Bruce Ned Mc Arthur

US Patent:

7640305, Dec 29, 2009

Filed:

May 5, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/430694

Inventors:

Bruce Arthur - Palo Alto CA, US
Paul Marcos - Cupertino CA, US
Greg Christie - San Jose CA, US
Jerome R Bellegarda - Los Gatos CA, US
Kim E. A. Silverman - Mountain View CA, US
Scott Forstall - Mountain View CA, US
Kevin Tiene - Cupertino CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

709206, 709204, 707 7

Abstract:

A method, apparatus, and signal-bearing medium that filter data based on a criteria. In an embodiment, the criteria may be related to filtering out unwanted or junk input data. In another embodiment, the criteria may be related to filtering based on desired data. In various embodiments, the data may be email, email attachments, faxes, popup windows, telephone messages, downloaded data or programs, image data, or other data. In a embodiment, a training mode and an automatic mode are provided. During the training mode, a user may be presented with data that may be junk, and feedback may be provided that is used to train a junk filter. During an automatic mode, junk data may be removed from view, transferred to a junk box, or highlighted.

US Patent:

7881235, Feb 1, 2011

Filed:

Jun 25, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/877507

Inventors:

Bruce Arthur - Palo Alto CA, US
Marcel VanOs - San Francisco CA, US
Stephen O Lemay - San Francisco CA, US
Greg Christie - San Jose CA, US
Peter Westen - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

H04L 12/16
H04Q 11/00

US Classification:

370261, 37920201, 709204, 709227

Abstract:

Multiple users participate in a conference while taking maximum advantage of hardware and bandwidth capabilities of each participant. Each user's system makes known to a directory service its hardware sending and receiving capabilities. The directory service makes this information available to other users who may then wish to join a conference with the user. An initiating user sends invitations via the directory service to the remote users. Each user that accepts an invitation transmits its network address to the initiating user, who then establishes a peer-to-peer connection with each of the remote users. Each participant system exchanges information about hardware capabilities and bandwidth, and a conference manager determines a best model for connecting each of the participants. Depending on the hardware and bandwidth capabilities of the participants, the manager chooses from a duplicate streams model, a multicast model, and a host-among-peers model for connecting the participants.

US Patent:

8037021, Oct 11, 2011

Filed:

Oct 17, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/975162

Inventors:

Scott Joseph Adler - Menlo Park CA, US
Matthew Dimaggio - Sunnyvale CA, US
Matthew Elliott Shepherd - San Francisco CA, US
Lala Dutta - Cupertino CA, US
Bruce Arthur - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707610, 707736, 707758, 707951, 709206, 715963

Abstract:

The calendaring techniques and interfaces described herein provide access to calendar data stored in a server hosted calendar store to applications. The calendar data includes calendar events and tasks. In one aspect, an application program interface (API) retrieves an occurrence from a series of reoccurring calendar data upon request from an application. In another aspect, the API sends calendar data provided by the application to a server program that manages a calendar store for storage and queries the server program to retrieve calendar data requested by the application from the calendar store. In yet another aspect, the API sends notifications that the calendar store has changed to interested applications.

US Patent:

20110110505, May 12, 2011

Filed:

Jan 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/007514

Inventors:

Bruce Arthur - Palo Alto CA, US
Marcel Van Os - San Francisco CA, US
Stephen O. Lemay - San Francisco CA, US
Greg Christie - San Jose CA, US
Peter Westen - Menlo Park CA, US

International Classification:

H04M 11/00
H04M 3/42

US Classification:

379 9321, 37920201

Abstract:

Multiple users participate in a conference while taking maximum advantage of hardware and bandwidth capabilities of each participant. Each user's system makes known to a directory service its hardware sending and receiving capabilities. The directory service makes this information available to other users who may then wish to join a conference with the user. An initiating user sends invitations via the directory service to the remote users. Each user that accepts an invitation transmits its network address to the initiating user, who then establishes a peer-to-peer connection with each of the remote users. Each participant system exchanges information about hardware capabilities and bandwidth, and a conference manager determines a best model for connecting each of the participants. Depending on the hardware and bandwidth capabilities of the participants, the manager chooses from a duplicate streams model, a multicast model, and a host-among-peers model for connecting the participants.