Patents by Inventor Michael T. Turner

Michael T. Turner 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: 12045014
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for providing clock user interfaces. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for providing clock user interfaces displaying simulated emitted light, methods and user interfaces for displaying clock user interfaces including astronomical object, methods and user interfaces for displaying clock user interfaces that include adjustable time indications, methods and user interfaces for displaying clock user interfaces that include multiple calendar systems, methods and user interfaces for displaying clock user interfaces including animated numerals, methods and user interfaces for displaying clock user interfaces with colors that are based on a selected color, and/or methods and user interfaces for displaying clock user interfaces including animated lines are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aurelio Guzman, Kevin W. Chen, Lynnette L. Galloway, Andre R. Jointe, Gilbert E. Kuruneri, Michael T. Nartey, Oladapo Onikuyide, Shedrick W. Turner, Jr., Noah A. Witherspoon, Pani Page
  • Publication number: 20240152252
    Abstract: A computer system displays a first user interface object and detects a first input directed to the first user interface object. If the first input does not meet a first input threshold and includes less than a threshold amount of movement, the computer system changes a mode of a control function corresponding to the user interface object from a first mode to a second mode; if the first input meets the first input threshold and includes less than the threshold amount of movement, the computer system displays a second user interface object that includes information corresponding to the control function; and if the first input meets the first input threshold and includes more than the threshold amount of movement after meeting the first input threshold, the computer system adjusts a respective control value of the control function in accordance with a movement of the first input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Michael T. Turner, Mohammed N. Jisrawi, Alan C. Dye
  • Publication number: 20230418413
    Abstract: An electronic device detects a user input while in a lower energy consumption state. After a latency period, while in a higher energy consumption state, the electronic device delivers to an application a sequence of input events that represent the user input, including, in sequence: a first input event, a second input event and a third input event that represent the user input at first, second and third input times and is delivered at first, second and third delivery times. A time interval between the second input time and the second delivery time is smaller than a time interval between the first input time and the first delivery time, and a time interval between the third input time and the third delivery time is smaller than the time interval between the second input time and the second delivery time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Aleksandr Chugunov, Ari Y. Benbasat, Brent W. Schorsch, Michael T. Turner, Stephen C. Moseley, Steven S. Noble, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Jacob Z. Weiss, Joshua C. Weinberg, Yiqiang Nie
  • Publication number: 20230359345
    Abstract: At an electronic device, a user input is detected that corresponds to a respective user interface element in a portion of a user interface that is associated with a first standard gesture recognizer and a first supplemental gesture recognizer. The user input is processed in accordance with the first standard gesture recognizer and the first supplemental gesture recognizer. In accordance with a determination that content associated with the respective user interface element cannot be added to a drag operation, the device fails to recognize the user input using the first supplemental gesture recognizer, and processes the user input using the first standard gesture recognizer. On the other hand, in accordance with a determination that the content associated with the respective user interface element can be added to the drag operation, a gesture is recognized using the first supplemental gesture recognizer and the content is added to the drag operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Bruce D. Nilo, Christopher K. Thomas, Dominik Wagner, Michael T. Turner
  • Patent number: 11762546
    Abstract: An electronic device, with a display and one or more input devices separate from the display, displays, on the display, a user interface for an application. The device receives, at the one or more input devices separate from the display, user input events. The device generates a plurality of separate event streams in accordance with the user input events. The device merges information from the plurality of separate event streams to generate a stream of merged user input events. The device provides, to the application, information that describes the stream of merged user input events. The device displays, on the display, a response by the application that is based at least in part on the information that describes the stream of merged user input events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael T. Turner, Raleigh J. Ledet
  • Patent number: 11755146
    Abstract: An electronic device, detects a touch input. After a latency period, the device delivers to an application a sequence of input events that represent the touch input, including, in sequence: a first input event that represents the touch input at a first input time and is delivered at a first delivery time, a second input event that represents the touch input at a second input time and is delivered at a second delivery time, and a third input event that represents the touch input at a third input time and is delivered at a third delivery time, a time interval between the second input time and the second delivery time is smaller than a time interval between the first input time and the first delivery time, and a time interval between the third input time and the third delivery time is smaller than the time interval between the second input time and the second delivery time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Aleksandr Chugunov, Ari Y. Benbasat, Brent W. Schorsch, Michael T. Turner, Stephen C. Moseley, Steven S. Noble, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Jacob Z. Weiss, Joshua C. Weinberg, Yiqiang Nie
  • Patent number: 11747975
