Patents by Inventor Marcel van Os

Marcel van Os 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: 12261815
    Abstract: A device implementing a system for initiating a business messaging session includes at least one processors configured to receive a selection of a telephone number on a device. The at least one processor is further configured to transmit an encoded identifier corresponding to the telephone number to a server. The at least one processor is further configured to determine whether the telephone number is registered for a business messaging system based at least in part on a response received from the server. The at least one processor is further configured to provide a first display element for initiating communication with the telephone number via the business messaging system when the telephone number is registered for the business messaging system, otherwise providing a second display element for initiating communication with the telephone number via a user messaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Grant C. Ritchie, Mithilesh Kumar, Austin A. Marusco, Akshay Bapat, John N. Meehan, Elmira Petrenco, Malay Mallick, Sampath Sree Kumar Kolluru, Adam R. Podstawczynski, Zhaoyuan Ye, Jae Woo Chang, Marcel Van Os
  • Patent number: 12260059
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing shared-content sessions. In some embodiments, content is shared with a group of users participating in a shared-content session. In some embodiments, the content is screen-share content that is shared from one device to other participants of the shared-content session. In some embodiments, the content is synchronized content for which output of the content is synchronized across the participants of the shared-content session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Woo Chang, Marcel Van Os, Marcos Weskamp, Elliot A. Barer, Kyle William Horn, Kaely Coon
  • Patent number: 12254171
    Abstract: A method is performed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying a progress icon that indicates a current position within a first piece of content, displaying a multi-purpose content navigation icon; while providing the first piece of content: detecting a first contact at a first location that corresponds to the multi-purpose content navigation icon; while continuing to detect the contact at the first location, moving the current position within the first piece of content at a predefined scrubbing rate; and, in response to detecting movement of the contact that includes a first component of movement in a direction that corresponds to movement on the display parallel to the first predefined direction, moving the current position within the first piece of content at a variable scrubbing rate that varies monotonically as the first component of movement increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill, Michael J. Matas, Lucas C. Newman, Marcel Van Os
  • Publication number: 20250086633
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display and a biometric input sensor is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Marcel VAN OS, Pablo F. CARO, George R. DICKER, Anton K. DIEDERICH
  • Patent number: 12242702
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing shared-content sessions. In some embodiments, content is shared with a group of users participating in a shared-content session. In some embodiments, the content is screen-share content that is shared from one device to other participants of the shared-content session. In some embodiments, the content is synchronized content for which output of the content is synchronized across the participants of the shared-content session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Woo Chang, Elliot A. Barer, Kaely Coon, Craig M. Federighi, Kyle William Horn, Marcel Van Os
  • Publication number: 20250068321
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a representation of a content item in a first application of a plurality of applications, where the content item is of a first type. While displaying the representation of the content item in the first application, the electronic device receives an input highlighting the representation of the content item. The electronic device receives an instruction to display a second application that is associated with content of the first type. In response to receiving the instruction, the electronic device displays a representation of the content item in the second application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Marcos A. Weskamp, Zheng X. Hong, Marcel van Os, Corey K. Wang
  • Patent number: 12236079
    Abstract: A device displays a plurality of selectable user interface objects that includes one or more folder icons on a display. The device detects a first input requesting to select a folder icon for a folder that includes selectable icons divided between a plurality of distinct separately displayed pages of a folder view. In response to detecting the first input, the device displays a first page of the folder view. While displaying the first page of the folder view, the device detects a second input that corresponds to a request to display a second page of the folder view. In response to detecting the second input, the device ceases to display the first page and displays the second page of the folder view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Marcel Van Os
  • Publication number: 20250061441
    Abstract: In some examples, an account is provisioned onto an electronic device. In some examples, the device receives a value to fund the account provisioned on the electronic device. In some examples, the electronic device transacts with a contactless transaction terminal using the provisioned account and displays an indication of the transaction. In some examples, the electronic device transmits information corresponding to the provisioned account without checking for authentication. In some examples, the device receives user input initiating a process for moving the account from a first device to a second device. In some examples, the device receives account payment credentials from a second device when a set of payment criteria are met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Marcel VAN OS, Oluwatomiwa B. ALABI, Peter D. ANTON, George R. DICKER, Donald W. PITSCHEL, Danvin RUANGCHAN, Glen W. STEELE, Simon TICKNER, Shawn T. WEBSTER
  • Publication number: 20250060226
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a commute application that provides a first presentation of several stops along a route. The commute application also receives a selection of a stop from the several stops along the route. The commute application further provides a second presentation for displaying several different routes that traverse through the selected stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: May-Li Khoe, Joseph A. Hagedorn, Marcel van Os
  • Patent number: 12229475
