Patents by Inventor Kevin Lynch

Kevin Lynch 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: 20190250813
    Abstract: Methods for sharing user-configurable graphical constructs, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. The methods described herein allow for sharing user-configurable graphical constructs, such as context-specific user interfaces and emoji graphical objects that contain independently configurable graphical elements. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Eliza BLOCK, Giovanni M. AGNOLI, Aurelio GUZMAN, Kevin LYNCH, Christopher WILSON, Eric Lance WILSON
  • Patent number: 10379714
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display can receive an alert comprising information, and in response to receiving the alert, issue a perceptual output. The device can detect a user input and determine whether the user input was detected within a predetermined time interval after the perceptual output. In accordance with a determination that the user input was detected within the predetermined time interval, the device can display a notification on the display, wherein the notification comprises a first portion of the information. If the device continues to detect the user input after a second predetermined time period, the device can display a second portion of the information, where the second portion is different from the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. Yang, Stephen O. Lemay, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Jonathan R. Dascola, Imran Chaudhri, Gary Ian Butcher, David Chance Graham, Jonathan P. Ive, Kevin Lynch, Natalia Maric
  • Patent number: 10339293
    Abstract: An electronic device having a user-interface locked state and a user-interface unlocked state may be in the locked state. The locked electronic device may detect, via wireless communication, an external device; receive, from the external device, unlocking information for unlocking the electronic device. The locked electronic device may determine whether the external device is authorized to facilitate its unlocking. The locked electronic device may detect user input. In response to the user input, the received unlocking information, and/or a determination that the external device is authorized, the locked electronic device may unlock and enter a normal operating state wherein application programs may be launched and used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. Yang, John J. Iarocci, Gary Ian Butcher, Kevin Lynch
  • Publication number: 20190163319
    Abstract: A device with a touch-sensitive display, a rotatable input mechanism, processors, and memory storing programs including instructions for receiving data from the external device representing user input received over a duration of time at the external device is disclosed. The programs may include instructions for determining whether the electronic device is actively executing an application for playback. The programs may further include instructions for in accordance with a determination that the electronic device is not actively executing an application for playback: displaying an indication of the receiving of the data; and displaying an affordance, wherein the affordance when selected launches the application for playback and causes the electronic device to playback the received data according to the duration of time of the user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Freddy Allen ANZURES, Imran CHAUDHRI, Alan C. DYE, Jonathan P. IVE, Duncan Robert KERR, Nicholas V. KING, Kevin LYNCH, Gregory NOVICK, Daniel Trent PRESTON, Monica JENKINS, Lawrence Y. YANG
  • Patent number: 10281999
    Abstract: Button functionalities for user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. Exemplary button functionalities are described for an electronic device with a display, a rotatable and depressible input mechanism, and/or a button. Different device features may be accessed, depending on whether the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button is activated, and further depending on whether the activation represents a single press, a double press, or an extended press on the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Patrick Foss, Anton M. Davydov, Dylan Ross Edwards, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Stephen O. Lemay, Kevin Lynch, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Patent number: 10262843
    Abstract: A sputtering target assembly, including a cylindrical backing tube, a magnet assembly disposed within the backing tube, and a conduit disposed within the backing tube and adapted for transporting coolant. The conduit includes at least one first opening positioned for providing the coolant in a substantially circumferential direction from the conduit toward an inner surface of the backing tube into a gap volume between a front side of the magnet assembly and the inner surface of the backing tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: BEIJING APOLLO DING RONG SOLAR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Robert Martinson, Paul Shufflebotham, Kevin Lynch, Heinrich von Bunau, Deborah Sloan, Daniel R. Juliano
  • Patent number: 10254948
