“Apple Inc. has won a patent for a cell phone ‘accessory detector’ that helps battle dropped calls. The accessory detector has two functions. It supposedly ensures that the various different radios on cell phones don’t interfere with each other,” Ben Charny reports for Dow Jone Newswires. “In addition, it also supposedly ensures that devices attached to phones also don’t cause any interference or dropped calls.”
“‘There is a need for techniques that ensure the integrity of the wireless communication with a mobile device when an accessory is coupled with the mobile device,’ Apple wrote in its patent application,” Charny reports.
Charny reports, “The detector is supposedly compatible with a wide variety of different products that Apple doesn’t now manufacture: remote controllers, global positioning system (GPS) devices and wireless handheld gaming devices.”
Charny reports, “The technology’s broad application is raising speculation that Apple will license the new mobile-focused software to manufacturers, thus providing a potentially lucrative source of revenue and a boost to its stock price.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “harrison” for the heads up.]