Patents by Inventor Patrick Foss
Patrick Foss 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).
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Publication number: 20250224852Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents an option that is selectable to share content with a second electronic device towards which the first electronic device is oriented. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents an indication to change the orientation of the electronic device when the orientation of the electronic device is outside of a range of orientations in which circuitry that identifies another electronic device with which to share content is able to function with desired reliability. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a sharing user interface within an action user interface of an application. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents one or more options for changing one or more settings associated with an item of content before sharing the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2024Publication date: July 10, 2025Inventors: Arian BEHZADI, Marco TRIVERIO, Nicole R. RYAN, Marcel VAN OS, Corey Keiko WANG, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Adam MEYER, Nicholas V. KING, Peter TSOI
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Publication number: 20250168270Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device operates in a streaming mode to automatically stream content from the electronic device to a playback destination. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents selectable options to control playback of content on a streaming destination while the electronic device streams content to the streaming destination. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents visual indications that the electronic device is operating in a streaming mode to stream content to a playback destination. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a user interface for controlling electronic devices that automatically reconfigures to support different user inputs and issues different commands based on the type of electronic device being controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2025Publication date: May 22, 2025Inventors: Taylor G. CARRIGAN, Patrick L. COFFMAN, Christopher Patrick FOSS
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Publication number: 20250168456Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces related to sources of video data. User interfaces enable users to configure and interact with the sources of video data, such as for displaying a live video feed and a recorded video from an external source of video data. In some embodiments, a device provides user interfaces for displaying video from a video source and controlling external devices related to the source.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2025Publication date: May 22, 2025Inventors: Taylor G. CARRIGAN, Patrick L. COFFMAN, Christopher Patrick FOSS
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Publication number: 20250156059Abstract: User interface navigation on a personal electronics device based on movements of a crown is disclosed. The device can select an appropriate level of information arranged along a z-axis for display based on crown movement. The navigation can be based on an angular velocity of the crown.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2025Publication date: May 15, 2025Inventors: Nicholas ZAMBETTI, Imran CHAUDHRI, Jonathan R. DASCOLA, Alan C. DYE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Aurelio GUZMAN, Chanaka G. KARUNAMUNI, Duncan Robert KERR, Stephen O. LEMAY, Natalia MARIC, Christopher WILSON, Eric Lance WILSON, Lawrence Y. YANG, Gary Ian BUTCHER, Anton M. DAVYDOV, Dylan Ross EDWARDS, Jonathan P. IVE, Zachery KENNEDY, Nicholas V. KING, Daniel Trent PRESTON
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Publication number: 20250156060Abstract: Reduced-size user interfaces for providing weather information are disclosed. At an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, indications of a location and a temperature at the location may be displayed. In some examples, a user may provide input through a touch on the touch-sensitive display and/or through a rotation of a rotatable input mechanism to display additional weather information, such as weather information for another location, another temperature, another time, and so forth. In some examples, the device may obtain data representing an upcoming activity, determine whether the activity is to begin within a threshold amount of time, and display weather information based on the upcoming activity. In some examples, the device may display an affordance at a position to indicate the time of day for which a weather condition is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2025Publication date: May 15, 2025Inventors: Lawrence Y. YANG, Wan Si WAN, Alan C. DYE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Kevin LYNCH, Brian SCHMITT, Christopher WILSON
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Patent number: 12299642Abstract: Techniques for a displaying user interfaces screens of a calendar application include displaying different screens based on an input modality. The calendar application may respond differently to inputs from a touch-sensitive screen, inputs from a rotatable input mechanism, inputs having higher intensities, inputs having lower intensities, and so forth.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2023Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Stephen O. Lemay, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang, Jonathan P. Ive, Britt K. Nelson, Dennis S. Park
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Publication number: 20250147608Abstract: Button functionalities for user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. Exemplary button functionalities are described for an electronic device with a display, a rotatable and depressible input mechanism, and/or a button. Different device features may be accessed, depending on whether the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button is activated, and further depending on whether the activation represents a single press, a double press, or an extended press on the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Christopher Patrick FOSS, Anton M. DAVYDOV, Dylan Ross EDWARDS, Imran CHAUDHRI, Alan C. DYE, Jonathan P. IVE, Stephen O. LEMAY, Kevin M. LYNCH, Lawrence Y. YANG, Dennis S. Park
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Patent number: 12293741Abstract: An electronic device having a display and a physical input mechanism detects a request to display a flashlight user interface. In response to detecting the request, the device displays the flashlight user interface. While displaying the flashlight user interface, the electronic device detects an interaction with the physical input mechanism. In response to detecting the interaction, the electronic device changes a property of the illumination source that is used as the flashlight.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2024Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Marco Triverio, Gary Ian Butcher, Kevin Will Chen, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Christopher Patrick Foss
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Patent number: 12287962Abstract: User interface navigation on a personal electronics device based on movements of a crown is disclosed. The device can select an appropriate level of information arranged along a z-axis for display based on crown movement. The navigation can be based on an angular velocity of the crown.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Zambetti, Imran Chaudhri, Jonathan R. Dascola, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Aurelio Guzman, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Duncan Robert Kerr, Stephen O. Lemay, Natalia Maric, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang, Gary Ian Butcher, Anton M. Davydov, Dylan Ross Edwards, Jonathan P. Ive, Zachery Kennedy, Nicholas V. King, Daniel Trent Preston
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Publication number: 20250130692Abstract: Techniques and user interfaces for accessing, navigating, and displaying photos on an electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Jonathan R. DASCOLA, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Lawrence Y. YANG, Alan C. DYE, David Chance GRAHAM, Jonathan P. IVE, Kevin LYNCH
