Apple’s got something here. They are attempting to patent something to safe-guard from accidentally disconnecting an emergency call whilst using an iPhone.
The patent application is entitled Method and system for prolonging emergency calls, and has been filed in December of 2007, disclosed on June 11th, 2009. The patent images and descriptions give the impression that [...]

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According to a recent patent application filed by Apple, it looks as if the company is looking to integrate a ‘Today’ notification screen on the unlock screen for the iPhone (and possibly the iPod touch, too).
This screen would allow users to quickly jump to the desired notification by simply pressing on the corresponding notification. Tapping [...]

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The year was 1979.  Alien and Apocalypse Now were top box office hits. The Knack’s My Sharona and Rod Stewart’s Do Ya Think I’m Sexy were topping the music charts. The Ayatollah Khomeini returned from 15 years of exile to sieze power in Iran and created a major hostage crisis while it snowed [...]

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Apple looks to be working on a large touchscreen interface tablet of some sort. There have been rumors about Apple working on a multi-touch touchscreen tablet for quite a while now, and now it seems these rumors are becoming more and more a reality. Apple had filed a 52-page patent months ago, revealing some information [...]

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Apple has allowed iTunes to stream over the internet – as well as your LAN – in the past, but has removed the possibility of doing so rather quickly after implementing it. Most likely caused by RIAA in one way or another. However, Apple Insider has done some digging, and has found a patent that [...]

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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 [...]

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AppleInsider has discovered a few Apple patents this passed week showing the company is exploring ways to leverage the iPhone’s wireless technologies to alert users when they are about to lose a WiFi connection, or cellular signal.
The first patent describes ways of providing iPhone and iPod Touch users with an “out of range” warning that [...]

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Recently, it was revealed that Apple has filed a patent that details a method of inserting a thin layer of solar sells behind a LCD screen in order to boost the power capabilities of an LCD-equipped device — Macbooks, iPods, and iPhone, for example. The concept would create a thin, transparent layer of photovoltaic [...]

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Apple Inc. claims that a trio of Atico’s products under the Living Solutions brand – including the AM/FM Portable Boom Box, AM/FM Alarm Clock Radio, and Portable Speakers – all conflict with several key patents obtained by the Cupertino California-based electronics giant between 2007 and 2008.
These include a patent for the Dock Connector used by [...]

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A patent Apple Inc. has recently filed hints towards the iPhone and iPod Touch eventually having custom applications tailored to merchants they visit. As detailed by AppleInsider, the proposed concept calls for a local wired or wireless network at a business, with one or more routers such as an AirPort Extreme. Somewhere on site would [...]

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Apple has been keeping their mouths shut about the second generation iPhone, and I must admit, they’ve been doing one hell of a job, too. The people over at Dial-a-Phone have taken some time out of their day to take a look at some of the patents that Apple has been filing within the past [...]

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Wait, what?  Weren’t we just speculating about this?  Actually, no — this isn’t quite the “location-based content” I went over in my last article.  This is similar, yet different.  You may recall several rumours in the past about the iPhone and iPod Touch being given the ability to place orders at your favourite café through [...]

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A patent application published in December of last year revealed that Apple had plans to allow handhelpd owners (such as the iPhone and iPod Touch) to place orders from local stores directly off of the device. The desired system would allow customers to order lunch with the press of a [...]

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According to the Wall Street Journal Apple has received a new trademark for the three-dimensional shape of the classic/nano iPod.
Traditional trademarks have generally been granted for two-dimensional designs (logos, etc.) so actually trademarking the shape of the iPod is unusual. One key advantage of the trademark over patents is that while the latter expire after [...]

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