Patents by Inventor Stephen D. Parks

Stephen D. Parks 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: 5862031
    Abstract: An ESD protection circuit allows a certain level of ESD current to flow through a protected circuit, and actuates a bypass path for greater ESD current levels when the sensed current reaches a threshold level. For a protected circuit having a pair of differential input terminals and a reference voltage terminal, the bypass path is provided between an input terminal which receives an ESD and the reference voltage terminal when the reference voltage is fixed, and between the two input terminals when the reference voltage is floating. The bypass circuit is preferably implemented with a pair of bipolar transistors of a first conductivity that are actuated by an ESD current flow through the protected circuit, and a pair of bipolar transistors of opposite conductivity that are actuated by current flows through the first conductivity transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles R. Wicker, Stephen D. Parks, Derek F. Bowers