Patents by Inventor Nicholas H. Pope

Nicholas H. Pope 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: 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
  • Patent number: 4733391
    Abstract: Communication networks, specifically network topologies and apparatus therefor suitable for data communication between computers, tend to be of three main types--those with a star topology (the older sort), those with a bus topology, and those with a ring topology. The ring topology networks have many advantages, but their simpler forms are highly vulnerable to link or repeater failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1988
    Assignee: The General Electric Company plc
    Inventors: Robert J. Godbold, Peter R. Kirk, Nicholas H. Pope, John A. Pye