Patents by Inventor Stephen O'Connor

Stephen O'Connor 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).

  • Publication number: 20240301174
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to self-extinguishing aliphatic polyketone compositions suitable for direct or indirect contact with food and method of preparing same. The compositions and methods demonstrate an inverse synergistic effect between the composition's melt viscosity and a minimum amount of magnesium hydroxide to provide the composition with a self-extinguishing performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: PolySource LLC
    Inventors: Johnson C. Watkins, Jeremy Bland, Adam Bannerman, Stephen O'Connor
  • Patent number: 12086399
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at a device with one or more processors, non-transitory memory, a display, and an input device. The method includes displaying, on the display, a playback status indicator regarding playback of a media item. The method includes displaying, on the display, an image associated with the media item. The method includes detecting an input interacting with the image. In response to a first portion of the input, the method includes adjusting the appearance of the image on the display in accordance with the first portion of the input. In response to a second portion of the input, the method includes changing playback of media items on the device in accordance with the input in accordance with the second portion of the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Dye, Christopher P. Foss, Cyrus D. Irani, David Chance Graham, Drew R. Domm, Eric Lance Wilson, Jeffrey L. Robbin, Matthew J. Cielak, Monika Ewa Gromek, Ofer Morag, Prashant Desai, Stephen O. Lemay, Taylor G. Carrigan, William M. Bachman
  • Patent number: 12088755
    Abstract: Techniques for displaying relevant user interface objects when a device is placed into viewing position are disclosed. The device can update its display in response to a user approaching a vehicle. Display updates can be based on an arrangement of user interface information for unlocking the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Ian Butcher, Imran Chaudhri, Jonathan R. Dascola, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Daniel C. Gross, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Stephen O. Lemay, Natalia Maric, Christopher Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Patent number: 12086379
    Abstract: At a computer system, in response to detecting a respective user input: if the respective user input meets first criteria requiring the one or both hands of the user maintain a first grip while a first type of movement of the one or both hands is detected, the computer system moves a virtual object in a three-dimensional environment relative to the three-dimensional environment in accordance with the movement of the one or both hands in the three-dimensional environment; and if the respective user input meets second criteria requiring the one or both hands of the user maintain a second grip while a second type of movement of the one or both hands is detected, the computer system replaces the view of the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a first viewpoint with a view of the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a second viewpoint different from the first viewpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE, INC
    Inventors: Philipp Rockel, William A. Sorrentino, III, Stephen O. Lemay, Peter D. Anton
  • Patent number: 12089121
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sharing location information during a message conversation are provided. An electronic device displays a message region for displaying a message transcript of messages sent between a first participant and a second participant in a message conversation. The electronic device displays a location-sharing affordance. The electronic device detects a selection of the location-sharing affordance, where detecting a selection of the location-sharing affordance by the first participant comprises detecting a single contact by the first participant. In response to detecting a selection of the location-sharing affordance, the electronic device enables the second participant to obtain the first participant location information and displays a modified location-sharing affordance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Woo Chang, Megan M. Frost, Joshua B. Dickens, Stephen O. Lemay, Marcel Van Os, Richard R. Dellinger, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Publication number: 20240295948
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to music user interfaces. A device, comprising a display and a rotatable input mechanism, one or more processors, memory, and one or more programs, is described. In response to receiving the first user input, the one or more programs may include instructions for ceasing display of an audio playback user interface and displaying a first user interface of a first set of user interfaces. While displaying the user interface of the first user interfaces, the one or more programs may include instructions for: receiving a second user input representing a directional swipe in a second direction and, in response to receiving the second user input, ceasing display of the first user interface of a first set of user interfaces and displaying the audio playback user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. YANG, Anton M. DAVYDOV, Alan C. DYE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, David Chance GRAHAM, Jonathan P. IVE, Stephen O. LEMAY
  • Patent number: 12080421
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aggregating and sharing wellness data. The wellness data can be received by a user device from any number of sensors external or internal to the user device, from a user manually entering the wellness data, or from other users or entities. The user device can securely store the wellness data on the user device and transmit the wellness data to be stored on a remote database. A user of the device can share some or all of the wellness data with friends, relatives, caregivers, healthcare providers, or the like. The user device can further display a user's wellness data in an aggregated view of different types of wellness data. Wellness data of other users can also be viewed if authorizations from those users have been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aroon Pahwa, Adam L. Beberg, Anton M. Davydov, Dylan R. Edwards, Christine M. Eun, Stephanie M. Greer, Daniel S. Keen, Zachery W. Kennedy, Stephen O. Lemay, Kevin M. Lynch, Natalia C. Maric, Zachury B. Minjack, Afshad M. Mistri, Divya Nag, Gregory B. Novick, Michael O'Reilly, Dennis S. Park, Donald W. Pitschel, Christopher D. Soli, Rebecca L. Weber, Lawrence Y. Yang, Jay K. Blahnik
  • Patent number: 12077658
    Abstract: A cured, shaped dielectric component, including a crosslinked product of a composite comprising a thermoplastic polymer, an optional crosslinking co-agent, an optional cure initiator, an optional additive composition, and a ceramic filler composition; wherein the cured, shaped dielectric component has a permittivity of 1.1 to 20 at 10 GHz; and wherein the cured, shaped dielectric component has no melt flow index when tested at 190° C., 2.16 kg, in accordance with ASTM D1238-20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: ROGERS CORPORATION
    Inventors: William Blasius, Stephen O'Connor
  • Patent number: 12080460
