Posts Tagged: apple patents

In terms of innovation it s clear that there is an almost singular focus at Apple on research and development in its long line of mobile electronic devices Patents issued by the USPTO in recent weeks showcase everything from…

Software and method patents may appear to have fallen out of favor because of recent court decisions and legislation However recent trends indicate that they comprise surprisingly high portions of four US companies recent grants Of the US patents…

Early on in his career with Apple Steve Jobs conceived the idea of a personal computing device that a person could keep with them and use to connect wirelessly to other computer services Almost years later Apple and Jobs…

How many patent applications has your company filed today If you are a typical new economy small tech company with software and internet centric technology or products the number of patent applications your company filed today is probably zero…

Mobile device innovations are still a great area of focus for Apple and we found a trio of patent applications which could improve functionality in a number of areas for the iPhone or other mobile devices Methods of receiving…

As always we start with a close look at one featured patent application and we were intrigued by one technology designed to encourage group completion of fitness activities This lifestyle companion system can also suggest fitness activities to users…

The featured patent application describes smarter methods of building playlists for digital content like songs This system can dynamically update playlists based on a user s changing taste or if another user with a compatible device walks into the…

Today s featured patent application describes a system of collecting movement data from mobile devices so as to better compile real-time traffic data for mobile users This data collection would not interfere with normal use and provides a vast…

Our featured patent application today will be music to the ears of many iPhone owners by keeping that device silent at important times This application would protect a system of designating parameters that would prevent a message notification to…

Broadening coverage by refiling cases has been a very effective strategy for Apple The child patent D was one of the patents they successfully enforced against Samsung at trial The grandchild patent D is currently being asserted against Samsung…

Many of the recently published documents from the U S Patent Trademark Office including both patent applications and issued patents relate to software system improvements that Apple has developed One patent application for a voice assistant that can analyze…

This week we re featuring a number of interesting new patents and published applications from the U S Patent Trademark Office that have been assigned to Apple A few of the applications we ve chosen to profile include more…