Patents by Inventor Michael W. Foster

Michael W. Foster 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).

  • Wellness aggregator
    Patent number: 11996190
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aggregating and sharing wellness data. The wellness data can be received by a user device from any number of sensors external or internal to the user device, from a user manually entering the wellness data, or from other users or entities. The user device can securely store the wellness data on the user device and transmit the wellness data to be stored on a remote database. A user of the device can share some or all of the wellness data with friends, relatives, caregivers, healthcare providers, or the like. The user device can further display a user's wellness data in an aggregated view of different types of wellness data. Wellness data of other users can also be viewed if authorizations from those users have been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aroon Pahwa, Rebecca L. Weber, Divya Nag, Christopher D. Soli, Lawrence Y. Yang, Stephen O. Lemay, Kevin M. Lynch, Stacey F. Lysik, Dylan R. Edwards, Zachury B. Minjack, Zachery W. Kennedy, Adam L. Beberg, Dennis S. Park, Afshad M. Mistri, Anton M. Davydov, Jay K. Blahnik, Christine M. Eun, James H. Foster, Stephanie M. Greer, Daniel S. Keen, Natalia C. Maric, Gregory B. Novick, Michael O'Reilly, Donald W. Pitschel
  • Device, method, and graphical user interface for manipulating user interfaces based on fingerprint sensor inputs
    Patent number: 11989394
    Abstract: Devices, methods and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interfaces based on fingerprint sensor inputs are provided. While a display of an electronic device with a fingerprint sensor displays a first user interface, the device may detect movement of a fingerprint on the fingerprint sensor. In accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a first direction, the device allows navigating through the first user interface, and in accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a second direction different from the first direction, the device allows displaying a second user interface different from the first user interface on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Pope, Daniel W. Jarvis, Nicholas G. Merz, Scott A. Myers, Michael A. Cretella, Michael Eng, James H. Foster, Terry L. Gilton, Myra Haggerty, Byron B. Han, M. Evans Hankey, Steven P. Hotelling, Brian R. Land, Stephen Brian Lynch, Paul Meade, Mushtaq A. Sarwar, John P. Ternus, Paul M. Thompson, Marcel Van Os, John A. Wright
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING TRAINING OF AIRPORT FIREFIGHTERS AND OTHER PERSONNEL
    Publication number: 20150004590
    Abstract: A method includes generating a graphical user interface for presentation on at least one display device. The graphical user interface includes one or more first screens that display different types of aircraft. The one or more first screens include first controls that allow a user to navigate around both an exterior of each aircraft and an interior of each aircraft within the one or more first screens. The graphical user interface also includes one or more second screens that display at least one airport. The one or more second screens include second controls that allow the user to navigate around each airport within the one or more second screens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Brian K. McKinney, Michael W. Foster, Charles W. Knowles, JR., Paul R. DeVaul, David G. Henderson, Matthew R. Bugbee, Zachary E. Brackin, Daniel A. Dura, Christopher R. Barker