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).
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Patent number: 11023120Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: TWITTER, INC.Inventor: Loren Brichter
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Patent number: 10754492Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Twitter, Inc.Inventors: Loren Brichter, Leland Rechis
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Patent number: 10572102Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 16, 2013Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: TWITTER, INC.Inventors: Loren Brichter, Leland Rechis
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Patent number: 10489012Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 16, 2013Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: TWITTER, INC.Inventors: Loren Brichter, Leland Rechis
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Patent number: 10133439Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 11, 2012Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: TWITTER, INC.Inventors: Loren Brichter, Leland Rechis
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Patent number: 9965136Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 16, 2013Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Twitter, Inc.Inventors: Loren Brichter, Leland Rechis
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Patent number: 9405453Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 19, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Twitter, Inc.Inventor: Loren Brichter
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Publication number: 20140324997Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: BORANGE, INC.Inventors: Mason Lee, Loren Brichter
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Patent number: 8769418Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Borange, Inc.Inventors: Mason Lee, Loren Brichter
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Patent number: 8448084Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 8, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Twitter, Inc.Inventor: Loren Brichter
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Publication number: 20120278732Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2011Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: BORANGE, INC.Inventors: Mason Lee, Loren Brichter
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Patent number: 8085280Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Loren Brichter, Alexander King-Chung Kan, Michael James Elliott Swift
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Publication number: 20110134147Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2011Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventors: Loren Brichter, Alexander King-Chung Kan, Michael James Elliott Swift
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Patent number: 7898554Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 7, 2007Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Loren Brichter, Alexander King-Chung Kan, Michael James Elliott Swift
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Patent number: 7849414Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alex Kan, Michael J. E. Swift, Sean Gies, Loren Brichter, Christopher Niederauer
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Publication number: 20100199180Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: ATEBITS LLCInventor: Loren Brichter
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Publication number: 20080320414Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for efficient edge anti-aliasing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2007Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: ALEX KAN, Michael J. E. Swift, Sean Gies, Loren Brichter, Christopher Niederauer
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Publication number: 20080303846Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2007Publication date: December 11, 2008Inventors: Loren Brichter, Alexander King-Chung Kan, Michael James Elliott Swift
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Patent number: D704222Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Borange, Inc.Inventors: Mason Lee, Loren Brichter