Apple Inc.

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Nitin Ganatra

Gregory N Christie

Scott James Forstall

Richard Williamson

Lawrence G Bolton

Jeremy A Wyld

Mitchell David Adler

Paul Holden

Imran A Chaudhri

Steve P Jobs

Patrick L Coffman

Scott M Herz

Emily Clark Schubert

Charles John Pisula

Stephen Olivier Lemay

Freddy Allen Anzures

Jesse Lee Dorogusker

Gregory B Novick

Shyam S Toprani

Marcel Van Os

Bas Ording

Wayne Carl Westerman

Michael James Matas

Thomas M Alsina

Kenneth L Kocienda

Gordon J Freedman

Paul D Marcos

Edward T Schmidt

Andre M J Boule

Chris Blumenberg

Jeffrey Alan Bush

Henri C Lamiraux

Francisco Ryan Tolmasky

Virgil Scott King

Sean Boland Kelly

Kenneth Buffalo McNeil

Eric Krugler

Dallas Blake De Atley

John Meron Ananny

Justin Edward Santamaria

Conrad Sauerwald

Michael Lambertus Hubertus Brouwer

Dieter W Siegmund

Curtis Galloway

Christopher D McKillop

Chris J Ryan

Stan Jirman

Dan Keen

Hooman Borghei

Matthew Reda

Christophe Allie

Roberto G Yépez

Scott Peter Krueger

Lucas Christopher Newman

Christopher R Wysocki

Paul-Phillip Holden

Henry Graham Mason

Peter T Langenfeld

Thomas G Adcox

Chris Ryan

Christopher Mckillop

Network activity of a client device that is coupled to a data network is monitored, to detect network activity idle time. Based upon detecting the idle time, an application running in the client device is automatically signaled that its background task be executed over the data network. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Background task execution over a network

A method is performed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying a progress icon that indicates a current position within a first piece of content; displaying a multi-purpose content navigation icon; while providing the first piece of content: detecting a first contact at a first location that corresponds to the multi-purpose content navigation icon; while continuing to detect the contact at the first location, moving the current position within the first piece of content at a predefined scrubbing rate; and, in response to detecting movement of the contact that includes a first component of movement in a direction that corresponds to movement on the display parallel to the first predefined direction, moving the current position within the first piece of content at a variable scrubbing rate that varies monotonically as the first component of movement increases.

Device, method, and graphical user interface for moving a current position in content at a variable scrubbing rate

A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a computing device with a touch screen display comprises: detecting one or more finger contacts with the touch screen display, applying one or more heuristics to the one or more finger contacts to determine a command for the device, and processing the command. The one or more heuristics comprise: a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a one-dimensional vertical screen scrolling command, a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a two-dimensional screen translation command, and a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a command to transition from displaying a respective item in a set of items to displaying a next item in the set of items.

Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for customizing display of content category icons

Embodiments of the present invention provide various communication techniques for communication between a mobile computing device and an accessory. An accessory protocol that is generic to the mobile computing device can be used for some communication. An application executing at the mobile computing device can communicate with the accessory using an application communication protocol. In some embodiments, the application communication protocol can be different from the accessory communication protocol. In other embodiments the application protocol may only be recognized by the application and the accessory. In some embodiments, messages conforming to an application protocol can be communicated between the application and the accessory by packaging the messages inside a message conforming to the accessory communication protocol.

Accessory and mobile computing device communication using an application communication protocol

Daemon process determination of idle time of network activity at network interface

A routing screen is presented on an electronic device by a user interface application in response to receiving a notification that an external audio device is connected to the electronic device. The routing screen displays representations of an internal audio device and the external audio device. In one aspect, the representations are buttons. In another aspect, the representations are entries in a list. If a user selects one of representations, the user interface application causes the audio signals to be routed to the audio device represented by the selection. An application control screen having a set of objects that represent functions for an audio application may also be displayed. One of the objects on the application control screen is modified in response status changes in the external audio device. A user may select this object to access the routing screen when the external audio device is connected.

Dynamic routing of audio among multiple audio devices

A method for configuring a device includes receiving a first configuration profile comprising a first configuration and a first certificate and a second certificate, verifying the first configuration profile with the first certificate, receiving a user input indicating to accept the first configuration profile, configuring the device according to the first configuration, receiving a second configuration profile comprising a second configuration, verifying the second configuration profile with the second certificate and updating the device according to the second configuration, wherein the user is unaware of the updating.

Secure device configuration profiles

Methods and apparatus that receive, at a wireless device, power through wire or inductive pad are described. The received power is monitored to back up data from the device to a server in a network through an OTA (over the air) wireless interface. The data is transmitted to the server to back up the data on the device. While backing up the data, whether the power has been removed from the device is determined. The backing up of the data in the device can be terminated automatically and without user request, in response to the determination that the power has been removed.

Methods and apparatus for power state based backup

Communication between a mobile computing device and an accessory using an accessory protocol and an application protocol

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Nitin Ganatra