    Abstract: An electronic device, while displaying a user interface of an application, detects a user input on a portion of the user interface associated with a plurality of gesture recognizers. A first set of standard gesture recognizers are associated with the portion of the user interface by the application; a second set of supplemental gesture recognizers are associated with the portion of the user interface by a system process; and a first failure requirement determines which gesture recognizers must fail before other gesture recognizers can recognize a user input. In one example, the first failure requirement is that a particular standard gesture recognizer (e.g., an intensity-based gesture recognizer) must fail before a particular supplemental gesture recognizer (e.g., a drag start gesture recognizer) can recognize a user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Bruce D. Nilo, Christopher K. Thomas, Dominik Wagner, Michael T. Turner
  • Publication number: 20230259269
    Abstract: An electronic device, with a display and an input device, displays, on the display, a user interface for an application. While displaying the user interface, the device receives a user input. In response to the user input: the device provides to the application a first input event having a phase field with a first phase value, the first input event corresponding to an input proximate to but not in contact with a touch-sensitive surface. After providing the first input event, the device provides to the application a second input event having a phase field with a second phase value, the second input event corresponding to the user input being in contact with the touch-sensitive surface. The device displays, on the display, an update to the user interface for the application that is based at least in part on the first input event and the second input event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Michael T. Turner, Raleigh J. Ledet
  • Publication number: 20220391067
    Abstract: An electronic device, detects a touch input. After a latency period, the device delivers to an application a sequence of input events that represent the touch input, including, in sequence: a first input event that represents the touch input at a first input time and is delivered at a first delivery time, a second input event that represents the touch input at a second input time and is delivered at a second delivery time, and a third input event that represents the touch input at a third input time and is delivered at a third delivery time, a time interval between the second input time and the second delivery time is smaller than a time interval between the first input time and the first delivery time, and a time interval between the third input time and the third delivery time is smaller than the time interval between the second input time and the second delivery time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Aleksandr Chugunov, Ari Y. Benbasat, Brent W. Schorsch, Michael T. Turner, Stephen C. Moseley, Steven S. Noble, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Jacob Z. Weiss, Joshua C. Weinberg, Yiqiang Nie
  • Patent number: 11360644
    Abstract: In response to a substantially stationary input directed to a user interface object on a first user interface: if the input does not meet an input threshold, the device, after detecting an end of the input, replaces display of the first user interface with a second user interface corresponding to the user interface object; if the input meets the input threshold and does not meet a greater, second input threshold, the device displays, after detecting the end of the input, a first respective user interface region that includes information corresponding to the user interface object overlaying a portion of the first user interface; and if the input meets the greater, second input threshold, the device displays, prior to detecting the end of the input, the first respective user interface region that includes information corresponding to the user interface object overlaying a portion of the first user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Michael T. Turner, Mohammed N. Jisrawi
  • Publication number: 20220179535
    Abstract: An electronic device, while displaying a user interface of an application, detects a user input on a portion of the user interface associated with a plurality of gesture recognizers. A first set of standard gesture recognizers are associated with the portion of the user interface by the application; a second set of supplemental gesture recognizers are associated with the portion of the user interface by a system process; and a first failure requirement determines which gesture recognizers must fail before other gesture recognizers can recognize a user input. In one example, the first failure requirement is that a particular standard gesture recognizer (e.g., an intensity-based gesture recognizer) must fail before a particular supplemental gesture recognizer (e.g., a drag start gesture recognizer) can recognize a user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Bruce D. Nilo, Christopher K. Thomas, Dominik Wagner, Michael T. Turner
  • Patent number: 11269508
    Abstract: An electronic device, while displaying a user interface for a first application, receives at the first application information that describes a first touch detected at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a respective user interface object. In accordance with a determination that the first touch meets predefined criteria associated with initiating a respective type of interface operation, the device initiates a user interface operation of the respective type involving the respective user interface object. The first application receives instructions to ignore the first touch with respect to user interface operations other than the respective type of interface operation, and ignores the first touch with respect to user interface operations other than the respective type of interface operation. In some embodiments, the respective type of interface operation is a drag operation, for dragging an object in or from a view of the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Bruce D. Nilo, Christopher K. Thomas, Dominik Wagner, Michael T. Turner
  • Patent number: 11231847
    Abstract: A device implementing drag and drop for a multi-window operating system may include a processor configured to manage a drag session corresponding to a drag event, the drag event including an initial input selecting an item in a first application, a drag gesture moving the item to a particular region, and a release at an end of the drag gesture for dropping the item in the particular region. The processor is configured to send a request to commandeer the drag session to the drag and drop manager. The processor is configured to receive an indication that the release has occurred in the particular region. The processor is configured to perform a drop operation, where the drop operation includes at least one of opening a window of a second application for the item or opening another window of the first application for the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. Turner, Cindy M. Barrett, Jason P. Ketterman, Patrick L. Coffman
