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:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey C. Moore, Belmont, CA (US);
Richard M. Powell, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alexander C. Powers, San Jose, CA (US);
Anthony J. Guetta, San Carlos, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/20 (2006.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/162 (2013.01); G06F 13/20 (2013.01); G11B 2020/10666 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect a device-side audio handling input/output unit (DIO) of a hardware device writes audio data generated by the hardware device within a ring buffer. An input provided by a user for activation of a software program is received, and a notification that the software program is ready to accept the audio data is generated. A system-side audio handling input/output unit (SIO) additionally provides past audio data from the ring buffer to the software program. Other aspects also are described.