predicting the future. Based on today's stock market close, Apple is worth more than Dell. Stocks go up and down, and things may be different tomorrow, but I thought it was worth a moment of reflection today. Steve.[90]Jobs was also a board member at Gap Inc. from 1999 to 2002.[91] Inventions and designsHis design sense was greatly influenced by the Buddhism which he experienced in India while on a seven-month spiritual journey.[92] His sense of intuition was also influenced by the spiritual people with whom he studied.[92]As of October 9, 2011, Jobs is listed as either primary inventor or co-inventor in 342 United States patents or patent applications related to a range of technologies from actual computer and portable devices to user interfaces (including touch-based), speakers, keyboards, power adapters, staircases, clasps, sleeves, lanyards and packages. Most of these are design patents (specific product designs) as opposed to utility patents (inventions).[93][94] He has 43 issued US patents on inventions.[95] The patent on the Mac OS X Dock user interface with "magnification" feature was issued the day before he died.[96] PhilanthropyArik Hesseldahl of BusinessWeek magazine stated that "Jobs isn't widely known for his association with philanthropic causes", compared to Bill Gates's efforts.[97] Jobs said (in 1985) that he does charitable acts privately.[98] After resuming control of Apple in 1997, Jobs eliminated all corporate philanthropy programs initially.[99] Later, under Jobs, Apple signed to participate in Product Red program, producing red versions of devices to give profits from sales to charity. Apple has gone on to become the single largest contributor to the charity since its initial involvement with it. The chief of the Product Red project, singer Bono cited Jobs saying there was "nothing better than the chance to save lives," when he initially approached Apple with the invitation to participate in the program.[100] Personal lifeJobs's birth parents met at the University of Wisconsin. Abdulfattah "John" Jandali, a Syrian Muslim,[101] taught there. Joanne Carole Schieble was his student; they were the same age because Jandali had "gotten his PhD really young." [102][103][104] Schieble had a career as a speech language pathologist. Jandali taught political science at the University of Nevada[disambiguation needed ] in the 1960s, and then made his career in the food and beverage industry, and since 2006, has been a vice president at a casino in Reno, Nevada.[105][106] In December 1955, ten months after giving up their baby boy, Schieble and Jandali married. In 1957, they had a daughter Mona together. They divorced in 1962, and Jandali lost touch with his daughter.[107] Her mother remarried and had Mona take the surname of her stepfather, so she became known as Mona Simpson.[103]In the 1980s, Jobs found his birth mother, Joanne Schieble Simpson, who told him he had a biological sister, Mona Simpson. They met for the first time in 1985[107] and became close friends. The siblings kept their relationship secret until 1986, when Mona introduced him at a party for her first book.[16]After deciding to search for their father, Simpson found Jandali managing a coffee shop. Without knowing who his son had become, Jandali