Apple Inc. patent applications published on December 28th, 2023
Summary of the patent applications from Apple Inc. on December 28th, 2023
Apple Inc. has recently filed several patents related to various technologies. These patents cover areas such as handheld computing devices with glass enclosures, implicit radio resource control state transitions in cellular communication systems, efficient discovery of edge computing servers, beam management operations for user equipment in cells, and periodic registration update procedures for user equipment.
In terms of handheld computing devices, Apple has filed a patent for a device with a glass enclosure that is radio-transparent and water resistant. The glass enclosure can be made from a hollow glass tube or two glass members bonded together using a laser frit bonding process. This technology aims to provide improved water resistance and durability for smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices.
In the field of cellular communication systems, Apple has filed a patent for a method that allows wireless devices to perform implicit radio resource control state transitions. This technology helps in efficient management of radio resources, reducing power consumption, and optimizing network performance.
Apple has also filed a patent for a system that enables efficient discovery of edge computing servers using a wireless device and an edge discovery service. This technology improves resource allocation and reduces latency in edge computing and cloud computing environments.
In the area of wireless communication systems, Apple has filed a patent for a method that allows user equipment to communicate with multiple transmission and reception points. This technology improves communication efficiency and capacity in wireless networks.
Lastly, Apple has filed a patent for a system that manages beam operations for user equipment in a cell. This technology enhances the performance of cellular networks by optimizing the selection of beams for transmission and reception.
Notable applications of these technologies include improved water resistance and durability for handheld devices, efficient resource allocation and reduced latency in edge computing and cloud computing, enhanced communication efficiency and capacity in wireless networks, and optimized performance of cellular networks through beam management operations.
Contents
- 1 Patent applications for Apple Inc. on December 28th, 2023
- 1.1 DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE BANDS FOR WEARABLE DEVICES (17849487)
- 1.2 OPAQUE SPLITS EMBEDDED IN TRANSPARENT MEDIA FOR OPTICAL EMITTER/DETECTOR ISOLATION (18462603)
- 1.3 PROTECTIVE CIRCUITRY FOR EXTERNAL SENSING APPLICATIONS (18465111)
- 1.4 Support Surface System (18195590)
- 1.5 Packaging with Interlocking Ripcord Mechanical Lock (17849108)
- 1.6 Systems With Closures (18193187)
- 1.7 Self-Mixing Interferometry Sensors Used to Sense Vibration of a Structural or Housing Component Defining an Exterior Surface of a Device (18244023)
- 1.8 AUGMENTED REALITY MAPS (18216880)
- 1.9 PRESCRIPTION LENS ENROLLMENT AND SWITCHING FOR OPTICAL SENSING SYSTEMS (18332536)
- 1.10 Electronic Devices with Non-Static Object Detection (18456429)
- 1.11 Electronic Device With Lens Position Sensing (18336703)
- 1.12 Folded Telephoto Camera Lens System (18460454)
- 1.13 Electronic Devices With Deformation Sensors (18465795)
- 1.14 Tactile Switch for an Electronic Device (18243257)
- 1.15 Controlling a Device Setting Using Head Pose (18295772)
- 1.16 GAZE BEHAVIOR DETECTION (18211712)
- 1.17 CONTROLLING A USER SELECTION QUEUE (18367214)
- 1.18 Display Systems With Optical Sensing (18466723)
- 1.19 CREATION OF OPTIMAL WORKING, LEARNING, AND RESTING ENVIRONMENTS ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES (18243324)
- 1.20 DEPLOYABLE KEY MOUSE (18464027)
