Patents by Inventor Peter M. Wood

Peter M. Wood 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: 11966560
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents media items from different media applications in a unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates browsing of media from different media applications based on category of media (e.g., movies, television shows, etc.). In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates setup of a unified media browsing application that presents media items from different media applications in a unified media browsing user interface. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays multiple episodes of a collection of episodic content (e.g., a television series) in a user interface for the collection of episodic content. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays representations of, and provides access to, live-event media items accessible on the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander W. Johnston, Dennis S. Park, Tito Lloyd Balsamo, Jonathan Lochhead, Yesmeen El-Shafey, Graham R. Clarke, Peter D. Anton, Jennifer L. C. Folse, William M. Bachman, Stephen O. Lemay, Gregg Suzuki, Alan C. Dye, Jeff Tan-Ang, Policarpo B. Wood
  • Patent number: 5605391
    Abstract: A spinning ornamental incandescent bulb cover has a shade portion and a spinning turbine vane portion formed from a single flat sheet of flexible material. Convective air currents, generated by the heat of the bulb, are passed over the turbine vanes to rotate the entire shade. No internal or external support frame structure is required for the shade or the turbine vanes. The turbine vanes meet at a common central point at which there is located a downwardly directed needle which rides in a bearing to allow rotation. The bearing is provided by a small cup held by a spring which engages the bulb. The needle point support also provides for automatic vertical alignment of the shade regardless of the orientation of the needle. The overall shape of the shade is frustoconical so as to converge the convective air currents and increase their velocity relative to the turbine vanes. The turbine vanes have a varying angle of attack in the radial direction for increased efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Inventor: Peter M. Wood