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"Previously, when a large texture needed to be read, one instruction would be issued, and one shader circuit would need to make several passes while other circuits sat idle," NVIDIA spokesman Hector Marinez said. "But [NVIDIA] patent authors Emmett Kilgariff and Rui Bastos figured out a way to allow for a partial tex... |
23 November 2009
03:11 GMT |
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An AppleInsider report discusses a recently published patent application from Apple describing a method offering a simplified transfer of data between devices. In the application, Apple says that current sync methods are needlessly complex, and explains that, "Though a user may have access to two similarly capable el... |
6 November 2009
05:34 GMT |
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Apple has recently patented what it appears to be an ad-supported operating system. Invented by the likes of Steven P. Jobs and other tech-savvy people, the patent is undoubtedly a way for Apple to secure its ideas for whatever the future might hold. An ad-supported OS would most likely be met with criticism today. ... |
22 October 2009
06:04 GMT |
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Sony have put together a brand-new device and they've already filed the patent for the invention. The tip is brought by Siliconera and Sony's newest masterpiece appears to be some sort of game controller. The PlayStation 3 gadget is designed to be a one-hand device and any other details regarding it are vir... |
22 October 2009
04:33 GMT |
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A report over at DailyTech claims Apple has so much experience in restricting the use of its hardware under certain circumstances, that the company has decided to file a patent application to further empower itself to do so. Apple is well known for its habit of locking users down to a single mobile service operator (... |
5 October 2009
05:22 GMT |
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In a move designed to safeguard the Linux community, a group of companies intimately connected with the open source world revealed having acquired no less than 22 Linux-focused patents which belonged to Microsoft at one point. The Redmond-based company had initially unloaded the 22 items on its intellectual property ... |
9 September 2009
06:21 GMT |
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All major players in the search engine market may soon be forced to pay royalties to Israeli company Netex Corporation after it managed to secure a patent in the US for a technology used by Google, Yahoo and Microsoft in their search engines. The company now plans to enter the US market and its 28-year-old CEO Aviv R... |
8 September 2009
12:07 GMT |
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Google's homepage design may be iconic, but now it's patented too. The dead-simple layout was apparently innovative enough to warrant an official recognition from the US Patent and Trademark Office. But don't think it was an easy decision for the government organization, as it took five years for the p... |
3 September 2009
04:19 GMT |
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Apple has already implemented means of detecting if its devices have experienced liquid submersion – liquid sensors. However, through a recently published patent application, the Mac maker is now proposing a new way to let vendors know what exactly that returned device has endured. "The system may include an i... |
6 August 2009
10:03 GMT |
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Podcasting may not be the hot new thing it once was but it has established itself as a useful technology and many rely on it to provide them with episodic content with little hassle. The technology started picking up in 2004 but it had been around before that. Not too long before though, according to one company that... |
30 July 2009
09:45 GMT |
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Big video game companies often have a lot of secret projects under development, which they want to announce when the time is right or when they actually have something to show. One such company is Blizzard, the creator of famous franchises like StarCraft or Warcraft. It currently has in development a lot of unannounc... |
8 July 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Apple has filed for a new patent application called “active packaging” for what is most likely the company’s line of iPod media players. The concept could supply power and firmware updates not only to iPods, but also to iPhones and other electronic devices while still inside their retail packaging. ... |
3 July 2009
08:31 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 is one of the most powerful consoles currently on the market but, since it didn't have a terrific start because of too few games and a very high price, it is now trailing its other two rivals, Microsoft and Nintendo. One of the more interesting features that the console revealed when it was la... |
1 July 2009
03:06 GMT |
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Nintendo has announced that a judge from a United States District Court has dismissed a lawsuit that was brought against the Japanese company regarding a potential patent infringement related to the Nintendo Wii home gaming console.It's just one of the many law suits that have been filed against Nintendo after t... |
15 June 2009
04:02 GMT |
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It seems that Sony Ericsson plans to bring the idea of controlling a phone without touching designated buttons to a new level, as we learn today that the company has just patented a system that allows for the mobile phones to be controlled through facial expressions that are perceived via the device's camera. Ac... |
21 May 2009
12:23 GMT |
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Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have announced a renewal of their existing patent cross-licensing agreement with a focus on Research and Development. The Redmond company explained that the patent collaboration with HP represented an extension of the two companies' existing partnership. However, neither Microsoft n... |
