Patents by Inventor Marc Edward Schonbrun

Marc Edward Schonbrun 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).

  • DIGITAL ASSISTANT FOR HEALTH REQUESTS
    Publication number: 20220375553
    Abstract: An example method includes receiving, by a digital assistant capable of accessing a plurality of types of health information, a natural language input associated with a type of health information of the plurality of types of health information; in accordance with a determination that the natural language input corresponds to a health domain: determining whether the digital assistant is authorized to access the type of health information; in accordance with a determination that the digital assistant is authorized to access the type of health information: initiating a task based on the natural language input; and in accordance with a determination that the digital assistant is not authorized to access the type of health information: providing a second output indicating that the digital assistant is not authorized to access the type of health information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Rae Lee LASKO, Quannon AU, Kunal Karan BHUWALKA, Susan L. BOOKER, Xingliang CHEN, Jamie CHENG, Sue Wen CHIAO, Matthew W. CROWLEY, Irene G. LIN, Christopher L. MAURY, Marc Edward SCHONBRUN, Christopher Matthew WEBB
  • Using a location to refine network-provided time zone information
    Patent number: 9204249
    Abstract: A method for using a location to refine network-provided time zone information is disclosed. The method can include a wireless communication device receiving a time zone information message from a network; determining multiple candidate time zones matching a set of time zone identification parameters included in the received time zone information message; deriving a location of the wireless communication device; and using the location to select a current time zone for the wireless communication device from the candidate time zones matching the set of time zone identification parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Keryuan Huang, Jay N. Bruins, Marc Edward Schonbrun, Vinay A. Ramaswamy, Longda Xing, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Matthew S. Klahn
  • USING A LOCATION TO REFINE NETWORK-PROVIDED TIME ZONE INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20140066064
    Abstract: A method for using a location to refine network-provided time zone information is disclosed. The method can include a wireless communication device receiving a time zone information message from a network; determining multiple candidate time zones matching a set of time zone identification parameters included in the received time zone information message; deriving a location of the wireless communication device; and using the location to select a current time zone for the wireless communication device from the candidate time zones matching the set of time zone identification parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Keryuan Huang, Jay N. Bruins, Marc Edward Schonbrun, Vinay A. Ramaswamy, Longda Xing, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Matthew S. Klahn