Patents by Inventor Loren Brichter

Loren Brichter 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: 11023120
    Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for providing enhanced user interface mechanics are presented. In one arrangement, a scrollable list of content items may be displayed. Input associated with a scroll command may be received. Then, based on the scroll command, a scrollable refresh trigger may be displayed. Subsequently, the scrollable list of content items may be refreshed in response to determining, based on the scroll command, that the scrollable refresh trigger has been activated. In at least one instance, it may be determined that the scrollable refresh trigger has been activated in response to determining that the scroll command was completed while the scrollable refresh trigger was fully displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TWITTER, INC.
    Inventor: Loren Brichter
  • Patent number: 10754492
    Abstract: A method for displaying content in a computing device including a display, the method including: displaying content in a viewable area of the display; detecting, by the display, an input associated with the content; and shifting, in response to the input, at least a portion of the content of the viewable area to display a non-modal view, where the non-modal view and the shifted content are concurrently available for user interaction after shifting the portion of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Loren Brichter, Leland Rechis
  • Patent number: 10572102
    Abstract: A method of displaying content in a computing device including a display. The method includes: displaying content on the display; detecting, by the display, a predefined gesture corresponding to an item in the content; displaying, concurrently with the item, additional content associated with the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: TWITTER, INC.
    Inventors: Loren Brichter, Leland Rechis
  • Patent number: 10489012
    Abstract: A method of displaying content in a computing device including a display. The method includes: displaying content on the display; detecting, by the display, a pinch gesture corresponding to an item in the content; displaying, concurrently with the item, a modal window including additional content associated with the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TWITTER, INC.
    Inventors: Loren Brichter, Leland Rechis
  • Patent number: 10133439
    Abstract: A method for displaying content in a computing device, including: displaying a set of partially overlapping panels in a viewable area of a display; detecting a first input associated with an element in a first panel of the set of overlapping panels; displaying, on the display, an indication that the element is selected; and displaying, in response to the first input and concurrently with the indication, a second panel partially overlapping the first panel and adjacent to at least one edge of the viewable area of the display, where the second panel includes content relevant to the selected element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: TWITTER, INC.
    Inventors: Loren Brichter, Leland Rechis
  • Patent number: 9965136
    Abstract: A method for displaying content in a computing device including a display, the method including: displaying content in a viewable area of the display; detecting, by the display, an input associated with the content; and shifting, in response to the input, at least a portion of the content of the viewable area to display a non-modal view, where the non-modal view and the shifted content are concurrently available for user interaction after shifting the portion of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Loren Brichter, Leland Rechis
  • Patent number: 9405453
    Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for providing enhanced user interface mechanics are presented. In one arrangement, a scrollable list of content items may be displayed. Input associated with a scroll command may be received. Then, based on the scroll command, a scrollable refresh trigger may be displayed. Subsequently, the scrollable list of content items may be refreshed in response to determining, based on the scroll command, that the scrollable refresh trigger has been activated. In at least one instance, it may be determined that the scrollable refresh trigger has been activated in response to determining that the scroll command was completed while the scrollable refresh trigger was fully displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventor: Loren Brichter
  • Publication number: 20140324997
    Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for enhanced message handling are presented. A first message may be sent to a first identity. Thereafter, a second message may be sent to a second identity. Alternatively, a first message may be received from a first identity, and a second message may be received from a second identity. In either case, in response to determining, based on local address book data, that the first identity and the second identity are both associated with a first person, the first message and the second message may be displayed in a single conversation window. Subsequently sent and/or received messages may be similarly aggregated into the conversation window based on such messages being to and/or from one or more identities of the same person. Additionally, these subsequently aggregated messages may be sent and/or received via different communication services, such as email, SMS, and/or social networking services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: BORANGE, INC.
    Inventors: Mason Lee, Loren Brichter
  • Patent number: 8769418
    Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for enhanced message handling are presented. A first message may be sent to a first identity. Thereafter, a second message may be sent to a second identity. Alternatively, a first message may be received from a first identity, and a second message may be received from a second identity. In either case, in response to determining, based on local address book data, that the first identity and the second identity are both associated with a first person, the first message and the second message may be displayed in a single conversation window. Subsequently sent and/or received messages may be similarly aggregated into the conversation window based on such messages being to and/or from one or more identities of the same person. Additionally, these subsequently aggregated messages may be sent and/or received via different communication services, such as email, SMS, and/or social networking services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Borange, Inc.
