The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Apple for “On-device offline purchases using credits,” which describes a system involving the purchase of offline credits stored on a given device that can be put toward media in the iTunes store even when not connected to the online marketplace.
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“Slide to Unlock” Patent Invalidated by German Court
As part of an ongoing German patent struggle, Motorola on Thursday won a ruling from the country’s Federal Patent Court, which said found all claims of Apple’s “slide to unlock” user interface property invalid, though the decision can be appealed.
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The First Patented Apple Phone Dates Back To 1985 [pics]
In the lead up to the release of the iPhone 5, we’ve managed to get hold of a patent submitted by Apple all the way back in 1985.
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The 313 Apple Patents That List Steve Jobs Among the Group of Inventors
The 313 Apple patents that list Steven P. Jobs among the group of inventors offer a glimpse at his legendary say over the minute details of the company’s products — from the company’s iconic computer cases to the glass staircases that are featured in many Apple stores.
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New Apple Patent Reveals Stock And Custom Emoticons/Emoji For iOS
A recently published patent application of Apple’s reveals that iOS will at some point gain new widget creating modules specifically relating to Emoji Characters stock or custom.
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New Apple Patent: Facebook Integration Into iPhone OS
This report covers Apple’s “Workflow” patent that is indeed presented as a possible future iPhone OS upgrade consideration.
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New Apple Trademark: iTunes Live
on Friday morning, a series of “Made for” trademarks from Apple’s were published by the USTPO covering Apple’s iPod, iPhone and iPad. In an unusual move by the USPTO, Apple’s trademark filing for ‘iTunes Live” was published yesterday, Saturday May 8, 2010.
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New Apple Patent: Made For iPhone
According to PatentlyApple , Apple now owns the image above and it will be present on all accessories and products made especially for the iPhone.
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Apple Patent: New Library Of Multi-Touch Language
Apple has been granted a patent for a multi-touch system that compares finger arrangements at the beginning of multi-touch gestures and discriminates between neutral and spread-hand performances.
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Granted Industrial Design Patents For iPhone 3Gs And iPod Touch
the US Patent and Trademark Office officially published two newly granted industrial design patents for Apple Inc. covering the iPhone 3Gs and iPod Touch
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New Apple Patents: iPhone IM Chat And Auto Adjusted Volume Control
Yesterday, the US Patent & Trademark Office published some sixteen Apple patents, some through the names of their own engineers. Amongst these patents were two very cool ideas in respect to a signet based security system and a new way to control some iPhone features like voicemail through simple finger swiping motions across the backside camera.
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Control A Future iPhone And iPad By Finger Swiping The Camera Lens
the patent was filled in August 2008 and published this morning detailing means of controlling an iPhone or other handheld device by swiping one’s finger across the camera lens.
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iPhone Is Now A Registered Trademark Of Apple Inc.
June 29th 2007 was the day that Steve Jobs introduced at MacWorld the iPhone. Three years later Apple has finally secured the trademark which covers the Apple graphic and brand name “iPhone” .
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New Apple Patent: Location Based Social Networking & iPhone Video Calling
New day, new Apple patent: Location Based Social Networking and iPhone Video Calling. Several techniques that facilitate device-to-device location awareness during a telephone call are described in Apple’s patent.
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New Apple Patent: Intelligent Scrolling Bezel
The patented technology uses a touch-capable bezel that can control things like music volume, track skipping, zooming functions or even gaming controls.