“Out of nowhere comes the granted patent surprise of the year,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.
“Apple has been granted a patent for ‘iTime,’ the name they provided for a wristwatch,” Purcher reports. “It’s very different from Apple’s first wrist-computer or iWatch in every way. It’s simpler and more watch-like.”
“Apple notes that it will work with gestures and specialized push notifications and alerts,” Purcher reports. “The gesture can correspond to specific movements of a user’s wrist or arm can vary with implementation. For example, the gesture might be a horizontal movement for one user input option (e.g., decline incoming call), and might be a vertical movement for another user input option (e.g., accept incoming call). For example, the gesture might be a single shake (or bounce, tap, etc.) of the user’s wrist for one user input option (e.g., accept incoming call), and might be a pair of shakes (or bounces, taps, etc.) for another user input option (e.g., decline incoming call).”
Much more in the full article here.