iPhone Patent: IM, Blogging App, Video Conferencing, Flash Support, and More

by Jody Mitoma on June 7, 2008 at 6:40 pm

The US Patent and Trademark Office has recently released an extensive patent application describing in full some new features we are to expect in future iPhones, possibly the second-generation iPhone which is well known as the 3G iPhone.

The patent describes new features to next generation iPhones, as well as the firmware 2.0, which is the firmware the 3G iPhone is to be sold with, making it very possible that the 3G iPhone will come with all of the features quoted below.

Part of the patent describes:

The device supports a variety of applications, such as one or more of the following: a telephone application, a video conferencing application, an e-mail application, an instant messaging application, a blogging application, a photo management application, a digital camera application, a digital video camera application, a web browsing application, a digital music player application, and/or a digital video player application.

Also detailed in the application is support for inline media, including Flash and Windows Media. Among the 25 inventors listed is Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

Patent Application 20080122796

(Source: MacRumors)

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