Patents by Inventor Lance Wilson

Lance Wilson 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: 11651137
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices can efficiently manage the displaying of text on a screen of a computing device. For example, a client application can provide a data object for a particular style window on the screen. The data object can include a data item, comprising text data, one or more units specifying one or more portions of the text data to be displayed in the style window, and an identifier corresponding to a particular display function to be used in displaying the text data. The display function can be invoked to determine a potential text string to display based on the text data, the one or more units, and one or more rules corresponding to the particular display function. Additional text strings can be generated to obtain a text string that is shorter than or equal to a maximum length for the data item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Eliza C. Block, David A. Schimon, Eric Lance Wilson, Paul W. Salzman, Aurelio Guzman, Christopher Wilson
  • Publication number: 20230024225
    Abstract: User interface navigation on a personal electronics device based on movements of a crown is disclosed. The device can select an appropriate level of information arranged along a z-axis for display based on crown movement. The navigation can be based on an angular velocity of the crown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas ZAMBETTI, Imran CHAUDHRI, Jonathan R. DASCOLA, Alan C. DYE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Aurelio GUZMAN, Chanaka G. KARUNAMUNI, Duncan Robert KERR, Stephen O. LEMAY, Natalia MARIC, Christopher WILSON, Eric Lance WILSON, Lawrence Y. YANG, Gary Ian BUTCHER, Anton M. DAVYDOV, Dylan Ross EDWARDS, Jonathan P. IVE, Zachery KENNEDY, Nicholas V. KING, Daniel Trent PRESTON
  • Patent number: 11537281
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to user interfaces for manipulating user interface objects. A device, including a display and a rotatable input mechanism, is described in relation to manipulating user interface objects. In some examples, the manipulation of the object is a scroll, zoom, or rotate of the object. In other examples, objects are selected in accordance with simulated magnetic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Zambetti, Imran Chaudhri, Jonathan R. Dascola, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Aurelio Guzman, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Duncan Robert Kerr, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang, Gary Ian Butcher, Nathan De Vries, Jonathan P. Ive
  • Patent number: 11513675
    Abstract: User interface navigation on a personal electronics device based on movements of a crown is disclosed. The device can select an appropriate level of information arranged along a z-axis for display based on crown movement. The navigation can be based on an angular velocity of the crown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Zambetti, Imran Chaudhri, Jonathan R. Dascola, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Aurelio Guzman, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Duncan Robert Kerr, Stephen O. Lemay, Natalia Maric, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang, Gary Ian Butcher, Anton M. Davydov, Dylan Ross Edwards, Jonathan P. Ive, Zachery Kennedy, Nicholas V. King, Daniel Trent Preston
  • Publication number: 20220357825
    Abstract: An electronic device may display a first lap time representation, and may move the first lap time representation in accordance with a first amount of elapsed time. While moving the first lap time representation, the electronic device may detect a lap input. In response to the lap input, the electronic device may cease movement of the first lap time representation, display a second lap time representation, and move the second lap time representation in accordance with a second amount of elapsed time. A relative positioning of the first lap time representation and the second lap time representation may correspond to a difference between a first lap time and a second lap time. In some embodiments, the electronic device may update the timescales of lap time representation(s) in accordance with a rotational input. In some embodiments, the electronic device may update a timer duration setting in accordance with a rotational input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Lance WILSON, Christopher WILSON, Jonathan R. DASCOLA, Gary Ian BUTCHER, Imran CHAUDHRI, Alan C. DYE, Stephen O. LEMAY, Natalia MARIC, Lawrence Y. YANG
  • Publication number: 20220342443
    Abstract: An example method is performed at a device with a display and a biometric sensor. While the device is in a locked state, the method includes displaying a log-in user interface that is associated with logging in to a first and second user account. While displaying the log-in user interface, the method includes, receiving biometric information, and in response to receiving the biometric information: when the biometric information is consistent with biometric information for the first user account and the first user account does not have an active session, displaying a prompt to input a log-in credential for the first user account; and when the biometric information is consistent with biometric information for the second user account and the second user account does not have an active session on the device, displaying a prompt to input a log-in credential for the second user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Raymond S. Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong, Patrick L. Coffman, Dylan R. Edwards, Eric Lance Wilson, Gregg S. Suzuki, Christopher I. Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang, Andre Souza Dos Santos, Jeffrey T. Bernstein, Duncan R. Kerr, John B. Morrell
  • Patent number: 11429145
    Abstract: An example method is performed at a device with a display and a biometric sensor. While the device is in a locked state, the method includes displaying a log-in user interface that is associated with logging in to a first and second user account. While displaying the log-in user interface, the method includes, receiving biometric information, and in response to receiving the biometric information: when the biometric information is consistent with biometric information for the first user account and the first user account does not have an active session, displaying a prompt to input a log-in credential for the first user account; and when the biometric information is consistent with biometric information for the second user account and the second user account does not have an active session on the device, displaying a prompt to input a log-in credential for the second user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Raymond S. Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong, Patrick L. Coffman, Dylan R. Edwards, Eric Lance Wilson, Gregg S. Suzuki, Christopher I. Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang, Andre Souza Dos Santos, Jeffrey T. Bernstein, Duncan R. Kerr, John B. Morrell
  • Publication number: 20220263940
    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: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Nathan DE VRIES, Lee S. BROUGHTON, Kevin Will CHEN, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Stephen O. LEMAY, Christopher WILSON, Eric Lance WILSON, Giancarlo YERKES
  • Patent number: D960151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Imran Chaudhri, Daniel J. Coster, Jonathan Dascola, Daniele De Iuliis, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Foss, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Stephen O. Lemay, Marc A. Newson, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Aled Williams, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Yang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D961620
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aurelio Guzmán, Jonathan P. Ive, Brian Andrew Schmitt, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D964422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Dylan Ross Edwards, Christopher Foss, David C. Graham, Aurelio Guzmän, Jonathan P. Ive, Chanaka Karunamuni, Wan Si Wan, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D965673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thalia Echevarria Fiol, Borna Aaron Gr{hacek over (c)}ević, Bon Min, Loïc A. Sander, Vincenzo Vuono, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D966293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Dylan Ross Edwards, Christopher Foss, Chance Graham, Aurelio Guzmán, Jonathan P. Ive, Chanaka Karunamuni, Wan Si Wan, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D967189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Teofila Connor, Alan C. Dye, Thalia Jimena Echevarria Fiol, Aurelio Guzmán, Jonathan P. Ive, Vincenzo Vuono, Wan Si Wan, Christopher I. Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D971249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D971931
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jiaying Deng, Marcos Weskamp, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D972590
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Christopher Foss, Jonathan P. Ive, Britt Nelson, Christopher Daryl Soli, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D975134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Lyons, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D978182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Broughton, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D984472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Alan C. Dye, Thalia Jimena Echevarria Fiol, Robert Garcia, III, Stephen O. Lemay, Bon Min, Marcel van Os, Marcos A. Weskamp, Christopher I. Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson