Apple patent application reveals powerful location-based service for iPhone

invisibleSHIELD case for iPad“Within the sixteen patent applications that were published by the US Patent & Trademark Office for Apple Inc. today, a single gem emerged,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.

“It’s a very powerful new concept for a location based application service that is one of the most ingenious ideas that have surfaced on this subject in some time,” Purcher reports. “The idea is simple. Deliver a location based service to information savvy iPhone users that wish to receive temporary retail and service-based applications. Imagine standing at the entrance of a restaurant and viewing their menu on your iPhone or entering a public library and being able to access their database. The minute you leave the library or the front of that restaurant, the app disappears so that you don’t clog up your iPhone with hundreds of local business apps.”

Purcher reports, “I don’t know if Apple will tackle this at their upcoming developer conference, but this is a phenomenal opportunity for hungry developers and/or Business Form companies looking for a new avenue for revenue. There are millions of non-geek business owners who are going to want in on this service so as to attract new tech savvy iPhone using clients.”

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