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a media content system. A media content provider includes storage for storing and serving video content to subscribers. The media content provider records and or otherwise stores video content from around the world. The system includes display devices configured to identify and tailor content to multiple individual users. Each user may have individual settings which provide for a customized viewing environment and experience. The system is configured to identify users of the system in order to tailor the content as appropriate. In addition, identification of users allows for the identification of the subscription content that corresponds to the user. Based upon identification of a user and corresponding subscription, the user's subscription content may be streamed to any location. In this manner, the users subscribed content may follow the user from home to a friend's house, or elsewhere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory N. Christie, Alessandro Sabatelli, William M. Bachman, Imran Chaudhri, Jeffrey Robbin, Jim Young, Joe Howard, Marcel Van Os, Patrick L. Coffman, Stephen O. Lemay, Jeffrey Ma, Lynne Kress
  • Patent number: 12223612
    Abstract: An avatar editing environment is disclosed that allows users to create custom avatars for use in online games and other applications. Starting with a blank face the user can add, rescale and position different elements (e.g., eyes, nose, mouth) on the blank face. The user can also change the shape of the avatar's face, the avatar's skin color and the color of all the elements. In some implementations, touch input and gestures can be used to manually edit the avatar. Various controls can be used to create the avatar, such as controls for resizing, rotating, positioning, etc. The user can choose between manual and automatic avatar creation. The avatar editing environment can be part of a framework that is available to applications. One or more elements of the avatar can be animated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Van Os, Thomas Goossens, Laurent Baumann, Michael Dale Lampell, Alexandre Carlhian
  • Patent number: 12221065
    Abstract: A computer system performs techniques related to displaying a representation of a secure credential and using the secure credential. In some embodiments, a computer system detects that the computer system is physically near a vehicle. In some embodiments, a computer system permits a user access to use one or more functions of a vehicle using a secure credential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vitalii Kramar, Dorian D. Dargan, Marcel Van Os
  • Patent number: 12225253
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a media content delivery service. A media content provider includes a data store for storing and serving media content to subscribers. The media content provider continually records and or otherwise stores video and audio content from around the world. Stored content will generally correspond to a large number of other media content providers, such as cable television operators, Internet based media content providers, television networks, and so on. Subscribers to the media provider interact with the media content provider via hardware and/or software mechanisms either provided by the media content provider or conforming to specifications of the media content provider. Based on these subscriber's subscriptions to the other content providers, the subscribers will have viewing, listening, or application execution privileges for content maintained in the data store. Content of a subscriber corresponding to multiple video content providers is maintained and served by a single provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory N. Christie, Alessandro Sabatelli, William M. Bachman, Imran Chaudhri, Jeffrey Robbin, Jim Young, Joe Howard, Marcel Van Os, Patrick L Coffman, Stephen O. Lemay, Jeffrey Ma, Lynne Kress
  • Publication number: 20250044921
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for editing avatars. In some embodiments, user interfaces are shown for editing an avatar and avatar stickers. In some embodiments, user interfaces are shown for editing colors of one or more avatar features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Marco TRIVERIO, Lisa K. FORSSELL, Madeline PAYNE, Marcel VAN OS, Christopher I. WILSON
  • Patent number: 12218894
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for displaying and using avatars. In some embodiments, avatars are used to generate stickers for sending in a content-creation user interface. In some embodiments, avatars are used to generate a representation of a contactable user in a contactable user editing user interface. In some embodiments, a user interface can be used to create and edit an avatar. In some embodiments, a user interface can be used to display an avatar that is responsive to detected changes in pose of a face of a user. In some embodiments, contact information is transmitted or received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Allison Dryer, Marcel Van Os
  • Publication number: 20250036261
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a messaging interface that allows a participant in a message conversation to capture, send, and/or play media content. The media content includes images, video, and/or audio. The media content is captured, sent, and/or played based on the electronic device detecting one or more conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. YANG, Eugene M. BISTOLAS, Jae Woo CHANG, Imran CHAUDHRI, Richard R. DELLINGER, Joshua B. DICKENS, Megan M. FROST, Roberto GARCIA, Stephen O. LEMAY, Marcel VAN OS, Justin WOOD
  • Publication number: 20250024134
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to displaying visual effects in image data. In some examples, visual effects include an avatar displayed on a user's face. In some examples, visual effects include stickers applied to image data. In some examples, visual effects include screen effects. In some examples, visual effects are modified based on depth data in the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Marcel VAN OS, Jessica L. ABOUKASM, Jean-Francois M. ALBOUZE, David R. BLACK, Jae Woo CHANG, Robert M. CHINN, Gregory L. DUDEY, Katherine K. ERNST, Aurelio GUZMAN, Christopher J. MOULIOS, Joanna M. NEWMAN, Grant PAUL, Nicolas SCAPEL, William A. SORRENTINO, III, Brian E. WALSH, Joseph-Alexander P. WEIL, Christopher WILSON
  • Patent number: D1060377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen O. Lemay, Bas Ording, Marcel van Os
  • Patent number: D1066384
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Jae Woo Chang, Christian Xavier Dalonzo, Nathan de Vries, Jiaying Deng, Marcel van Os
  • Patent number: D1068822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Anzures, Imran Chaudhri, Greg Christie, Stephen O. Lemay, Mike Matas, Bas Ording, Marcel van Os