- 1.21 Devices and Methods for Processing Touch Inputs (18243630)
- 1.22 ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A BIOMETRIC INPUT SYSTEM INCLUDING A COMPOSITE COVER ELEMENT (18202620)
- 1.23 Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Updating a Session Region (18243058)
- 1.24 Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Interacting with Three-Dimensional Environments (18244864)
- 1.25 EDITING INTERFACE (18121539)
- 1.26 ADDING A CONTACT TO A HOME SCREEN (18320798)
- 1.27 Automatically Adjusting Media Display in a Personal Display System (18350321)
- 1.28 DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING CONTENT MANIPULATION OPERATIONS (18367826)
- 1.29 Electronic Devices for Focused Listening (18464780)
- 1.30 DECLARATIVELY DEFINED USER INTERFACE TIMELINE VIEWS (18244875)
- 1.31 Debug Trace of Cache Memory Requests (18344170)
- 1.32 PC-Based Memory Permissions (18343125)
- 1.33 BUS PROTOCOL FOR MULTIPLE CHIPSETS (18464981)
- 1.34 PC-Based Instruction Group Permissions (18343145)
- 1.35 MULTI-PATH COMMUNICATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE SECURE ELEMENT DATA FOR ONLINE PAYMENTS (18241844)
- 1.36 WARPING AN INPUT IMAGE BASED ON DEPTH AND OFFSET INFORMATION (18244513)
- 1.37 Tiled Processor Communication Fabric (17808392)
- 1.38 CONTEXT-BASED OBJECT VIEWING WITHIN 3D ENVIRONMENTS (18244355)
- 1.39 TANGIBILITY VISUALIZATION OF VIRTUAL OBJECTS WITHIN A COMPUTER-GENERATED REALITY ENVIRONMENT (18244878)
- 1.40 SHOWING CONTEXT IN A COMMUNICATION SESSION (18367490)
- 1.41 Visual Indication of Audibility (18367408)
- 1.42 PROVIDING TEXTUAL REPRESENTATIONS FOR A COMMUNICATION SESSION (17889110)
- 1.43 SYSTEMS, METHODS AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR MEDIA CAPTURE AND EDITING APPLICATIONS (18331858)
- 1.44 ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES WITH SILICON-BASED ANODES (17851135)
- 1.45 Electronic Device with Charging-Coil Independent Rear-Facing Antenna (18324835)
- 1.46 Electronic Device with Switchable Antenna Loop Path (17849501)
- 1.47 Electronic Device with Integrated Housing and Display Antenna (18324827)
- 1.48 CASE FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES (18213146)
- 1.49 WIRELESS POWER SYSTEM (18463486)
- 1.50 Wireless Power Systems With Frequency-Shift-Keying Communications (17883401)
- 1.51 State of Charge Information for a Wireless Power Transmitting Device (18463932)
- 1.52 Wireless Power Mode Switching (18464107)
- 1.53 Radio-frequency Power Amplifier with Intermodulation Distortion Mitigation (18465910)
- 1.54 Capacitance Multiplier for Decoupling Capacitor (18466708)
- 1.55 ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOUSING HAVING A RADIO-FREQUENCY TRANSMISSIVE COMPONENT (18367072)
- 1.56 Resource Allocation for Communication via Reflective Surfaces (18321698)
- 1.57 Radio-Frequency Communication via Reflective Devices (18322905)
- 1.58 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SECONDARY CELL BEAM RECOVERY (18243417)
- 1.59 Reflective Devices for Conveying Radio-Frequency Signals (18322950)
- 1.60 Electronic Devices with Optical Self-Injection Loops (18320540)
- 1.61 Pointer Authentication (18326910)
- 1.62 ACCESSORY ASSISTED ACCOUNT RECOVERY (18464002)
- 1.63 ENHANCED PHYSICAL STRUCTURE FOR LTE V2V COMMUNICATIONS (18341918)
- 1.64 HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE (18243426)
- 1.65 HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE (18243448)
- 1.66 HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE (18243504)
- 1.67 HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE (18243523)
- 1.68 HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE (18243458)
- 1.69 USER INTERFACE FOR CONFIGURING EXTERNAL ACCESSORIES WITH ACCESSORY DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS (18244900)
- 1.70 PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR CONFERENCE CALLING (18238404)