    Inventors: Mason Lee, Loren Brichter
  • Patent number: 8448084
    Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for providing enhanced user interface mechanics are presented. In one arrangement, a scrollable list of content items may be displayed. Input associated with a scroll command may be received. Then, based on the scroll command, a scrollable refresh trigger may be displayed. Subsequently, the scrollable list of content items may be refreshed in response to determining, based on the scroll command, that the scrollable refresh trigger has been activated. In at least one instance, it may be determined that the scrollable refresh trigger has been activated in response to determining that the scroll command was completed while the scrollable refresh trigger was fully displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventor: Loren Brichter
  • Publication number: 20120278732
    Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for enhanced message handling are presented. A first message may be sent to a first identity. Thereafter, a second message may be sent to a second identity. Alternatively, a first message may be received from a first identity, and a second message may be received from a second identity. In either case, in response to determining, based on local address book data, that the first identity and the second identity are both associated with a first person, the first message and the second message may be displayed in a single conversation window. Subsequently sent and/or received messages may be similarly aggregated into the conversation window based on such messages being to and/or from one or more identities of the same person. Additionally, these subsequently aggregated messages may be sent and/or received via different communication services, such as email, SMS, and/or social networking services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: BORANGE, INC.
    Inventors: Mason Lee, Loren Brichter
  • Patent number: 8085280
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for determining an up scale factor and a down scale factor according to a scale factor received from a graphics application program interface (API) to scale a graphics data in a graphics processing unit (GPU) are described. The up scale factor and the down scale factor may be precisely stored in the GPU based on a fixed number of bits. An actual scale factor which can be precisely stored in the GPU corresponding to the scale factor may differ from the scale factor with a difference. Graphics commands may be sent to the GPU to scale the graphics data according to the up scale factor and the down scale factor separately. A combined scale factor corresponding to a combination of the up scale factor and the down scale factor may differ from the scale factor less then the difference between the actual scale factor and the scale factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Loren Brichter, Alexander King-Chung Kan, Michael James Elliott Swift
  • Publication number: 20110134147
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for determining an up scale factor and a down scale factor according to a scale factor received from a graphics application program interface (API) to scale a graphics data in a graphics processing unit (GPU) are described. The up scale factor and the down scale factor may be precisely stored in the GPU based on a fixed number of bits. An actual scale factor which can be precisely stored in the GPU corresponding to the scale factor may differ from the scale factor with a difference. Graphics commands may be sent to the GPU to scale the graphics data according to the up scale factor and the down scale factor separately. A combined scale factor corresponding to a combination of the up scale factor and the down scale factor may differ from the scale factor less then the difference between the actual scale factor and the scale factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Loren Brichter, Alexander King-Chung Kan, Michael James Elliott Swift
  • Patent number: 7898554
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for determining an up scale factor and a down scale factor according to a scale factor received from a graphics application program interface (API) to scale a graphics data in a graphics processing unit (GPU) are described. The up scale factor and the down scale factor may be precisely stored in the GPU based on a fixed number of bits. An actual scale factor which can be precisely stored in the GPU corresponding to the scale factor may differ from the scale factor with a difference. Graphics commands may be sent to the GPU to scale the graphics data according to the up scale factor and the down scale factor separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Loren Brichter, Alexander King-Chung Kan, Michael James Elliott Swift
  • Patent number: 7849414
    Abstract: Techniques for anti-aliasing of graphical objects. A graphical object to be displayed on a display image may be modified to include a border region at least partially surrounding the object. The color of the border region may be selected based on the color of the background over which the graphical object is to be displayed. The graphical object is linearly filtered. The linearly filtered graphical object is displayed on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Kan, Michael J. E. Swift, Sean Gies, Loren Brichter, Christopher Niederauer
  • Publication number: 20100199180
    Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for providing enhanced user interface mechanics are presented. In one arrangement, a scrollable list of content items may be displayed. Input associated with a scroll command may be received. Then, based on the scroll command, a scrollable refresh trigger may be displayed. Subsequently, the scrollable list of content items may be refreshed in response to determining, based on the scroll command, that the scrollable refresh trigger has been activated. In at least one instance, it may be determined that the scrollable refresh trigger has been activated in response to determining that the scroll command was completed while the scrollable refresh trigger was fully displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: ATEBITS LLC
    Inventor: Loren Brichter
  • Publication number: 20080320414
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for efficient edge anti-aliasing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: ALEX KAN, Michael J. E. Swift, Sean Gies, Loren Brichter, Christopher Niederauer
  • Publication number: 20080303846
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for determining an up scale factor and a down scale factor according to a scale factor received from a graphics application program interface (API) to scale a graphics data in a graphics processing unit (GPU) are described. The up scale factor and the down scale factor may be precisely stored in the GPU based on a fixed number of bits. An actual scale factor which can be precisely stored in the GPU corresponding to the scale factor may differ from the scale factor with a difference. Graphics commands may be sent to the GPU to scale the graphics data according to the up scale factor and the down scale factor separately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Loren Brichter, Alexander King-Chung Kan, Michael James Elliott Swift
  • Patent number: D704222
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Borange, Inc.
    Inventors: Mason Lee, Loren Brichter