Patents by Inventor Patrick Lee Coffman

Patrick Lee Coffman 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).

  • Publication number: 20230421698
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing phone calls. In some embodiments, an electronic device with a touch screen displays a phone call user interface which includes informational items associated with phone calls. In some embodiments, when the electronic device is executing multiple phone calls and receives user input corresponding to an informational item, the electronic device suspends a first phone call and activates a second phone call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Scott FORSTALL, Imran Chaudhri, Michael Matas, Marcel Van Os, Stephen O. Lemay, Patrick Lee Coffman, Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill, Greg Christie
  • Publication number: 20230418462
    Abstract: A method includes displaying, via a display device, first content with respect to which a first plurality of editing operations have been performed. The method further includes while displaying the first content, detecting, on the touch-sensitive surface, a first multi-finger gesture. The method further includes in response to detecting the first multi-finger gesture: in accordance with a determination that the first multi-finger gesture includes more than a first predetermined amount of movement in a first direction, undoing one of the first plurality of editing operations; and in accordance with a determination that the first multi-finger gesture includes more than a first predetermined amount of movement in a second direction that is different from the first direction, redoing one of the first plurality of editing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Bradley W. Griffin, Morgan H. Winer, Wayne Carl Westerman, Christopher D. Soli, Meredith Noelani Burkle, Sara E. Andrews, Toby Charles Wood Paterson, Stephen O. Lemay, Patrick Lee Coffman, Tiffany S. Jon, Aram D. Kudurshian
  • Publication number: 20230421699
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing phone calls. In some embodiments, an electronic device with a touch screen displays a phone call user interface which includes informational items associated with phone calls. In some embodiments, when the electronic device receives a request to initiate another phone call, the electronic device displays a contacts user interface including a plurality of contact user interface objects associated with respective contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Scott FORSTALL, Imran CHAUDHRI, Michael MATAS, Marcel VAN OS, Stephen O. LEMAY, Patrick Lee COFFMAN, Elizabeth Caroline Furches CRANFILL, Greg CHRISTIE
  • Patent number: 11822780
    Abstract: A method includes displaying, via a display device, first content with respect to which a first plurality of editing operations have been performed. The method further includes while displaying the first content, detecting, on the touch-sensitive surface, a first multi-finger gesture. The method further includes in response to detecting the first multi-finger gesture: in accordance with a determination that the first multi-finger gesture includes more than a first predetermined amount of movement in a first direction, undoing one of the first plurality of editing operations; and in accordance with a determination that the first multi-finger gesture includes more than a first predetermined amount of movement in a second direction that is different from the first direction, redoing one of the first plurality of editing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Bradley W. Griffin, Morgan H. Winer, Wayne Carl Westerman, Christopher D. Soli, Meredith Noelani Burkle, Sara E. Andrews, Toby Charles Wood Paterson, Stephen O. Lemay, Patrick Lee Coffman, Tiffany S. Jon, Aram D. Kudurshian
  • Patent number: 11800002
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods to communicate audio data from either an active wireless device or a requesting wireless device to one or more audio reproduction devices that are simultaneously communicatively coupled to both the active wireless device and to the requesting wireless device are disclosed. Responsive to a request from the requesting wireless device to transmit audio data to the one or more audio reproduction devices, the active wireless device determines whether to transmit audio data from the requesting wireless device based at least in part on an audio status of the active wireless device and a set of predetermined arbitration criteria that prioritizes among applications and operating system processes that generate the audio data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Watson, Ganesha Adkasthala Ganapathi Batta, Anthony Guetta, David John Shaw, Craig Dooley, Chris Saari, Gregory Novick, Nathan De Vries, Sriram Hariharan, Patrick Ian Bernhard, Dana McLaughlin, Jeffrey Chandler Moore, Patrick Lee Coffman, Jonathan Anderson Bennett, Deepak Iyer, Albert Riley Howard, Jr., Jason Conn
  • Patent number: 11743390
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing phone calls. In some embodiments, an electronic device with a touch screen displays a phone call user interface which includes informational items associated with phone calls, such as an add call affordance. In some embodiments, when the electronic device receives a request to initiate another phone and displays an additional user interface that includes a merge call affordance that replaces display of the add call affordance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Forstall, Imran Chaudhri, Michael Matas, Marcel Van Os, Stephen O. Lemay, Patrick Lee Coffman, Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill, Greg Christie
  • Publication number: 20230251822
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for detecting a wearing status of a wearable device, the wearing status indicating whether a user is wearing the wearable device and sending wearing status data to a companion communication device to control a behavior of the companion communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Robert D. WATSON, David John SHAW, Arun Dhyaneshwar CHAWAN, Matthew GILLETTE, Ganesha Adkasthala GANAPATHI BATTA, Jeffrey Chandler MOORE, Patrick Ian BERNHARD, Baek San CHANG, Patrick Lee COFFMAN, Jonathan Anderson BENNETT, Anthony GUETTA, Jahan Christian MINOO, Keith Walter RAUENBUEHLER
  • Patent number: D989103
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Patrick Lee Coffman, Aled Williams
  • Patent number: D991969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Patrick Lee Coffman, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay, Raymond Sepulveda
  • Patent number: D995546
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill, Vitalii Kramar, Marcel Van Os
  • Patent number: D995548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mani Amini, Patrick Lee Coffman, Christian Xavier Dalonzo, Raymond Sepulveda, William McMillan Tyler, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D995558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda
  • Patent number: D995559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda
  • Patent number: D996459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Woo Chang, Patrick Lee Coffman, Nathan de Vries, Christopher P. Foss, Robert Garcia, III, Heena Ko, Stephen O. Lemay, Marcel van Os
  • Patent number: D994682
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mani Amini, Patrick Lee Coffman, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill, Vitalii Kramar, Marcel Van Os, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D994684
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Arian Behzadi, Imran Chaudhri, Patrick Lee Coffman, Jonathan Dascola, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Foss, David C. Graham, Jonathan P. Ive, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: D1002641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Patrick Lee Coffman, Thalia Jimena Echevarria Fiol, Christopher P. Foss, Bon Min, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D1012093
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mani Amini, Patrick Lee Coffman, Aurelio Guzmán, Raymond Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D1016837
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Woo Chang, Patrick Lee Coffman, Nathan de Vries, Christopher P. Foss, Robert Garcia, III, Heena Ko, Stephen O. Lemay, Marcel van Os
  • Patent number: D1021925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Patrick Lee Coffman, Christopher P. Foss