- 1.71 PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR CONFERENCE CALLING (18238410)
- 1.72 Displays with Viewer Tracking for Vertical Parallax Correction (18189542)
- 1.73 Gaze-Based Exposure (18465055)
- 1.74 ARTICULATED EAR TIP (18205733)
- 1.75 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACOUSTIC PASSTHROUGH (18339914)
- 1.76 ANGLE-BASED POSITIONING IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESENCE OF NON LINE OF SIGHT REFERENCE SIGNALS (18243826)
- 1.77 Point to Point and Point to Multipoint Switching with Service Continuity for Broadcast and Multicast Service (18464582)
- 1.78 V2X POLICY AND PARAMETERS PROVISIONING TO USER EQUIPMENT BY A POLICY AND CONTROL FUNCTION (18466114)
- 1.79 V2X POLICY AND PARAMETERS PROVISIONING TO USER EQUIPMENT BY A POLICY AND CONTROL FUNCTION (18466136)
- 1.80 SPECTRUM SHARING WITHOUT NETWORK SHARING (18208830)
- 1.81 SUPPORT OF FLEXIBLE PDCCH MONITORING IN NEW RADIO (NR) (18467407)
- 1.82 FLEXIBLE SCOPE OF PACKET FILTERS FOR REFLECTIVE QUALITY OF SERVICE (18467028)
- 1.83 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING EVOLVING BAND REGULATIONS (18464954)
- 1.84 SCell Activation Enhancement with Assistance Reference Signal (18247354)
- 1.85 TIMING ADVANCE (TA) MAINTENANCE IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS (NTN) (18249776)
- 1.86 Handling PLMN Prioritization (18251766)
- 1.87 Periodic Registration Update Procedure for Non-Allowed Service Areas (18251757)
- 1.88 Beam Management in Multi-TRP Operation (18465344)
- 1.89 TRP-Specific PUSCH Transmissions for Multi-TRP Operation (18464437)
- 1.90 TRP-Specific PUSCH Transmissions for Multi-TRP Operation (18462734)
- 1.91 Configured Grant Operations for Multiple PUSCH (18466451)
- 1.92 Efficient Discovery of Edge Computing Servers (18337598)
- 1.93 TRP-Specific PUSCH Transmissions for Multi-TRP Operation (18464419)
- 1.94 Implicit Radio Resource Control State Transitions (18464076)
- 1.95 GLASS ENCLOSURE (18244287)
Patent applications for Apple Inc. on December 28th, 2023
DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE BANDS FOR WEARABLE DEVICES (17849487)
Main Inventor
William LEITH
OPAQUE SPLITS EMBEDDED IN TRANSPARENT MEDIA FOR OPTICAL EMITTER/DETECTOR ISOLATION (18462603)
Main Inventor
Maegan K. Spencer
PROTECTIVE CIRCUITRY FOR EXTERNAL SENSING APPLICATIONS (18465111)
Main Inventor
Priyank Dineshbhai PATEL
Support Surface System (18195590)
Main Inventor
Trent Storm
Packaging with Interlocking Ripcord Mechanical Lock (17849108)
Main Inventor
Mark T. UYEDA
Systems With Closures (18193187)
Main Inventor
Arian Behzadi
Self-Mixing Interferometry Sensors Used to Sense Vibration of a Structural or Housing Component Defining an Exterior Surface of a Device (18244023)
Main Inventor
Ahmet Fatih Cihan
AUGMENTED REALITY MAPS (18216880)
Main Inventor
Jaron Waldman
PRESCRIPTION LENS ENROLLMENT AND SWITCHING FOR OPTICAL SENSING SYSTEMS (18332536)
Main Inventor
Anup RATHI
Electronic Devices with Non-Static Object Detection (18456429)
Main Inventor
Joonhoi Hur
Electronic Device With Lens Position Sensing (18336703)
Main Inventor
Timo Birnschein
Folded Telephoto Camera Lens System (18460454)
Main Inventor
Romeo I. Mercardo
Electronic Devices With Deformation Sensors (18465795)
Main Inventor
Christopher Patton
Tactile Switch for an Electronic Device (18243257)
Main Inventor
Colin M. Ely
Controlling a Device Setting Using Head Pose (18295772)
Main Inventor
Gregory Lutter
GAZE BEHAVIOR DETECTION (18211712)
Main Inventor
Mehmet N. Agaoglu
CONTROLLING A USER SELECTION QUEUE (18367214)
Main Inventor
Geoffrey Grant Stahl
Display Systems With Optical Sensing (18466723)
Main Inventor
Yoshihiko Yokoyama
CREATION OF OPTIMAL WORKING, LEARNING, AND RESTING ENVIRONMENTS ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES (18243324)
Main Inventor
Izzet B. Yildiz