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Publication number: 20250117110Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to playing and managing audio items. In some examples, an electronic device provides intuitive user interfaces for playing and managing audio items on the device. In some examples, an electronic device provides seamless transitioning from navigating a stack of items corresponding to groups of audio items to navigating a list of menus. In some examples, an electronic device provides for quick and easy access between different applications that are active on the device. In some examples, an electronic device enables automatic transmission of data associated with audio items to be stored locally on a linked external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Inventors: Taylor G. CARRIGAN, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Stephen O. LEMAY
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Patent number: 12265364Abstract: An electronic device, with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, one or more processors and memory, displays a first representation of a first controllable external device, where the first controllable external device is situated at a location. The device detects a first user input corresponding to a selection of the first representation of the first controllable external device. The device, after detecting the first user input, adds data identifying the first controllable external device and a first state of the first controllable external device in a scene profile.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Patrick L. Coffman, Arian Behzadi, Christopher Patrick Foss, Cyrus Daniel Irani, Ieyuki Kawashima, Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher D. Soli, Christopher Wilson
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Patent number: 12262089Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces related to sources of video data. User interfaces enables users to configure and interact with the sources of video data, such as for displaying a live video feed and a recorded video from an external source of video data. In some embodiments, a device provides user interfaces for displaying video from a video source and controlling external devices related to the source.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan, Patrick L. Coffman, Christopher Patrick Foss
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Patent number: 12256128Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces related to sources of video data. User interfaces enables users to configure and interact with the sources of video data, such as for displaying a live video feed and a recorded video from an external source of video data. In some embodiments, a device provides user interfaces for displaying video from a video source and controlling external devices related to the source.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2024Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan, Patrick L. Coffman, Christopher Patrick Foss
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Patent number: 12242707Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to selecting and opening applications. An electronic device includes a display and a rotatable input mechanism rotatable around a rotation axis substantially perpendicular to a normal axis that is normal to a face of the display. The device detects a user input, and in response to detecting the user input, displays a first subset of application views of a set of application views. The first subset of application views is displayed along a first dimension of the display substantially perpendicular to both the rotation axis and the normal axis. The device detects a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism, and in response to detecting the rotation, displays a second subset of application views of the set of application views. Displaying the second subset of application views includes moving the set of application views on the display along the first dimension of the display.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Sundstrom, Taylor G. Carrigan, Christopher Patrick Foss, Ieyuki Kawashima, Stephen O. Lemay, Marco Triverio
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Patent number: 12229396Abstract: Reduced-size user interfaces for providing weather information are disclosed. At an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, indications of a location and a temperature at the location may be displayed. In some examples, a user may provide input through a touch on the touch-sensitive display and/or through a rotation of a rotatable input mechanism to display additional weather information, such as weather information for another location, another temperature, another time, and so forth. In some examples, the device may obtain data representing an upcoming activity, determine whether the activity is to begin within a threshold amount of time, and display weather information based on the upcoming activity. In some examples, the device may display an affordance at a position to indicate the time of day for which a weather condition is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2024Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Y. Yang, Wan Si Wan, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Kevin Lynch, Brian Schmitt, Christopher Wilson
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Patent number: 12200161Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays an incoming call user interface in response to receiving an indication of an incoming call. In some embodiments, the incoming call user interface is displayed overlaid on a respective user interface that is optionally associated with an application other than the application associated with the incoming call.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jae Woo Chang, Nathan De Vries, Marcel Van Os, Christopher Patrick Foss, Heena Ko, Patrick L. Coffman, Robert Garcia, III
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Patent number: 12197699Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to playing and managing audio items. In some examples, an electronic device provides intuitive user interfaces for playing and managing audio items on the device. In some examples, an electronic device provides seamless transitioning from navigating a stack of items corresponding to groups of audio items to navigating a list of menus. In some examples, an electronic device provides for quick and easy access between different applications that are active on the device. In some examples, an electronic device enables automatic transmission of data associated with audio items to be stored locally on a linked external device.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan, Christopher Patrick Foss, Stephen O. Lemay
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Patent number: 12197659Abstract: Button functionalities for user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. Exemplary button functionalities are described for an electronic device with a display, a rotatable and depressible input mechanism, and/or a button. Different device features may be accessed, depending on whether the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button is activated, and further depending on whether the activation represents a single press, a double press, or an extended press on the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2024Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher Patrick Foss, Anton M. Davydov, Dylan Ross Edwards, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Stephen O. Lemay, Kevin M. Lynch, Lawrence Y. Yang, Dennis S. Park
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Patent number: 12169395Abstract: An electronic device, with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, one or more processors and memory, displays a first representation of a first controllable external device, where the first controllable external device is situated at a location. The device detects a first user input corresponding to a selection of the first representation of the first controllable external device. The device, after detecting the first user input, adds data identifying the first controllable external device and a first state of the first controllable external device in a scene profile.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Patrick L. Coffman, Arian Behzadi, Christopher Patrick Foss, Cyrus Daniel Irani, Ieyuki Kawashima, Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher D. Soli, Christopher Wilson