Patents by Inventor Troy Stephens

Troy Stephens 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: 20250362979
    Abstract: A sharing extension point receives a request from a host application for sharing content, the sharing extension point being one of the extension points of an extension framework of an operating system, each corresponding to a common interface to extend a predefined functionality of one application to another application. In response, a sharing extension capable of providing content sharing services is launched. Data representing a share sheet created by the sharing extension is injected into a content viewer within the host application as a share sheet clone, where the share sheet clone has a reduced resolution image of the content displayed therein. In response to receiving a commit command for sharing, the actual content is retrieved from the host application and the retrieved content is transmitted to the sharing extension to enable the sharing extension to post the share sheet on a sharing platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rony Fadel, Thomas Deniau, Guyerik B. Fullerton, Akihide Inoue, Troy Stephens, Alexandre Carlhian
  • Patent number: 12314781
    Abstract: A sharing extension point receives a request from a host application for sharing content, the sharing extension point being one of the extension points of an extension framework of an operating system, each corresponding to a common interface to extend a predefined functionality of one application to another application. In response, a sharing extension capable of providing content sharing services is launched. Data representing a share sheet created by the sharing extension is injected into a content viewer within the host application as a share sheet clone, where the share sheet clone has a reduced resolution image of the content displayed therein. In response to receiving a commit command for sharing, the actual content is retrieved from the host application and the retrieved content is transmitted to the sharing extension to enable the sharing extension to post the share sheet on a sharing platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Rony Fadel, Thomas Deniau, Guyerik B. Fullerton, Akihide Inoue, Troy Stephens, Alexandre Carlhian
  • Publication number: 20220308941
    Abstract: A sharing extension point receives a request from a host application for sharing content, the sharing extension point being one of the extension points of an extension framework of an operating system, each corresponding to a common interface to extend a predefined functionality of one application to another application. In response, a sharing extension capable of providing content sharing services is launched. Data representing a share sheet created by the sharing extension is injected into a content viewer within the host application as a share sheet clone, where the share sheet clone has a reduced resolution image of the content displayed therein. In response to receiving a commit command for sharing, the actual content is retrieved from the host application and the retrieved content is transmitted to the sharing extension to enable the sharing extension to post the share sheet on a sharing platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Rony Fadel, Thomas Deniau, Guyerik B. Fullerton, Akihide Inoue, Troy Stephens, Alexandre Carlhian
  • Patent number: 11379273
    Abstract: A sharing extension point receives a request from a host application for sharing content, the sharing extension point being one of the extension points of an extension framework of an operating system, each corresponding to a common interface to extend a predefined functionality of one application to another application. In response, a sharing extension capable of providing content sharing services is launched. Data representing a share sheet created by the sharing extension is injected into a content viewer within the host application as a share sheet clone, where the share sheet clone has a reduced resolution image of the content displayed therein. In response to receiving a commit command for sharing, the actual content is retrieved from the host application and the retrieved content is transmitted to the sharing extension to enable the sharing extension to post the share sheet on a sharing platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Rony Fadel, Thomas Deniau, Guyerik B. Fullerton, Akihide Inoue, Troy Stephens, Alexandre Carlhian
  • Publication number: 20170212794
    Abstract: A sharing extension point receives a request from a host application for sharing content, the sharing extension point being one of the extension points of an extension framework of an operating system, each corresponding to a common interface to extend a predefined functionality of one application to another application. In response, a sharing extension capable of providing content sharing services is launched. Data representing a share sheet created by the sharing extension is injected into a content viewer within the host application as a share sheet done, where the share sheet done has a reduced resolution image of the content displayed therein. In response to receiving a commit command for sharing, the actual content is retrieved from the host application and the retrieved content is transmitted to the sharing extension to enable the sharing extension to post the share sheet on a sharing platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Rony Fadel, Thomas Deniau, Guyerik B. Fullerton, Akihide Inoue, Troy Stephens, Alexandre Carlhian
  • Patent number: 9563488
    Abstract: A sharing extension point receives a request from a host application for sharing content, the sharing extension point being one of the extension points of an extension framework of an operating system, each corresponding to a common interface to extend a predefined functionality of one application to another application. In response, a sharing extension capable of providing content sharing services is launched. Data representing a share sheet created by the sharing extension is injected into a content viewer within the host application as a share sheet clone, where the share sheet clone has a reduced resolution image of the content displayed therein. In response to receiving a commit command for sharing, the actual content is retrieved from the host application and the retrieved content is transmitted to the sharing extension to enable the sharing extension to post the share sheet on a sharing platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rony Fadel, Thomas Deniau, Guyerik B. Fullerton, Akihide Inoue, Troy Stephens, Alexandre Carlhian
  • Publication number: 20150347200
    Abstract: A sharing extension point receives a request from a host application for sharing content, the sharing extension point being one of the extension points of an extension framework of an operating system, each corresponding to a common interface to extend a predefined functionality of one application to another application. In response, a sharing extension capable of providing content sharing services is launched. Data representing a share sheet created by the sharing extension is injected into a content viewer within the host application as a share sheet clone, where the share sheet clone has a reduced resolution image of the content displayed therein. In response to receiving a commit command for sharing, the actual content is retrieved from the host application and the retrieved content is transmitted to the sharing extension to enable the sharing extension to post the share sheet on a sharing platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Rony Fadel, Thomas Deniau, Guyerik B. Fullerton, Akihide Inoue, Troy Stephens, Alexandre Carlhian