DEPLOYABLE KEY MOUSE (18464027)
Main Inventor
Paul X. Wang
Devices and Methods for Processing Touch Inputs (18243630)
Main Inventor
Aleksandr Chugunov
ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A BIOMETRIC INPUT SYSTEM INCLUDING A COMPOSITE COVER ELEMENT (18202620)
Main Inventor
Andrew Deng
Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Updating a Session Region (18243058)
Main Inventor
Chanaka G. Karunamuni
Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Interacting with Three-Dimensional Environments (18244864)
Main Inventor
Jeffrey M. Faulkner
EDITING INTERFACE (18121539)
Main Inventor
Imran A. CHAUDHRI
ADDING A CONTACT TO A HOME SCREEN (18320798)
Main Inventor
Marcel VAN OS
Automatically Adjusting Media Display in a Personal Display System (18350321)
Main Inventor
John G. Tang
DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING CONTENT MANIPULATION OPERATIONS (18367826)
Main Inventor
Bradley W. Griffin
Electronic Devices for Focused Listening (18464780)
Main Inventor
Paul G. Puskarich
DECLARATIVELY DEFINED USER INTERFACE TIMELINE VIEWS (18244875)
Main Inventor
David A. SCHIMON
Debug Trace of Cache Memory Requests (18344170)
Main Inventor
Andrew J. Beaumont-Smith
PC-Based Memory Permissions (18343125)
Main Inventor
Jeffry E. Gonion
BUS PROTOCOL FOR MULTIPLE CHIPSETS (18464981)
Main Inventor
Farouk Belghoul
PC-Based Instruction Group Permissions (18343145)
Main Inventor
Jeffry E. Gonion
MULTI-PATH COMMUNICATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE SECURE ELEMENT DATA FOR ONLINE PAYMENTS (18241844)
Main Inventor
Manoj K. Thulaseedharan PILLAI
WARPING AN INPUT IMAGE BASED ON DEPTH AND OFFSET INFORMATION (18244513)
Main Inventor
Tobias Eble
Tiled Processor Communication Fabric (17808392)
Main Inventor
Adam J. Smith
CONTEXT-BASED OBJECT VIEWING WITHIN 3D ENVIRONMENTS (18244355)
Main Inventor
Alexandre Da Veiga
TANGIBILITY VISUALIZATION OF VIRTUAL OBJECTS WITHIN A COMPUTER-GENERATED REALITY ENVIRONMENT (18244878)
Main Inventor
Alexis PALANGIE
SHOWING CONTEXT IN A COMMUNICATION SESSION (18367490)
Main Inventor
Shih-Sang Chiu
Visual Indication of Audibility (18367408)
Main Inventor
Devin William Chalmers
PROVIDING TEXTUAL REPRESENTATIONS FOR A COMMUNICATION SESSION (17889110)
Main Inventor
Erik D. HORNBERGER
SYSTEMS, METHODS AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR MEDIA CAPTURE AND EDITING APPLICATIONS (18331858)
Main Inventor
Shem NGUYEN
ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES WITH SILICON-BASED ANODES (17851135)
Main Inventor
Woo Cheol Shin
Electronic Device with Charging-Coil Independent Rear-Facing Antenna (18324835)
Main Inventor
Dimitrios Papantonis
Electronic Device with Switchable Antenna Loop Path (17849501)
Main Inventor
Enrique Ayala Vazquez
Electronic Device with Integrated Housing and Display Antenna (18324827)
Main Inventor
Dimitrios Papantonis
CASE FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES (18213146)
Main Inventor
Ivan S. MARIC
WIRELESS POWER SYSTEM (18463486)
Main Inventor
Zaki Moussaoui
Wireless Power Systems With Frequency-Shift-Keying Communications (17883401)
Main Inventor
Stephen C. Terry
State of Charge Information for a Wireless Power Transmitting Device (18463932)
Main Inventor
Zaid A. AbuKhalaf
Wireless Power Mode Switching (18464107)
Main Inventor
Zaid A. AbuKhalaf
Radio-frequency Power Amplifier with Intermodulation Distortion Mitigation (18465910)
Main Inventor
Nitesh Singhal
Capacitance Multiplier for Decoupling Capacitor (18466708)
Main Inventor
Sang Hyun Woo
ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOUSING HAVING A RADIO-FREQUENCY TRANSMISSIVE COMPONENT (18367072)
Main Inventor
Daniel R. Bloom
Resource Allocation for Communication via Reflective Surfaces (18321698)
Main Inventor
Jan Ellenbeck
Radio-Frequency Communication via Reflective Devices (18322905)
Main Inventor
Stefan Meyer