20 May 2009
10:09 GMT |
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Palo Alto, CA-based OPTi Inc. has announced that a jury from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled in the company's favor in the patent-infringement trial between it and Apple Inc., originally filed in 2007. The suit relates to OPTi’s U.S. patent No. 6,405,291, entitled &... |
27 April 2009
03:42 GMT |
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A recently published patent application by Apple for biometric security on iPhones includes imagery (left) of what seems to be a jailbroken iPhone showing the icons for Installer.app and the SMBPrefs jailbroken app. In accordance with Apple's interpretation of the DMCA as it relates to Jailbreaking, using these ... |
30 March 2009
05:43 GMT |
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TomTom, a Netherlands-based manufacturer of car navigation products, has slapped Microsoft with a countersuit after the Redmond company initially debuted legal action against it for intellectual property infringement. At the end of February 2009, the software giant introduced legal action against TomTom, emphasizing ... |
20 March 2009
05:44 GMT |
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Lexmark is the latest company to jump aboard Microsoft’s IP licensing wagon. The two companies have inked a broad patent cross-licensing agreement, designed to streamline access to each other’s intellectual property portfolios. According to the Redmond company, the deal has been inked to ensure additional... |
17 March 2009
14:06 GMT |
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A report points out to a new Apple patent published by the US Patent & Trademark Office for “Dynamic Presentation of Location-Specific Information.” Basically, it's an improved overview of the “Now playing” service Apple earlier implemented for iPhone owners buying their coffee at Starbuc... |
5 March 2009
10:46 GMT |
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Microsoft’s intellectual patent dowry now accounts for in excess of 10,000 items the company revealed this week. With the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently awarding Microsoft the 10,000th U.S. patent, the company managed to join an elite group of innovators worldwide that have also passed the milestone.... |
11 February 2009
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A VentureBeat report claims to have had a chat with one Android team member who allegedly told the site that Google accepted Apple's request not to implement Multi-Touch in the software.Apple is known to be responsible for the signature multi-touch iPhone. The Multi-Touch technology is also patented by Apple. Th... |
10 February 2009
05:59 GMT |
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Yet another Apple patent filing has been spotted on the Internet, this time involving an audio sensor to auto-adjust iPhone ringtones. While not exactly mind-blowing, Apple insists the invention be called theirs. So, here's the plan.Now, more than ever, devices such as TV sets, computers and mobile phones are be... |
22 January 2009
09:40 GMT |
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In 2007, Apple filed a patent application involving actual clothing for its customers. Particularly, the company behind the revolutionary iPhone applied for an invention called “High tactility glove system.” Published only recently, the system is most likely aimed at the iPhone and iPod touch, even though... |
5 January 2009
06:43 GMT |
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With Apple’s evolving multi-touch notebook trackpads, one of the company's latest published patents comes as no surprise. In the filing, the iPhone maker discloses means for optional functions that could provide useful shortcuts to iPhone and iPod touch users. Apple's invention generally relates to in... |
30 December 2008
04:28 GMT |
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As expected, Research In motion (RIM), has renewed its agreement with Nokia for patent licenses. This news probably doesn't really come as a surprise to anyone, especially since this deal has been standing for many years now, having worked out just great for both companies so far.The Finnish manufacturer is the ... |
4 December 2008
05:35 GMT |
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EMG Technology, a Los Angeles real estate developer, is suing Apple for patent infringement over iPhone web browsing. EMG Technology claims it was the first to invent an “apparatus and method of manipulating a region on a wireless device screen for viewing, zooming and scrolling internet content.” The su... |
26 November 2008
05:00 GMT |
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Patent number 7453470 is for a method and apparatus for anti-aliasing scan conversion. Invented by Ralph Brunner, and filed December 24, 2002, the invention relates to means of achieving anti-aliasing scan conversion using a specific device. The patent was published only recently, along with other Apple inventions. ... |
20 November 2008
10:55 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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A patent filing made by Apple in July this year, for a more reliable Apple Remote control system, has been recently made available to the public. Apple talks of a remote, similar to the Nintendo Wii's controller (the Wii Remote). However, Apple's device would be able to better distinguish predetermined ligh... |
11 November 2008
10:19 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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A new patent filing from Apple reveals that the company wants to provide ever-present access to the Internet through a series of tiny RF modules that can be toted or placed almost anywhere. The invention is aimed at notebooks, of course, since the iPhone already offers on-the-go Internet access. The new Apple pa... |
24 October 2008
05:21 GMT |
