Patents by Inventor Ping-Ko Chiu

Ping-Ko Chiu 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: 12550214
    Abstract: Embodiments that relate to pairing and finding a group of accessory devices are described. In an embodiment, a pairing status is received from a first accessory device, a request is sent to the first accessory device for information on a number of accessory devices in a device group and a number of accessory devices that are proximate to the first accessory device in the device group, information on a second accessory device in the device group is received, a continue pairing message is sent to the second accessory device if the second accessory device is proximate, and a device group profile is created with information on the number of parts and received information on the second accessory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Siva Ganesh Movva, Tunc Ertan, Ariane Cotte, Kerry Nguyen, Anita Desai, Steven Douglas Laver, Brent Ledvina, Kenneth U. Victa, Ping-Ko Chiu, Michał Adam Kałużny, Soujanya A. Kedilaya, Benjamin A. Werner
  • Publication number: 20250106595
    Abstract: Embodiments that relate to pairing and finding a group of accessory devices are described. In an embodiment, a pairing status is received from a first accessory device, a request is sent to the first accessory device for information on a number of accessory devices in a device group and a number of accessory devices that are proximate to the first accessory device in the device group, information on a second accessory device in the device group is received, a continue pairing message is sent to the second accessory device if the second accessory device is proximate, and a device group profile is created with information on the number of parts and received information on the second accessory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Siva Ganesh Movva, Tunc Ertan, Ariane Cotte, Kerry Nguyen, Anita Desai, Steven Douglas Laver, Brent Ledvina, Kenneth U. Victa, Ping-Ko Chiu, Michal Adam Kaluzny
  • Publication number: 20250088826
    Abstract: Embodiments that relate to pairing and finding a group of accessory devices are described. In an embodiment, a pairing status is received from a first accessory device, a request is sent to the first accessory device for information on a number of accessory devices in a device group and a number of accessory devices that are proximate to the first accessory device in the device group, information on a second accessory device in the device group is received, a continue pairing message is sent to the second accessory device if the second accessory device is proximate, and a device group profile is created with information on the number of parts and received information on the second accessory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Siva Ganesh Movva, Tunc Ertan, Ariane Cotte, Kerry Nguyen, Anita Desai, Steven Douglas Laver, Brent Ledvina, Kenneth U. Victa, Ping-Ko Chiu, Michal Adam Kaluzny
  • Publication number: 20250005195
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to, among other things, monitoring a user device to determine whether a user associated with the device is safe. In some examples, a user (which may be referred to herein as an “initiator” establishes a device monitoring session (which may be referred to herein as “session”) with a user, or a group of users, so that the user(s) are notified either when the initiator has safely ended the device monitoring session or receives access to session data that was collected during the session. In some configurations, the session can be handed off from a first user device that is currently active to a different user device. Instead of the first user device always being the device that interacts with the server, a different first user device may be selected as the active device to interact with the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel P. Shepard, Michael P. Dal Santo, Ping-Ko Chiu, Kumar Gaurav Chhokra, Yannick L. Sierra, Andrew M. Pace, Richard L. Hagy, Lindsey McAllister, Dharini Sitaraman, Andrew N. Khoury, Richard Bower Warren, Brent M. Ledvina, Siva Ganesh Movva, Ronald Keryuan Huang, Robert W. Mayor, Stacey F. Lysik, Areeba Kamal, Ryan D. Shelby, Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill, Kanika Malhotra, Gillian T. Verga
  • Publication number: 20240411441
    Abstract: Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that display a plurality of user interfaces corresponding to communication regarding a check in interaction. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to initiating a communication. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed towards receiving a communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Elizabeth C. CRANFILL, Ryan D. SHELBY, Russell E. SNEDIKER, Ronald K. HUANG, Brent M. LEDVINA, Gillian T. VERGA, Grant R. PAUL, Christopher D. LAURITZEN, Heather E. DANIEL, Richard B WARREN, Daniel P. SHEPARD, Ping-Ko CHIU
  • Patent number: 12143895
    Abstract: Embodiments that relate to pairing and finding a group of accessory devices are described. In an embodiment, a pairing status is received from a first accessory device, a request is sent to the first accessory device for information on a number of accessory devices in a device group and a number of accessory devices that are proximate to the first accessory device in the device group, information on a second accessory device in the device group is received, a continue pairing message is sent to the second accessory device if the second accessory device is proximate, and a device group profile is created with information on the number of parts and received information on the second accessory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Siva Ganesh Movva, Tunc Ertan, Ariane Cotte, Kerry Nguyen, Anita Desai, Steven Douglas Laver, Brent Ledvina, Kenneth U. Victa, Ping-Ko Chiu, Michał Adam Kałużny
  • Publication number: 20230379994
    Abstract: Embodiments that relate to pairing and finding a group of accessory devices are described. In an embodiment, a pairing status is received from a first accessory device, a request is sent to the first accessory device for information on a number of accessory devices in a device group and a number of accessory devices that are proximate to the first accessory device in the device group, information on a second accessory device in the device group is received, a continue pairing message is sent to the second accessory device if the second accessory device is proximate, and a device group profile is created with information on the number of parts and received information on the second accessory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Siva Ganesh Movva, Tunc Ertan, Ariane Cotte, Kerry Nguyen, Anita Desai, Steven Douglas Laver, Brent Ledvina, Kenneth U. Victa, Ping-Ko Chiu, Michal Adam Kaluzny, Soujanya A. Kedilaya, Benjamin A. Werner
  • Publication number: 20220394428
    Abstract: Embodiments that relate to pairing and finding a group of accessory devices are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Siva Ganesh Movva, Tunc Ertan, Ariane Cotte, Kerry Nguyen, Anita Desai, Steven Douglas Laver, Brent Ledvina, Kenneth U. Victa, Ping-Ko Chiu, Michal Adam Kaluzny
  • Patent number: 11304033
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device comprising a set of classifiers that can determine whether the electronic device is likely on an airplane. Upon a determination that the electronic device is likely on an airplane, one or more wireless radios on the electronic device (e.g., an ultra-wideband ranging radio, a cellular radio, etc.) may be disabled or a prompt can be displayed to enable a user to place the device into airplane mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ping-Ko Chiu, Benjamin A. Detwiler, Stephen P. Jackson, Robert W. Mayor
  • Publication number: 20210099839
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device comprising a set of classifiers that can determine whether the electronic device is likely on an airplane. Upon a determination that the electronic device is likely on an airplane, one or more wireless radios on the electronic device (e.g., an ultra-wideband ranging radio, a cellular radio, etc.) may be disabled or a prompt can be displayed to enable a user to place the device into airplane mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Ping-Ko Chiu, Benjamin A. Detwiler, Stephen P. Jackson, Robert W. Mayor