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).

  • Patent number: 10620812
    Abstract: An electronic device: displays a conversation view of a plurality of messages within a first pane of a messaging application, where the conversation view includes a first message region of a portion of a first message and a second message region of a portion of a second message; and detects a user input selecting the first message region within the conversation view. In response to detecting the user input selecting the first message region, and in accordance with a determination that the user input satisfies first input criteria, the device displays one or more affordances provided to perform corresponding actions on the first message. In response to detecting the user input selecting the first message region, and in accordance with a determination that the user input satisfies second input criteria, the device replaces display of the conversation view with a message view that corresponds to the first message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tiffany Jon, Stephen Olivier Lemay, Patrick Lee Coffman
  • Patent number: 10554800
    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: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    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
  • Publication number: 20190394336
    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 as well as other affordances. In some embodiments, the phone call user interface enables a user the electronic device to access various phone call management functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Scott FORSTALL, Imran CHAUDHRI, Michael MATAS, Marcel VAN OS, Stephen O. LEMAY, Patrick Lee COFFMAN, Elizabeth Caroline Furches CRANFILL, Greg CHRISTIE
  • Publication number: 20190272084
    Abstract: An electronic device: displays a first window in a display area; and detects a first user input associated with one or more edges of the first window. In response to detecting the first user input, and in accordance with a determination that the first user input corresponds to a first input type, the device resizes one or more dimensions of the first window that correspond to the one or more edges of the first window based on a movement vector associated with the first user input. In response to detecting the first user input, and in accordance with a determination that the first user input corresponds to a second input type, the device moves the one or more edges of the first window to one or more corresponding edges of the display area while maintaining respective one or more opposite edges of the first window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Corbin Robert Dunn, John O. Louch, Kevin James Van Vechten, Patrick Lee Coffman, Troy N. Stephens
  • Patent number: D854573
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda, Andre Souza Dos Santos, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D854574
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D854582
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda
  • Patent number: D857739
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Patrick Lee Coffman, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay, Raymond Sepulveda
  • Patent number: D858577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D862507
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D862508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda
  • Patent number: D868823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D871440
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda, Andre Souza Dos Santos, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D872127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Patrick Lee Coffman, Richard Dellinger, Stephen O. Lemay, Brandon Walkin
  • Patent number: D872762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda
  • Patent number: D873293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda
  • Patent number: D874508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D874509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda
  • Patent number: D875780
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Maxwell O. Drukman, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D877184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Raymond Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong