Thomas R Abraham

US Patent:

6593241, Jul 15, 2003

Filed:

May 11, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/075854

Inventors:

Thomas Abraham - Scotts Valley CA
James Allan Bondur - San Jose CA
James Paul Garcia - Santa Clara CA

Assignee:

Applied Materials Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

H01L 21311

US Classification:

438697

Abstract:

A method for planarizing a layer of material on a semiconductor device is disclosed, which planarizes a layer on a semiconductor device using a high density plasma system, and uses a sacrificial layer having a desirable etch to deposition rate. Additionally, the method for planarizing a layer can be easily incorporated into the semiconductor fabrication process, and is capable of achieving both local and global planarization.

US Patent:

20200382916, Dec 3, 2020

Filed:

May 29, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/888544

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Albert Riley HOWARD - Sunnyvale CA, US
Ryan A. WILLIAMS - Sunnyvale CA, US
Nicholas J. CIRCOSTA - Mountain View CA, US
Andreas E. SCHOBEL - San Francisco CA, US
Thomas CHATHOTH ABRAHAM - San Francisco CA, US
Vibhor GOYAL - Dublin CA, US
Christopher P. SAARI - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

H04W 4/12
H04W 68/00
H04W 12/00

Abstract:

A device implementing a system for missed communication notification may include at least one processor configured to receive, from a server over a first communication channel, a message indicating that another device initiated a communication with the device over a second communication channel at a particular time. The at least one processor may be further configured to determine, by the device, whether the communication was established with the other device over the second communication channel at the particular time. The at least one processor may be further configured to provide, for display, an indication of the message based at least in part on a determination that the communication initiated by the other device was not established over the second communication channel at the particular time.

US Patent:

20200359175, Nov 12, 2020

Filed:

Apr 10, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/845297

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Swaminathan Jayaraman - Cupertino CA, US
Paul W. Salzman - Palo Alto CA, US
Kevin M. Lynch - Woodside CA, US
Tommy Rochette - San Jose CA, US
Albert R. Howard - Sunnyvale CA, US
Siva Ganesh Movva - Cupertino CA, US
Thomas Chathoth Abraham - San Francisco CA, US
Frank De Jong - San Francisco CA, US
Rachel F. Needle - Oakland CA, US
David John Williams - San Francisco CA, US
Raghunandan K. Pai - Saratoga CA, US
Swadesh Bhattacharya - Sunnyvale CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

H04W 4/029
H04W 4/021
G08B 21/02

Abstract:

In some implementations, a first computing device can send notifications at times that the first computing device is not in an expected location. A user of a second computing device can remotely configure an expected location for the first computing device, which may be a particular location for a certain period of time. During that time, the first computing device can monitor its own location and check whether it is within the expected location. If the first computing device unexpectedly leaves or fails to enter the expected location, the first computing device may transmit a notification to the second computing device. Similarly, if the first computing device loses connectivity with other devices, a server device may notify the second computing device that the location of the first computing device cannot be determined.

US Patent:

20200351747, Nov 5, 2020

Filed:

Apr 29, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/862415

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Ajoy K. SINGH - Milpitas CA, US
Ariane COTTE - San Francisco CA, US
Christopher M. GARRIDO - San Jose CA, US
Faraz FAHEEM - Santa Clara CA, US
Gregory R. BURNS - San Francisco CA, US
Ian J. BAIRD - San Jose CA, US
Imran AHMED - Fremont CA, US
Nicholas J. CIRCOSTA - Mountain View CA, US
Robert D. WATSON - Menlo Park CA, US
Rohan C. MALTHANKAR - San Jose CA, US
Ryan A. WILLIAMS - Sunnyvale CA, US
Sergey SITNIKOV - San Jose CA, US
Srinivasan NIMMALA - San Jose CA, US
Thomas Chathoth ABRAHAM - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

H04W 36/30
H04W 76/15
H04W 76/22
H04W 36/36
H04W 36/28

Abstract:

A device providing inter-device call continuity facilitated by a wireless audio output device may include a processor configured to initiate, over a peer-to-peer connection with a second device, a communication session between the second device and a third device. The processor may be further configured to establish, over the peer-to-peer connection with the second device, an audio link corresponding to the communication session. The processor may be further configured to determine, based at least in part on the audio link, that a connection quality of the peer-to-peer connection satisfies a connection degradation condition. The processor may be further configured to request, over a wide area network connection, for the communication session with the third device to be handed-off from the second device to the first device, and to establish, over the wide area network connection, the communication session with the third device.

US Patent:

20180088761, Mar 29, 2018

Filed:

Sep 22, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/713551

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Freddy Allen ANZURES - San Francisco CA, US
Thomas CHATHOTH ABRAHAM - San Francisco CA, US
Christopher Paul SAARI - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/0485
G06F 3/0488
G06F 3/0346

Abstract:

The present disclosure generally relates to whether a user input at an electronic device should be processed as a scroll input or a tap input based on contextual data associated with the user input.