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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:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2023
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marcel Van Os, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Kristin Michele Canavan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bryant A. Jow, San Mateo, CA (US);
Aram D. Kudurshian, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pavel Pivonka, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brandon Walkin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 1/3212 (2019.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 1/3212 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to managing user inputs. In some examples, devices receive user inputs via a biometric sensor, such as a fingerprint sensor. In some examples, devices receive user inputs via a button. In some examples, devices receive user inputs via touch sensors. In some examples, the biometric sensor and/or the touch sensor is integrated into the button.