Patents by Inventor William M. York

William M. York 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: 20230290352
    Abstract: An example method includes, at an electronic device: receiving an indication of a notification; in accordance with receiving the indication of the notification: obtaining one or more data streams from one or more sensors; determining, based on the one or more data streams, whether a user associated with the electronic device is speaking; and in accordance with a determination that the user is not speaking: causing an output associated with the notification to be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: William M. YORK, Rebecca P. FISH, Gagan A. GUPTA, Xinyuan HUANG, Heriberto NIETO, Benjamin S. PHIPPS, Kurt PIERSOL
  • Patent number: 11705130
    Abstract: An example method includes, at an electronic device: receiving an indication of a notification; in accordance with receiving the indication of the notification: obtaining one or more data streams from one or more sensors; determining, based on the one or more data streams, whether a user associated with the electronic device is speaking; and in accordance with a determination that the user is not speaking: causing an output associated with the notification to be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: William M. York, Rebecca P. Fish, Gagan A. Gupta, Xinyuan Huang, Heriberto Nieto, Benjamin S. Phipps, Kurt Piersol
  • Publication number: 20220068278
    Abstract: An example method includes, at an electronic device: receiving an indication of a notification; in accordance with receiving the indication of the notification: obtaining one or more data streams from one or more sensors; determining, based on the one or more data streams, whether a user associated with the electronic device is speaking; and in accordance with a determination that the user is not speaking: causing an output associated with the notification to be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: William M. YORK, Rebecca P. FISH, Gagan A. GUPTA, Xinyuan HUANG, Heriberto NIETO, Benjamin S. PHIPPS, Kurt PIERSOL
  • Patent number: 11217251
    Abstract: An example method includes, at an electronic device: receiving an indication of a notification; in accordance with receiving the indication of the notification: obtaining one or more data streams from one or more sensors; determining, based on the one or more data streams, whether a user associated with the electronic device is speaking; and in accordance with a determination that the user is not speaking: causing an output associated with the notification to be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: William M. York, Rebecca P. Fish, Gagan A. Gupta, Xinyuan Huang, Heriberto Nieto, Benjamin S. Phipps, Kurt Piersol
  • Publication number: 20200357406
    Abstract: An example method includes, at an electronic device: receiving an indication of a notification; in accordance with receiving the indication of the notification: obtaining one or more data streams from one or more sensors; determining, based on the one or more data streams, whether a user associated with the electronic device is speaking; and in accordance with a determination that the user is not speaking: causing an output associated with the notification to be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: William M. YORK, Rebecca P. FISH, Gagan A. GUPTA, Xinyuan HUANG, Heriberto NIETO, Benjamin S. PHIPPS, Kurt PIERSOL
  • Patent number: 9447262
    Abstract: A particulate-filled rubber composition contains at least one silane-reactive particulate filler and a mixture of at least one blocked mercaptosilane coupling agent possessing two thioacyl groups and at least one blocked mercaptosilane possessing a single thioacyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventor: William M. York
  • Publication number: 20120225231
    Abstract: A particulate-filled rubber composition contains at least one silane-reactive particulate filler and a mixture of at least one blocked mercaptosilane coupling agent possessing two thioacyl groups and at least one blocked mercaptosilane possessing a single thioacyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Momentive Performance Materials, Inc
    Inventor: William M. York
  • Patent number: 7067457
    Abstract: A dye-donor element including a dye-donor layer is described, wherein the dye-donor element includes a stick preventative agent. The dye-donor element is capable of printing an image on a receiver element at a line speed of 2 ms/line or less while maintaining a print density of at least two, and a print to fail value of at least four. A print assembly including the dye-donor element and a receiver element is also described, as well as a method of printing using the dye-donor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David G. Foster, Maurice L. Gray, Teh-Ming Kung, William M. York, III, Brian T. Pope
  • Patent number: 5847709
    Abstract: A three dimensional document workspace for interacting with large numbers of document objects. A document object may be a document or a document collection. The document workspace is divided hierarchically in terms of interaction rates. A focus space is where direct interaction with a document or document collection occurs. An immediate memory space or desktop is for placing pages or books that are in use, but not currently being interacted with. A tertiary space or bookcase is where many books and pages that are not in use, but which it is desirable to have ready access to. Moving document objects in the document workspace is facilitated by touch-drop and flick gestures. The touch-drop gesture addresses the problem of obscuring distant (hence smaller) document objects by presenting a visual line indicating a destination for a moved document object. Flick gestures are used to quickly move document objects within the document workspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart K. Card, George G. Robertson, William M. York
  • Patent number: 5838326
    Abstract: A three dimensional document workspace for interacting with large numbers of document objects. A document object may be a document or a document collection. The document workspace is divided hierarchically in terms of interaction rates. A focus space is where direct interaction with a document or document collection occurs. An immediate memory space is for placing pages or books that are in use, but not currently being interacted with. A tertiary space is where many books and pages that are not in use, but which it is desirable to have ready access to. Moving document objects in the document workspace is facilitated by touch-drop and flick gestures. The touch-drop gesture addresses the problem of obscuring distant (hence smaller) document objects by presenting a visual line indicating a destination for a moved document object. Flick gestures are used to quickly move document objects within the document workspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart K. Card, William M. York, George G. Robertson