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Apple has patented an invention related to object-oriented computing environments. More particularly, the technology implies using a method for providing an object-oriented interface for a procedural operating system.“An apparatus for enabling an object-oriented application to access in an object-oriented manne... |
13 October 2008
04:54 GMT |
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Apple has filed a patent for synchronized transmission of audio and video from a computer to a client via "an interface." The US Patent & Trademark Office reveals that Apple's invention refers to the behavior of devices that use communication over a network.Specifically, it relates to data flow management betwee... |
10 October 2008
14:41 GMT |
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In 1999, Apple filed a patent application for what was a “user interface for providing consolidation and access,” in short, the OS X Dock. Only two days ago did the US Patent Office approve it, sources are reporting.The Dock is a key feature of the graphical user interface (GUI) of Apple OS. The dock is a... |
9 October 2008
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Mac-driven voices on the web are pointing out to two Apple-filed patents regarding interface enhancements, including faster access to application settings and an interactive notification panel, both accessible while the phone is in a locked state. It is widely believed that these additions are making their way onto h... |
19 September 2008
04:42 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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Acting as a reminder of how careful Apple is about its intellectual property and other things, a patent application filed by the Mac maker a while ago has emerged. The iPod / iPhone packaging filing describes a base with a ledge formed on its interior, a holder disposed within the base for holding an item, and a lid ... |
18 July 2008
04:32 GMT |
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Probably the most important news regarding controller patents is the rumored motion sensing Xbox 360 controller Microsoft keeps denying it's coming. However, this does not mean that other companies have no plans to create new ways of controlling our games and file their own patents. Nintendo is the latest firm t... |
10 July 2008
04:11 GMT |
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Clear With Computers (CWC), a Texas-based company, has filed a patent suit against Apple and HP alleging that they are infringing its 1994 patent related to a system that says customers can sign in electronically and "build a list of products or parts from a form." The patent also includes the provider's ability... |
25 June 2008
16:11 GMT |
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A recent patent filed by Apple suggests that iPod owners, as well as iPhone users, will be able to access wireless capabilities not yet supported. Currently not available with the iPod, bluetooth, radio signals, infrared or UWB are likely to be incorporated for player-to-player transmission, or FM radio tuning, Macnn... |
30 May 2008
17:11 GMT |
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Apple is investigating ways to implement solar panels into the portable devices it is now selling, but also into those it plans to sell in the future. While there are major drawbacks to using solar power tech in devices such as the iPhone and the iPod, the mere fact that Apple has filed this patent means the company ... |
26 May 2008
09:22 GMT |
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In November 2006, Apple filed a patent hinting at a gaming console. A particularly interesting aspect about it was a three-dimensional remote control system that could detect an absolute location to which a remote control was pointing in three orthogonal axes (x, y and z-axis), much like Nintendo's Wii Remote. T... |
9 May 2008
03:56 GMT |
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The latest patent Apple has filed to protect is aimed at its AppStore icon/logo. The figurative trademark is filed under International Classes 035 (retail store services), 038 (Telecommunication services) and 042 (relating to software apps on mobile devices). The "mark" itself "consists of a stylized letter 'A&#... |
1 April 2008
03:39 GMT |
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Some people are fond of polarized 3D glasses, some people are not, but one thing is for sure: we're all fond of 3D. And that's because we see and think in 3D. It is the normal way of looking at things and Apple wants to bring such display hardware to your living room, as revealed in a recent patent filling.... |
21 March 2008
07:32 GMT |
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In a world where you can patent your shorts if you like, Apple has filed an application to protect its ports, or the way they're accessible on a laptop or something like that. It's aimed at the Air, that much we know. Why don't you take a look at the images and see what you can make of them.It's n... |
29 February 2008
04:39 GMT |
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This you gotta hear! Romek Figa of Abraham & Son has just filed suit against Apple, claiming that "certain Apple telephones" (what, are there more of them?) infringe on his patent that does this: displays an incoming phone number alongside the incoming caller's name. That's it.Seemingly, Figa has patented t... |
28 February 2008
06:09 GMT |
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Ongoing research by Apple as far as multitouch tech goes has been the number one topic lately. Complete with rumors that MacBook and MacBook Pros might also be getting smarter trackpads, every mac-based website (and not only) is reporting Apple's latest patent application revealing techniques for both palm and f... |
22 February 2008
05:01 GMT |
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Google's moneymaker is threatened by a lawsuit that will turn into a legal battle of epic proportions, should the claims turn out to be true. Microsoft's adCenter is also in danger, but for the Redmond-based company it wouldn't be such a bust as it does not derive 99 percent of its revenue from its adv... |
20 February 2008
10:22 GMT |
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