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SECONDARY CELL BEAM RECOVERY (18243417)
Main Inventor
Honglei MIAO
Reflective Devices for Conveying Radio-Frequency Signals (18322950)
Main Inventor
Stefan Meyer
Electronic Devices with Optical Self-Injection Loops (18320540)
Main Inventor
Ramin Khayatzadeh
Pointer Authentication (18326910)
Main Inventor
Yin Zin Mark Lam
ACCESSORY ASSISTED ACCOUNT RECOVERY (18464002)
Main Inventor
YANNICK L. SIERRA
ENHANCED PHYSICAL STRUCTURE FOR LTE V2V COMMUNICATIONS (18341918)
Main Inventor
Alexey Khoryaev
HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE (18243426)
Main Inventor
Jon F. Housour
HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE (18243448)
Main Inventor
Jon F. Housour
HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE (18243504)
Main Inventor
Shayla A. Schoensee
HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE (18243523)
Main Inventor
Jiachen Xu
HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE (18243458)
Main Inventor
Matthew R. McGuire
USER INTERFACE FOR CONFIGURING EXTERNAL ACCESSORIES WITH ACCESSORY DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS (18244900)
Main Inventor
Anush G. NADATHUR
PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR CONFERENCE CALLING (18238404)
Main Inventor
Scott FORSTALL
PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR CONFERENCE CALLING (18238410)
Main Inventor
Scott FORSTALL
Displays with Viewer Tracking for Vertical Parallax Correction (18189542)
Main Inventor
Pavel V. Dudrenov
Gaze-Based Exposure (18465055)
Main Inventor
Robert K. Molholm
ARTICULATED EAR TIP (18205733)
Main Inventor
Geng Luo
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACOUSTIC PASSTHROUGH (18339914)
Main Inventor
Prateek Murgai
ANGLE-BASED POSITIONING IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESENCE OF NON LINE OF SIGHT REFERENCE SIGNALS (18243826)
Main Inventor
Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian
Point to Point and Point to Multipoint Switching with Service Continuity for Broadcast and Multicast Service (18464582)
Main Inventor
Fangli Xu
V2X POLICY AND PARAMETERS PROVISIONING TO USER EQUIPMENT BY A POLICY AND CONTROL FUNCTION (18466114)
Main Inventor
Changhong SHAN
V2X POLICY AND PARAMETERS PROVISIONING TO USER EQUIPMENT BY A POLICY AND CONTROL FUNCTION (18466136)
Main Inventor
Changhong SHAN
SPECTRUM SHARING WITHOUT NETWORK SHARING (18208830)
Main Inventor
Alexander Sirotkin
SUPPORT OF FLEXIBLE PDCCH MONITORING IN NEW RADIO (NR) (18467407)
Main Inventor
Yongjun Kwak
FLEXIBLE SCOPE OF PACKET FILTERS FOR REFLECTIVE QUALITY OF SERVICE (18467028)
Main Inventor
Alexandre Saso Stojanovski
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING EVOLVING BAND REGULATIONS (18464954)
Main Inventor
Anatoliy Sergey Ioffe
SCell Activation Enhancement with Assistance Reference Signal (18247354)
Main Inventor
Haitong SUN
TIMING ADVANCE (TA) MAINTENANCE IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS (NTN) (18249776)
Main Inventor
Chunhai Yao
Handling PLMN Prioritization (18251766)
Main Inventor
Roland GRUBER
Periodic Registration Update Procedure for Non-Allowed Service Areas (18251757)
Main Inventor
Nitin KUPPELUR
Beam Management in Multi-TRP Operation (18465344)
Main Inventor
Haitong SUN
TRP-Specific PUSCH Transmissions for Multi-TRP Operation (18464437)
Main Inventor
Haitong SUN
TRP-Specific PUSCH Transmissions for Multi-TRP Operation (18462734)
Main Inventor
Haitong SUN
Configured Grant Operations for Multiple PUSCH (18466451)
Main Inventor
Chunxuan YE
Efficient Discovery of Edge Computing Servers (18337598)
Main Inventor
Babar Qaisrani
TRP-Specific PUSCH Transmissions for Multi-TRP Operation (18464419)
Main Inventor
Haitong SUN
Implicit Radio Resource Control State Transitions (18464076)
Main Inventor
Sethuraman Gurumoorthy
GLASS ENCLOSURE (18244287)
Main Inventor
Christopher Prest
