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Apple is proposing a method for recharging iPhones and iPods without having to plug any wires in them. Instead, a charging ‘tower’ would be used to ‘induct’ power and charge the device’s battery by wrapping the headphones around it.
Apple’s patent application, filed in early 201... |
4 August 2011
12:41 GMT |
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If one Australian news report is to be believed, Apple has just shot itself in the foot regarding the design particularities of the iPhone 5, by leaking documents pertaining to the handset in a patent filing.
The patent in question was lodged 12 months after the launch of the iPhone 4, according to smarthouse.com.... |
4 August 2011
08:40 GMT |
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Apple intends to implement new technology in its portable devices that would bring you together with someone that shares your interests.
The person credited by Apple for inventing Ad-hoc networking based on content and location is Shuvo Chatterjee, from Cupertino, California.
The patent describes an all-new soc... |
16 June 2011
08:20 GMT |
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A motion filed by Apple Monday in the District Court for the Northern District of California asks the judge to deny Samsung’s requests to see the "final, commercial versions" of unreleased Apple hardware, as well as its retail packaging.Apple sued Samsung in May for "slavishly" copying the design of its iPhone ... |
15 June 2011
09:33 GMT |
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One of many recently surfaced patent applications signed Apple indicates that the Cupertino-based giant would like to secure the rights to an invention that uses the built in accelerometer in iDevices to determine how hard of a tap the screen has received.
GarageBand is one application that uses this concept.
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7 March 2011
09:41 GMT |
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A recent patent application describing a feature called “Safe Deposit Box” has been attributed to Mac OS X Lion, the upcoming major revision to Apple’s desktop operating system.
Detailed by Patently Apple in a recent post, and picked up by MacRumors, the patent application talks of a new Mac OS X... |
21 February 2011
04:14 GMT |
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Apple has long strived to reduce the size of the batteries employed by its portable devices. According to a recent patent application filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, Apple is taking its goal a step further.
According to the documentation available on the USPTO website, the invention would lead to ... |
18 February 2011
11:31 GMT |
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HP has beaten Apple at introducing the first touchscreen desktop PC to feature a 60-degree reclining display, enabling users to adjust the display’s position for a comfortable user experience. Apple patents have long covered the possibility of altering the iMac’s stand to allow the user to pull it down a... |
8 February 2011
06:19 GMT |
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A newly-uncovered patent application filed by Apple proposes a hybrid physical keyboard that will double as a motion-sensitive input device. The inventor is John Elias, one of the co-founders of FingerWorks, a company acquired by Apple in 2005.
It is known that FingerWorks’ work stands at the basis of Apple&... |
25 January 2011
09:04 GMT |
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It’s official: Apple has been granted its first Liquidmetal patent, according to the folks at cultofmac.com. Liquidmetal is a sci-fi metal alloy that NASA says is “poised to redefine materials science as we know it in the 21st century.”
Apple is known to have signed an exclusive agreement with Li... |
5 January 2011
08:49 GMT |
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Apple has been granted a U.S. patent for three-dimensional display system which, in theory, would allow multiple viewers to see a high-quality 3D image without the special glasses. Viewers would not have to sit in pre-determined positions either, making the 3D experience proposed by Apple extremely enticing.
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2 December 2010
05:46 GMT |
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Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC and Intellectual Ventures (IV) recently announced that they have signed a long-term licensing agreement and strategic alliance. According to the agreement, HTC is receiving rights under IV's patent portfolio, which means that it will have access to IV's more than 30,000 pa... |
25 November 2010
05:24 GMT |
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Earlier this year, Patently Apple presented a report concerning what it called a "Telephonic MacBook." Now, the site that covers the most noteworthy patent applications filed by Apple Inc. has dug up two new patents that support a future telephonic Macbook.The source explains that one of the granted patents - "Antenn... |
29 September 2010
08:44 GMT |
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Apple has filed a patent for hand-held devices with multiple touch sensing spots. “The touch sensing devices may for example be selected from touch panels, touch screens or touch sensitive housings,” the abstract of the invention reads.In one embodiment, the invention relates to a handheld electronic whic... |
22 September 2010
09:30 GMT |
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Apple has filed a patent application for an 'accessory transceiver', which would effectively turn the media player into a cell phone.PatentlyApple, a web site focusing exclusively on Apple’s inventions, has recently found a truckload of Apple patent applications (27, to be precise) published by the U.... |
20 September 2010
08:07 GMT |
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A newly-published Apple patent application describes methods for achieving a touch-based iMac, with different modes of input, depending on the screen’s orientation.The computer would transition between touch-based input and mouse/keyboard-based input, by sensing a change in the orientation of its display, the f... |
24 August 2010
06:59 GMT |
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Titled as "Systems and Methods for Identifying Unauthorized Users of an Electronic Device", a recently-published Apple patent describes measures for identification of particular activities that indicate suspicious behavior, allowing the company to take steps and restrict functions, or downright wipe the device clean.... |
23 August 2010
08:30 GMT |
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A report by Patently Apple, the exclusive source tracking Apple's patent filings, reveals that the Mac maker is working on what it calls “Group Formation Using Anonymous Broadcast Information.” Put even simpler for those who know a thing or two about Apple, the company is developing an “iGroups... |
22 March 2010
04:14 GMT |
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The US Patent & Trademark Office has published Apple's patent filing for an electromagnetic connector for an electronic device. The invention relates to a magnetic connector for an electronic device, and is supposed to be the basis for an electromagnetic connector for a power adapter, which links a laptop comput... |
14 November 2008
09:37 GMT |
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Another Apple patent application has surfaced recently. Apple's invention talks of housing methods for a computing device, generally relating to computer systems. More particularly, the patent focuses on improved features for housings. The patent was filed on March 19, 2002, having been published only now.Abstra... |
31 October 2008
06:41 GMT |
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While portable Mac user accounts have been hinted at for quite some time, MacsimumNews is reporting that a new patent (number 20080201456), revealed by the US Patent & Trademark Office, talks about a device that would seemingly render user accounts portable.According to the patent, which relates to multi-user compute... |
22 August 2008
02:53 GMT |
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