Patents by Inventor Michael Y. Yang

Michael Y. Yang 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
  • Displaying interactive notifications on touch sensitive devices
    Patent number: 11916861
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method for providing interactive notification elements. A device receives a first message. The device displays a first notification element in a first area of a user interface. The first notification element comprises information about the received first message. While displaying the first notification element, the device displays a first user interface (UI) element for initiating a reply to the first message. The first UI element includes a text entry field and an audio entry button for initiating recording of audio; and responsive to receiving a selection of the first UI element. In accordance with a determination that the selection includes selection of the audio entry button, the device initiates recording of audio and replacing the text entry field with a representation of the audio being recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Matthew E Shepherd, Michael R. Dickson, Stephen O. Lemay, Freddy A. Anzures, Richard R Dellinger, Tomiwa Alabi, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Multiple subcarrier communication system
    Patent number: 6088577
    Abstract: The present invention is a digital FM voice paging system which uses digital signal processing (including D/A conversion and data compression) to transmit voice pager data over existing FM broadcast subcarriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Clariti Telecommunications International, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Y. Yang, Albert Wu, William Wu
  • Digital compressed voice paging system which uses R.D.S. format for the ID signals and S.C.A. format for the voice signals both formats being FM subcarriers
    Patent number: 5881365
    Abstract: The present invention is a digital FM voice paging system which uses digital signal processing (including D/A conversion and data compression) to transmit voice pager data over existing FM broadcast subcarrriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Clariti Telecommunications International, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Y. Yang, Albert Wu, William Wu