Patents by Inventor Peter A. Rossi

Peter A. Rossi 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).

  • PORTAL SIZE API
    Publication number: 20250378526
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing operations in response to a portal size change. One of the methods includes obtaining, from an application, first information defining a request to create an application portal for the application and that includes data identifying one or more portal size parameters; and in response to obtaining the first information defining the request to create the application portal and that includes the data identifying the one or more portal size parameters, providing, to an operating system, the first information that includes the data identifying the one or more portal size parameters for use controlling the size of the application portal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Inventors: Peter L. Hajas, Mark L. Ma, Michael A. Reiter, Michael E. Buerli, Peter A. Rossi, Raffael Hannemann
  • User interface elements cloning and transitions
    Patent number: 7917861
    Abstract: Systems and methods of displaying a user interface in a portable electronic device are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes creating a first clone and a second clone of a user interface element. The method also includes displaying the first clone of the user interface element on a display of the portable electronic device, modifying the second clone of the user interface element, and transitioning between the first clone of the user interface element and the second clone of the user interface element. In another embodiment, a method includes displaying an initial user interface element and displaying a transition between the initial user interface element and a final user interface element, wherein the transition is selected based on a classification of the initial user interface element and a classification of the final user interface element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse W. Boettcher, Peter A. Rossi, David J. Rempel
  • User interface elements cloning and transitions
    Publication number: 20090064021
    Abstract: Systems and methods of displaying a user interface in a portable electronic device are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes creating a first clone and a second clone of a user interface element. The method also includes displaying the first clone of the user interface element on a display of the portable electronic device, modifying the second clone of the user interface element, and transitioning between the first clone of the user interface element and the second clone of the user interface element. In another embodiment, a method includes displaying an initial user interface element and displaying a transition between the initial user interface element and a final user interface element, wherein the transition is selected based on a classification of the initial user interface element and a classification of the final user interface element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Jesse W. Boettcher, Peter A. Rossi, David J. Rempel