  • Publication number: 20210132762
    Abstract: An electronic device, with a display and one or more input devices separate from the display, displays, on the display, a user interface for an application. The device receives, at the one or more input devices separate from the display, user input events. The device generates a plurality of separate event streams in accordance with the user input events. The device merges information from the plurality of separate event streams to generate a stream of merged user input events. The device provides, to the application, information that describes the stream of merged user input events. The device displays, on the display, a response by the application that is based at least in part on the information that describes the stream of merged user input events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Michael T. Turner, Raleigh J. Ledet
  • Publication number: 20210117053
    Abstract: In response to a substantially stationary input directed to a user interface object on a first user interface: if the input does not meet an input threshold, the device, after detecting an end of the input, replaces display of the first user interface with a second user interface corresponding to the user interface object; if the input meets the input threshold and does not meet a greater, second input threshold, the device displays, after detecting the end of the input, a first respective user interface region that includes information corresponding to the user interface object overlaying a portion of the first user interface; and if the input meets the greater, second input threshold, the device displays, prior to detecting the end of the input, the first respective user interface region that includes information corresponding to the user interface object overlaying a portion of the first user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Michael T. Turner, Mohammed N. Jiswari
  • Patent number: 10921975
    Abstract: An electronic device, with a display and an input device separate from the display, displays a user interface that includes a representation of a first application and a pointer object. The device receives, at the input device, a user input event directed to a location in the user interface at which the pointer object is displayed. In response to the user input event, when the respective location in the user interface at which the pointer object is displayed is over the representation of the first application, the device provides, to the first application, information that describes a simulated touch event including information that describes locations of one or more simulated touches in the user interface; and displays, on the display, a change in the representation of the first application that is determined by the first application in response to the information that describes the simulated touch event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael T. Turner, Raleigh J. Ledet
  • Patent number: 10908783
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a user interface object that corresponds to a first application. While displaying the user interface object, the device detects, via an input element, an input directed to the user interface object. In response: if the input meets an input threshold and includes less than a threshold amount of movement, the device generates a non-visual output corresponding to the input before detecting an end of the input, and after detecting an end of the input, displays a system user interface that includes information about the first application without displaying the first application; and, if the input does not meet the input threshold and includes less than the threshold amount of movement, the device forgoes generating a non-visual output corresponding to the input, and after detecting an end of the input, displays the first application on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Michael T. Turner, Mohammed N. Jisrawi
  • Patent number: 10884604
    Abstract: The subject technology provides for receiving a request for a representation of an item from a destination application. The subject technology sends the request for the representation of the item to a source application. The subject technology receives a link to a file provider, the file provider fulfilling a data transfer of the representation of the item. Further, the subject technology sends the link to the file provider to the destination application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce D. Nilo, David Rahardja, Michael T. Turner, Kurt A. Revis, Christopher K. Thomas, Stephen R. Breen, Tyler M. Fox, Emanuele Rudel, Robert D. Boehnke, Tom Adriaenssen, James R. Montgomerie
  • Patent number: 10860200
    Abstract: The subject technology provides for identifying an item being dragged over an application in which the items are arranged in a table in a first arrangement. The subject technology copies the first arrangement to generate a second arrangement that corresponds to an initial arrangement of the items when the item is identified as being dragged over the first application. The subject technology updates the first arrangement to reflect changed positions of the items in the table resulting from another item being inserted into the table. The subject technology updates the second arrangement to reflect changed positions of items. Further, the subject technology merges the updated second arrangement with the updated first arrangement to reconcile the changed positions resulting from the item being inserted into the table at the location with the changed positions resulting from the another item being inserted into the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce D. Nilo, David Rahardja, Michael T. Turner, Kurt A. Revis, Christopher K. Thomas, Stephen R. Breen, Tyler M. Fox, Emanuele Rudel, Robert D. Boehnke, Tom Adriaenssen, James R. Montgomerie
  • Publication number: 20200356230
    Abstract: A device implementing drag and drop for a multi-window operating system may include a processor configured to manage a drag session corresponding to a drag event, the drag event including an initial input selecting an item in a first application, a drag gesture moving the item to a particular region, and a release at an end of the drag gesture for dropping the item in the particular region. The processor is configured to send a request to commandeer the drag session to the drag and drop manager. The processor is configured to receive an indication that the release has occurred in the particular region. The processor is configured to perform a drop operation, where the drop operation includes at least one of opening a window of a second application for the item or opening another window of the first application for the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Michael T. TURNER, Cindy M. BARRETT, Jason P. KETTERMAN