The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas V. King, San Jose, CA (US);
Lisa K. Kvarda, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Anthony D'Auria, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher P. Saari, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04L 51/10 (2013.01); H04L 51/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image creation app is used in conjunction with the messaging app to create one or more drawn images which can be sent by the messaging app to other messaging apps. In one embodiment, the image creation app can be either a plug-in, of the messaging app sir an extension app of the messaging app. In one embodiment, a counterpart image creation app on the receiving device can create modifications of the one or more images and send those back to the first messaging app.