Techniques for anonymized searching of medical providers
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12259933
A user device can be used to generate medical term expressions, which represent medical terms of a health record. The user device can identify a medical concept present in the health record based on a medical term expression. The user device can generate a node in a personalized relational graph that corresponds to the medical concept. One or more sub-nodes can be added to the node. Responsive to a request, a user interface is presented that identifies the medical concept and some of the…
Mechanisms for indicating beam directions
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12262349
A base station may transmit beam indication information to one or more user equipment (UE) devices. For each of a plurality of time units (e.g., symbols) in a time interval (e.g., spanning one or more slots), the beam indication information indicates a corresponding beam that the base station will use to transmit or receive. A UE device may have knowledge of the beam in which it currently resides, e.g., by performing power measurements during a beam scan procedure. Thus, the beam…
Application integration with a digital assistant
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12260234
Systems and processes for application integration with a digital assistant are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes receiving an audio input including a natural-language user input and identifying an intent object of a set of intent objects. The intent object may be derived from the natural-language user input. The method further includes identifying a software application associated with the intent object of the set of intent objects, providing the intent object…
Transfer of the display of content between devices with animation
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12260145
In one implementation, a method of transferring the display of video content from a first location to a second location is performed at a first device including an image sensor, a first display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes detecting a second device in a field-of-view of the image sensor displaying video content at a first location in the physical environment on a second display. The method includes detecting a transfer trigger to display the…
Controlling external devices using reality interfaces
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12260144
In some exemplary processes for controlling an external device using a computer-generated reality interface, a view of a physical environment that includes the external device is provided through the display, and information specifying a function of the external device is received from the external device. While the view of the physical environment is being provided, an affordance corresponding to the function is displayed at a position on the display that overlays at least a portion of…
Shared-content session user interfaces
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12260059
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing shared-content sessions. In some embodiments, content is shared with a group of users participating in a shared-content session. In some embodiments, the content is screen-share content that is shared from one device to other participants of the shared-content session. In some embodiments, the content is synchronized content for which output of the content is synchronized across the participants of the…
Fabric-covered electronic device with touch sensor
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12260052
An electronic device such as a speaker device may have a curved housing characterized by a vertical longitudinal axis. A layer of fabric may cover the curved housing. A touch sensor may be used to detect touch input on the layer of fabric. The touch sensor may include capacitive touch sensor electrodes including drive lines and sense lines. In some arrangements, the touch sensor is formed from conductive strands in the layer of fabric. In other arrangements, the touch sensor is formed…
Electronic communication based on user input
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12260039
The present disclosure relates generally to displaying a visual representation of a stroke.
Verifiable machine code
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12259978
Aspects and features include a structure for a program directed to a target computing device and metadata that can be used by a verifier in the target computing device. The verifier can quickly and efficiently apply verification rules to identified sections of the program to determine whether the program is safe to execute by the target computing device. In some examples, the target computing device uses the verifier to identify, using the metadata, verifiable sections of instructions…
User equipment auto-unlock optimization
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12259956
A user equipment (UE) is configured to perform a prewarming process, wherein the prewarming process includes concurrently performing a face detection process and an unlock process independent of face detection, determine whether a face detection operation indicates the presence of a face within a field of view of a camera of the UE and disable prewarming for a predetermined time period when the face detection operation is not satisfied.
Head-mounted display
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
D1067912
Watch crown having a conductive surface
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12259690
An electronic device, such as a watch, has an input mechanism, such as a crown, that may receive translational inputs, rotational inputs, and/or touch inputs. Inputs received at the crown may result in changes in operation of the electronic device and/or outputs, such as graphical outputs, provided by the electronic device. In various embodiments, the crown includes a retainer that couples an outer crown body to an inner crown body and secures an isolator between the outer crown body and…
Handheld controllers with charging and storage systems
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12259560
A system may include an electronic device such as a head-mounted device and a handheld controller for controlling the electronic device. The handheld controller may have a housing with an elongated shaft extending between first and second tip portions. The handheld controller may have power receiving circuitry configured to receive power from a power source. The power source may be incorporated into an electronic device such as a wireless charging dock or stick, a battery case, or a…
Techniques for localizing an electronic device
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12259487
An electronic device may receive a first signal from a first transmitting device at a first time. The electronic device may receive a second signal from a second transmitting device at a second time. The electronic device may access location information for the first transmitting device and the second transmitting device. The electronic device may receive a message from a second electronic device having a known distance relationship to the first transmitting device and the second…
Grouping maneuvers for display in a navigation presentation
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12259252
Some embodiments of the invention provide several novel methods for generating a navigation presentation that displays a device navigating a route on a map. The method of some embodiments uses a virtual camera that, based on detected changes in the navigation context, dynamically modifies the way it captures portions of the map to produce different navigation scenes in the navigation presentation. To generate the navigation scenes, the method of some embodiments (1) identifies different…
Cruise control user interfaces
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12257900
The present disclosure generally relates to managing cruise control settings. A cruise control indicator is displayed at a location that corresponds to a cruise control speed concurrently with a textual indication of the cruise control speed. In response to receiving input, the textual indication ceases to be displayed after a non-zero duration while the cruise control indicator continues to be displayed.
Sensing contact force related to user wearing an electronic device
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12257078
A wearable electronic device includes a body, a housing component, a band operable to attach the body to a body part of a user, and a force sensor coupled to the housing component. The force sensor is operable to produce a force signal based on a force exerted between the body part of the user and the housing component. A processing unit of the wearable electronic device receives the force signal from the force sensor and determines the force exerted on the housing component based…
Electronic devices with body composition analysis circuitry
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12257028
An electronic device may include body composition analysis circuitry that estimates body composition based on captured images of a face, neck, and/or body (e.g., depth map images captured by a depth sensor, visible light and infrared images captured by image sensors, and/or other suitable images). The body composition analysis circuitry may analyze the image data and may extract portions of the image data that strongly correlate with body composition, such as portions of the cheeks,…
Watch band for a smart watch
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12256812
A watch band for a smart watch can secure the smart watch to the user's wrist. The watch band can include a continuous loop of woven material to conform around the user's wrist. The watch band can further include an encasement formed from a rigid material to receive the smart watch. The encasement can protect the smart watch during activities. The watch band can include a retention portion formed from a transparent material to receive the smart watch. The watch band can also include…
Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
D1067925
