Patents by Inventor Kevin Will Chen

Kevin Will Chen 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: 12373079
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates managing display usage. In some embodiments, a device modifies various aspects of a displayed user interface as the device transitions from operating in a first device mode to operating in a second device mode. In some embodiments, the modifications involve altering the content included in a user interface and varying how the content is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aurelio Guzman, Gary Ian Butcher, Edward Chao, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Kevin Lynch, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Aled Hywel Williams, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: 12363219
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to viewing and updating application views. A device receives a user input, the input, when received initiating display of a plurality of application views of a set of application views. The device, in response to receiving the user input, displays the plurality of application views of the set of application views, wherein the set of application views includes preselected application views and an adaptive view that corresponds to a most recently opened application that is not one of the preselected application views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan De Vries, Lee S. Broughton, Kevin Will Chen, Christopher Patrick Foss, Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Publication number: 20250191458
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for facilitating disabling an alarm in response to particular types of activity-indicative data. More specifically, activity-indicative data (e.g., measurements obtained by an electronic device) can be detected prior to a preset alarm time. Upon determining, based on the activity-indicative data, that a wakefulness condition is satisfied, the alarm can be disabled such that the alarm stimuli is not to be presented at the preset alarm time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bharath Narasimha Rao, Kevin Will Chen, Reed E. Olsen, Umamahesh Srinivas, Kevin M. Lynch, John-Peter E. Cafaro
  • Publication number: 20250174142
    Abstract: Exercise-based watch faces and complications for use with a portable multifunction device are disclosed. The methods described herein for exercise-based watch faces and complications provide indications of time and affordances representing applications (e.g., a workout application or a weather application). In response to detecting a user input corresponding to a selection of the affordance (e.g., representing a workout application), a workout routine can optionally be begun. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein, as well as electronic devices related thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher WILSON, Aled Hywel WILLIAMS, Kevin Will CHEN, Chester H. CHIPPERFIELD, Stanley Carl NG
  • Publication number: 20250165134
    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: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    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 M. LYNCH, Pedro MARI, Alessandro SABATELLI, Brian SCHMITT, Eric Lance WILSON, Lawrence Y. YANG
  • Patent number: 12293741
    Abstract: An electronic device having a display and a physical input mechanism detects a request to display a flashlight user interface. In response to detecting the request, the device displays the flashlight user interface. While displaying the flashlight user interface, the electronic device detects an interaction with the physical input mechanism. In response to detecting the interaction, the electronic device changes a property of the illumination source that is used as the flashlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marco Triverio, Gary Ian Butcher, Kevin Will Chen, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Christopher Patrick Foss
  • Patent number: 12243444
    Abstract: Exercise-based watch faces and complications for use with a portable multifunction device are disclosed. The methods described herein for exercise-based watch faces and complications provide indications of time and affordances representing applications (e.g., a workout application or a weather application). In response to detecting a user input corresponding to a selection of the affordance (e.g., representing a workout application), a workout routine can optionally be begun. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein, as well as electronic devices related thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Wilson, Aled Hywel Williams, Kevin Will Chen, Chester H. Chipperfield, Stanley Carl Ng
  • Patent number: D1067258
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Aled Williams, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1068818
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Hanwen Fan, Aurelio Guzmán, Lauren Kim Trottier, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1070879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1070892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Yeo Been Chung, Andrew Patrick Clymer, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Pani Page
  • Patent number: D1071968
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Broughton, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D1073707
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Yeo Been Chung, Andrew Patrick Clymer, Nicholas D. Felton
  • Patent number: D1082818
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Andrew Patrick Clymer, Diogo Jose Da Silva Valente Soares, Aurelio Guzmán, Nemanja Jehlicka, Chul Lee, Chun Kong, Michael J. Wood
  • Patent number: D1080677
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Chao, Kevin Will Chen, Christopher P. Foss
  • Patent number: D1078765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Yekaterina Chanba, Edward Chao, Kevin Will Chen, Diogo Jose Da Silva Valente Soares, William Nevin Danner, Philip Davis, Kevin Nassim Eugene, Christopher P. Foss, Jennifer Patton, Nathaniel Garnett Slaughter, IV
  • Patent number: D1086122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Molly Anderson, Kevin Will Chen, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Lynnette Lucille Galloway, Aurelio Guzmán, M. Evans Hankey, Andre Ricardo Jointe, Gilbert Esrome Kuruneri, Michael Tettey Nartey, Oladapo Onikuyide, Clement Tissandier, Shedrick Wallace Turner, Jr., Noah Amos Witherspoon
  • Patent number: D1086192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Teofila Connor, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Vincenzo Vuono, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1086200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Richard D. Lyons, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1087134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Aurelio Guzmán, Wan Si Wan, Christopher I. Wilson