Kenneth C. Barry, David K. Heller