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Tag: patent applications

Apple looks to make sleep tracking more comfortable with slim bed sensors

Thursday, February 11, 2021 12:03 pm4 Comments

Building on existing sleep track systems that place a sensor on top of the mattress, two new patent applications from Apple show…

Apple patent applications reveal In-App features, fingerprint scanning enrollment and accessibility inventions

Thursday, July 31, 2014 3:32 pmThursday, July 31, 20143 Comments

A new patent application surfaces that covers the inner workings of Apple’s…

Apple’s ‘iWallet’ could debut as soon as this fall

Wednesday, July 23, 2014 6:01 pmWednesday, July 23, 20148 Comments

Apple is accelerating work on a mobile payments system, or digital wallet…

Advocates for blind, deaf want even more from Apple

Wednesday, July 9, 2014 8:58 amWednesday, July 9, 201415 Comments

Advocates for the blind are debating whether to use a carrot or a stick…

Microsoft’s idea of Think Different: A color-changing, mood-sensing robot butterfly

Monday, July 7, 2014 10:28 amMonday, July 7, 201420 Comments

In Microsoft’s great wisdom, they think that a robotic butterfly fluttering all about you…

Electroactive lens may bring SLR type camera features to Apple iPhone

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 2:57 pmTuesday, June 24, 20148 Comments

Apple has made significant progress…

Apple and online payments: 800 million reasons why that’s a good idea

Friday, June 20, 2014 3:33 pmFriday, June 20, 20144 Comments

Consumers are using Apple devices more than any other mobile device to shop…

Apple invents iPhone camera lens actuator made of artificial muscle

Thursday, June 19, 2014 10:30 amThursday, June 19, 20149 Comments

Apple’s “artificial muscle camera lens actuator” filing…

Apple patent application reveals iPad Smart Cover with live illuminated messages and alerts

Thursday, June 12, 2014 10:25 amThursday, June 12, 201414 Comments

Apple describes their Smart Cover being able to present live illuminated alerts and messages…

Apple seems to be preparing to invade the mobile payments space

Friday, February 28, 2014 8:56 am12 Comments

Apple appears to be shooting for the moon…

Will Apple solve the credit card fraud problem?

Sunday, February 2, 2014 12:00 pmMonday, March 2, 201512 Comments

We have a number of mobile payment initiatives and products available…

Bypassing the credit card: Apple patent application reveals major financial system beyond iWallet

Thursday, January 30, 2014 3:35 pm14 Comments

Apple currently has a treasure trove of inventions relating to…

17 new Apple patent applications detail Liquidmetal alloy use in device buttons, touch sensors, and more

Tuesday, January 14, 2014 9:53 pm11 Comments

Back in 2010, Apple signed an exclusive agreement with Caltech spinoff Liquidmetal Technologies…

Apple patent application reveals sapphire flexible transparent display devices created with Liquidmetal

Thursday, December 19, 2013 12:02 pmThursday, December 19, 201316 Comments

Apple’s killer invention describes flexible wraparound displays…

Apple patent applications detail iPhone as smart remote control, DIY silent disco device

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 5:00 pm2 Comments

Apple explores the potential of the iPhone to act as an intelligent remote…

Apple patent application reveals redesigns MagSafe and new flexible audio connector

Thursday, August 15, 2013 11:00 amThursday, August 15, 201312 Comments

An Apple patent application reveals a MagSafe connector design with new…

Microsoft, Samsung each attempt to patent Apple’s ‘Pinch-to-Zoom’ feature

Sunday, March 10, 2013 12:48 pm64 Comments

Yesterday we covered a patent filing form Microsoft that clearly demonstrated…

Apple files new patents relating to haptics, Thunderbolt, iSight and improved accessibility for the hearing impaired

Thursday, August 23, 2012 10:08 am5 Comments

Improvements are in the works for iDevice haptics, Apple’s iSight camera, flash memory and…

Apple wins patents on inductive charging dock technology, iOS scrolling, rotating and resizing on displays

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 1:00 pmWednesday, June 27, 201213 Comments

These Apple patents could be fuel for future litigation regarding iOS functionality…

Apple patent applications detail security, display luminance, flash memory inventions

Friday, June 22, 2012 12:30 pmFriday, June 22, 2012No Comments

On June 21, 2012, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a series of patent…

Predicting Apple’s product path

Thursday, May 10, 2012 9:32 amThursday, May 10, 20124 Comments

Want to be able to predict the future?

‘iPhone 5’ release and features rumors: Apple’s patent applications

Saturday, March 31, 2012 10:21 am27 Comments

With Apple gearing up for the grand release of its highly anticipated…

Apple’s new iPad’s most revolutionary feature is… its battery?

Friday, March 9, 2012 9:01 amFriday, March 9, 201214 Comments

The iPad’s most revolutionary feature isn’t the 2048×1536 Retina display…

Patent application reveals Apple working to reinvent the keyboard, making them even thinner and lighter

Thursday, February 23, 2012 11:01 amThursday, February 23, 20126 Comments

Apple could make its notebook computers and keyboard accessories even thinner and lighter…

New Apple inventions reveal DJ-styled crossfading feature, advanced camera sensors, and possible 3D motion TV remote

Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:44 amThursday, February 23, 20124 Comments

Advances in 3D motion technology that could be used in a future version of Apple’s Magic Mouse or TV remote…

Apple patent application details new type of stylus for iPad

Thursday, February 3, 2011 1:03 pmSunday, September 13, 201527 Comments

Apple’s latest research and development…

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