    Abstract: An electronic device with a touch-sensitive display can detect a contact with the display, and in response to detecting the contact, the device can display a user interface screen representing a corresponding application. The user interface screen can include an affordance for launching the application, and a set of information obtained from the application, where the set of information is updated in accordance with data from the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Wan Si Wan, Gary Ian Butcher, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Craig M. Federighi, Christopher Patrick Foss, Jonathan P. Ive, Stephen O. Lemay, Kevin Lynch, Natalia Maric, Gregory Novick, Jeff Williams, Christopher Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Patent number: 10209810
    Abstract: A device with a touch-sensitive display, a rotatable input mechanism, processors, and memory storing programs for displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a user interface comprising a plurality of objects each associated with a contact and an affordance representing a first contact is disclosed. The memory may include programs for, in response to receiving the first input, updating the visual appearance of the affordance to represent the second contact among the plurality of contacts, and the memory also may include programs for, after updating the visual appearance of the affordance, updating display of the affordance to an add contact affordance, where the add contact affordance was not displayed prior to detecting the second input corresponding to the selection of the object that is not associated with any contact. Further, the memory may include programs for displaying a user interface for adding a contact upon selection of the add contact affordance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Allen Anzures, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Nicholas V. King, Kevin Lynch, Gregory Novick, Daniel Trent Preston, Monica Jenkins, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Publication number: 20180341344
    Abstract: Button functionalities for user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. Exemplary button functionalities are described for an electronic device with a display, a rotatable and depressible input mechanism, and/or a button. Different device features may be accessed, depending on whether the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button is activated, and further depending on whether the activation represents a single press, a double press, or an extended press on the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Patrick FOSS, Anton M. DAVYDOV, Dylan Ross EDWARDS, Imran CHAUDHRI, Alan C. DYE, Jonathan P. IVE, Stephen O. LEMAY, Kevin LYNCH, Lawrence Y. YANG
  • Patent number: 10135861
    Abstract: Static analysis is applied to unrecognized software objects in order to identify and address potential anti-sandboxing techniques. Where static analysis suggests the presence of any such corresponding code, the software object may be forwarded to a sandbox for further analysis. In another aspect, multiple types of sandboxes may be provided, with the type being selected according to the type of exploit suggested by the static analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sophos Limited
    Inventors: Mark David Harris, Daniel Stutz, Vincent Kevin Lynch
  • Patent number: 10082892
    Abstract: Button functionalities for user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. Exemplary button functionalities are described for an electronic device with a display, a rotatable and depressible input mechanism, and/or a button. Different device features may be accessed, depending on whether the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button is activated, and further depending on whether the activation represents a single press, a double press, or an extended press on the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Patrick Foss, Anton M. Davydov, Dylan Ross Edwards, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Stephen O. Lemay, Kevin Lynch, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Patent number: 10073590
    Abstract: A method includes, at an electronic device: receiving data representing a sequence of images stored on an external device; displaying, on a touch-sensitive display, a representation of the sequence of images; determining whether a contact detected on the touch-sensitive display at the representation of the sequence of images has a characteristic intensity above a threshold intensity; in response to a determination that the characteristic intensity is above the threshold intensity, displaying a user interface menu including a user interface object representing an option to display a background of a user interface based on the sequence of images; detecting a selection of the user interface object; detecting a motion indicative of a wrist raise gesture; and in response to detecting the motion indicative of a wrist raise gesture, displaying the background of the user interface on the display of the electronic device based on the sequence of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Dascola, Christopher Patrick Foss, Lawrence Y. Yang, Alan C. Dye, David Chance Graham, Jonathan P. Ive, Kevin Lynch, James Howard, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Eric Lance Wilson, Christopher Wilson, Jeffrey Meininger
  • Publication number: 20180181185