    Abstract: A micro-isolator is described. The micro-isolator may include a first isolator element, a second isolator element, and a first dielectric material separating the first isolator element from the second isolator element. A second dielectric material may completely or partly encapsulate the second isolator element, or may be present at outer corners of the second isolator element. The second dielectric material may have a larger bandgap than the first dielectric material, and its configuration may reduce electrostatic charge injection into the first dielectric material. The micro-isolator may be formed using microfabrication techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Analog Devices Global Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Paul Lambkin, Patrick J. Murphy, Bernard Patrick Stenson, Laurence B. O'Sullivan, Stephen O'Brien, Shane Geary, Baoxing Chen, Sombel Diaham
  • Publication number: 20240289007
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for adjusting device settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher D. MCKENZIE, William A. SORRENTINO, III, Richard D. LYONS, Lee S. BROUGHTON, Adam L. AMADIO, Peter D. ANTON, Kristi E. BAUERLY, Stephen O. LEMAY, Karen EL ASMAR, Lynn I. STREJA
  • Publication number: 20240291917
    Abstract: A method includes: while displaying a wake screen with a first media item as a background and foreground objects displayed over the first media item, detecting first user input that corresponds to a request to display a media gallery; in response to detecting the first user input, ceasing display of the foreground objects; detecting a second user input that corresponds to a request to navigate through media items in the media gallery; in response to detecting the second user input, replacing the first media item with a second media item in the media gallery; detecting a third input that corresponds to a request to dismiss the media gallery; and, in response to detecting the third user input, redisplaying the foreground objects on the display device over a media item from the media gallery that is selected as the background for the wake screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher I. Wilson, Pedro Mari, Richard D. Lyons, Teofila Connor, Giancarlo Yerkes, Gregory Apodaca, Vitalii Kramar, Gregg S. Suzuki, Robert Garcia, III, Philip A. Ward, Stephen O. Lemay, Andre Souza Dos Santos, Cas G. Lemmens, Alan Dye, Bilal S. Sayed Ahmad, Jussi-Pekka Mantere
  • Patent number: 12073147
    Abstract: An electronic device with one or more processors and memory includes a procedure for enabling conversation persistence across two or more instances of a digital assistant. In some embodiments, the device displays a first dialogue in a first instance of a digital assistant user interface. In response to a request to display a user interface different from the digital assistant user interface, the device displays the user interface different from the digital assistant user interface. In response to a request to invoke the digital assistant, the device displays a second instance of the digital assistant user interface, including displaying a second dialogue in the second instance of the digital assistant user interface, where the first dialogue remains available for display in the second instance of the digital assistant user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David Carson, Daniel Keen, Evan Dibiase, Harry J. Saddler, Marco Iacono, Stephen O. Lemay, Donald W. Pitschel, Thomas R. Gruber
  • Publication number: 20240281108
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer system displays a user interface object in a three-dimensional environment based on a change in spatial arrangement of a first portion of a user relative to the user interface object. In some embodiments, a computer system displays a user interface object in a three-dimensional environment in response to detecting a change in a spatial arrangement of a viewpoint of a user relative to the three-dimensional environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Evgenii KRIVORUCHKO, Wesley M. HOLDER, Matan STAUBER, Stephen O. LEMAY, Zoey C. TAYLOR, Christopher D. MCKENZIE
  • Publication number: 20240281134
    Abstract: An electronic device concurrently displays a first user interface of first software and status information for an application that is different from the first software. The status information includes content of the application. As a state of the application changes, the device updates the content of the application displayed in the status information. In response to detecting an input corresponding to a request to display a different, second user interface of different, second software, while concurrently displaying the first user interface and a respective user interface object that includes the status information, the device ceases to display the first user interface and the respective user interface object, and displays the second user interface including content of the application, including, as the state of the application changes, updating the content of the application displayed in the second user interface, which includes information that is different from the status information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: William M. Tyler, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Christopher P. Foss, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Stephen O. Lemay, Caelan G. Stack, Nathan de Vries
  • Publication number: 20240272766
    Abstract: A device displays a representation of a virtual object in a user interface region that includes a representation of a field of view of one or more cameras. The displaying includes maintaining a first spatial relationship between the representation of the virtual object and a plane detected within a physical environment that is captured in the field of view of the one or more cameras. In response to detecting movement of the computer system that adjusts the field of view of the one or more cameras, the computer system adjusts display of the representation of the virtual object in accordance with the first spatial relationship as the field of view is adjusted, and, if the movement of the computer system causes the virtual object to move outside of a displayed portion of the field of view of the one or more cameras, the computer system generates an alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Clare T. Kasemset, Stephen O. Lemay, Elizabeth C. Cranfill
  • Publication number: 20240257940
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to computer user interfaces, and more specifically to techniques for presenting activity trends and managing workouts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Aled H. WILLIAMS, Julie A. ARNEY, Jay BLAHNIK, Gary Ian BUTCHER, Nicholas FELTON, Eamon F. GILRAVI, Stephen O. LEMAY, Matthew J. SUNDSTROM, Molly P. WIEBE
  • Patent number: D1038989
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Howard Bebbington, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Foss, Jonathan P. Ive, Chanaka Karunamuni, Stephen O Lemay, Christopher Daryl Soli, Aled Williams, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: D1040828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Anzures, Stephen O. Lemay, Hoan K. Pham, Wan Si Wan
  • Patent number: D1040837
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard R. Dellinger, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: D1040840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Arian Behzadi, Alan C. Dye, Markus Hagele, Tiffany Jon, Stephen O. Lemay, Wyatt R. Mitchell, Parthiban Mohanraj