    Abstract: A device with a touch-sensitive display and a battery can determine a battery level of the battery, and in accordance with a determination that the battery level is at or below a first threshold value, cause a haptic output and/or enter a low-power mode. While in low-power mode, the device may produce different outputs in response to user inputs than while in a normal power mode. In some embodiments, while in the low-power mode, the device may display only the time and an indication that the device is in a low-power mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: David Chance GRAHAM, Imran CHAUDHRI, Alan C. DYE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Jonathan P. IVE, Kevin LYNCH, Christopher WILSON, Lawrence Y. YANG
  • Patent number: 9977579
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display can receive an alert comprising information, and in response to receiving the alert, issue a perceptual output. The device can detect a user input and determine whether the user input was detected within a predetermined time interval after the perceptual output. In accordance with a determination that the user input was detected within the predetermined time interval, the device can display a notification on the display, wherein the notification comprises a first portion of the information. If the device continues to detect the user input after a second predetermined time period, the device can display a second portion of the information, where the second portion is different from the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. Yang, Stephen O. Lemay, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Jonathan R. Dascola, Imran Chaudhri, Gary Ian Butcher, David Chance Graham, Jonathan P. Ive, Kevin Lynch, Natalia Maric
  • Publication number: 20180081515
    Abstract: Methods for sharing user-configurable graphical constructs, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. The methods described herein allow for sharing user-configurable graphical constructs that contain independently configurable graphical elements and graphical assets. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Eliza BLOCK, Giovanni M. AGNOLI, Aurelio GUZMAN, Kevin LYNCH, Christopher WILSON, Eric Lance WILSON, Paul W. SALZMAN, Vera CARR
  • Patent number: 9917859
    Abstract: Static analysis is applied to unrecognized software objects in order to identify and address potential anti-sandboxing techniques. Where static analysis suggests the presence of any such corresponding code, the software object may be forwarded to a sandbox for further analysis. In another aspect, multiple types of sandboxes may be provided, with the type being selected according to the type of exploit suggested by the static analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Sophos Limited
    Inventors: Mark David Harris, Daniel Stutz, Vincent Kevin Lynch
  • Publication number: 20180067633
    Abstract: Context-specific user interfaces for use with a portable multifunction device are disclosed. The methods described herein for context-specific user interfaces provide indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher WILSON, Gary Ian BUTCHER, Kevin Will CHEN, Imran CHAUDHRI, Alan C. DYE, Aurelio GUZMAN, Jonathan P. IVE, Chanaka G. KARUNAMUNI, Kenneth KOCIENDA, Kevin LYNCH, Pedro MARI, Alessandro SABATELLI, Brian SCHMITT, Eric Lance WILSON, Lawrence Y. YANG
  • Patent number: 9846508
    Abstract: Touch inputs such as single-finger contacts and multiple-finger contacts are detected at an electronic device and translated into electronic touch communications for playback at an external electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Allen Anzures, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Nicholas V. King, Kevin Lynch, Gregory Novick, Daniel Trent Preston, Monica Jenkins, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Publication number: 20170357973
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to transaction user interfaces. In some examples, a user is notified if there is an error with transaction parameters and the device determines whether potentially compatible transaction parameters are available on the electronic device. In some examples, the user is notified if there is an error with transaction parameters and the user is prompted to use another device to enter new transaction information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Marcel VAN OS, Oluwatomiwa B. ALABI, Peter D. ANTON, Leonardo N. CANTELMO, George R. DICKER, Morgan GRAINGER, Kevin LYNCH, Nicholas J. SHEARER, Simon TICKNER
  • Publication number: 20170357411
    Abstract: An electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, one or more processors, and memory detects a first user input. In response to detecting the first user input, the device displays on the touch-sensitive display a user interface screen including a first affordance and a second affordance. The device detects a second user input including a contact on the touch-sensitive display. In accordance with a determination that the contact corresponds to selection of the first affordance, the electronic device is caused to turn off. In accordance with a determination that the contact corresponds to selection of the second affordance, the device causes initiation of a telephone call to a determined number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Aled Hywel WILLIAMS, Jonathan P. IVE, Bronwyn JONES, Ieyuki KAWASHIMA, Kevin LYNCH, Natalia MARIC, Andreas E. SCHOBEL, Molly Pray WIEBE