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2012-12-20 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:50:00 +0000

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120324107	SHARED ACCESS TO A LOCAL DEVICE
2	20120323797	SYSTEM FOR BACK TRACING A COMPONENT USED IN MANUFACTURE
3	20120323664	INTEGRATED COUPON STORAGE, DISCOVERY, AND REDEMPTION SYSTEM
4	20120322465	LOCATION-BASED NETWORK DETECTION
5	20120321495	CENTRIFUGAL BLOWER WITH ASYMMETRIC BLADE SPACING
6	20120321494	CENTRIFUGAL BLOWER WITH ASYMMETRIC BLADE SPACING
7	20120321493	CENTRIFUGAL BLOWER WITH ASYMMETRIC BLADE SPACING
8	20120321184	VIDEO ACQUISITION WITH PROCESSING BASED ON ANCILLARY DATA
9	20120321112	SELECTING A DIGITAL STREAM BASED ON AN AUDIO SAMPLE
10	20120320807	DUPLEX AUDIO FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ACCESSORY
11	20120319827	HAPTIC FEEDBACK DEVICE
12	20120319666	LOW NOISE EXTERNAL ENABLE SWITCHER CONTROL SIGNAL USING ON-CHIP SWITCHER
13	20120318653	HOLD SWITCH

2012-12-18 Newly Issued Apple Patents

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:52:00 +0000

PAT. NO.		Title
1	D672,769		Electronic device
2	8,335,986		Previewing different types of documents
3	8,335,914		Techniques and graphical user interfaces for categorical shuffle
4	8,335,874		Increased speed of processing of data received over a communications link
5	8,334,888		Dynamically generated ring tones
6	8,334,846		Multi-touch contact tracking using predicted paths
7	8,334,704		Systems and methods for providing a system-on-a-substrate
8	8,333,862		Self fixturing assembly techniques
9	8,333,623		Cable connector retention clips
10	8,333,618		Audio plug with core structural member

2012-12-13 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:53:00 +0000

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120317457	HIGH-PERFORMANCE ECC DECODER
2	20120317441	NON-FAULTING AND FIRST FAULTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROCESSING VECTORS
3	20120317362	SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR CACHE BLOCK COHERENCE
4	20120317310	DISTRIBUTING AND SYNCHRONIZING OBJECTS
5	20120317153	CACHING RESPONSES FOR SCOPED AND NON-SCOPED DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM QUERIES
6	20120317086	GENERAL PURPOSE DATA CONTAINER METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AV/C DESCRIPTORS
7	20120315994	INTERACTIVE GAMING WITH CO-LOCATED, NETWORKED DIRECTION AND LOCATION AWARE DEVICES
8	20120315880	DYNAMIC CONTEXT-BASED AUTO-RESPONSE GENERATION
9	20120315864	WIRELESS ADAPTER FOR MEDIA PLAYER SYSTEM
10	20120314962	AUTO-RECOGNITION FOR NOTEWORTHY OBJECTS
11	20120314100	IMAGE SENSOR HAVING HDR CAPTURE CAPABILITY
12	20120314086	CAMERA TEST AND CALIBRATION BASED ON SPECTRAL MONITORING OF LIGHT
13	20120313911	AMBIENT LIGHT CALIBRATION FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN DISPLAY SYSTEMS
14	20120313881	DISPLAY SCREEN SHIELD LINE SYSTEM
15	20120313777	AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION AND STORAGE OF FREQUENTLY VISITED LOCATIONS
16	20120312133	FREE FORM CUTTING MACHINE

2012-12-11 Newly Issued Apple Patents

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:53:00 +0000

	PAT. NO.	Title
1	D672,366	Display screen or portion thereof with icon
2	D672,343	Electronic device
3	8,332,800	Method for identifying redundant signal paths for self-gating signals
4	8,332,798	Using synthesis to place macros
5	8,332,795	Automated pin multiplexing for programmable logic device implementation of integrated circuit design
6	8,332,699	Scan insertion optimization using physical information
7	8,332,698	Scan latch with phase-free scan enable
8	8,332,679	Methods and apparatuses for managing power by leveraging intermediate power margins
9	8,332,668	Method and system for discovering a power source on a peripheral bus
10	8,332,667	Battery disconnection for secure assembly of computer systems
11	8,332,665	Methods and apparatuses for dynamic power control
12	8,332,664	Systems and methods for providing device-to-device handshaking through a power supply signal
13	8,332,559	Power managed lock optimization
14	8,332,543	Command queue for peripheral component
15	8,332,406	Real-time visualization of user consumption of media items
16	8,332,402	Location based media items
17	8,332,352	Method and system using reusable state information for synchronization and maintenance of data
18	8,331,987	Personal area network systems and devices and methods for use thereof
19	8,331,966	Content selection based on simulcast data
20	8,331,961	Transfer of emergency services session between disparate subsystems
21	8,331,916	Image selection for an incoming call
22	8,331,883	Electronic devices with calibrated radio frequency communications circuitry
23	8,331,685	Defining a border for an image
24	8,331,466	Method and system for adaptive peak to average power ratio reduction in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing communication networks
25	8,331,465	Adaptive two-dimensional channel interpolation
26	8,331,324	Soft handoff in OFDMA system
27	8,330,844	Method and apparatus for image acquisition, organization, manipulation, and publication
28	8,330,772	Image signal processor front-end image data processing system and method
29	8,330,727	Generating control signals from multiple contacts
30	8,330,725	In-plane keyboard illumination
31	8,330,655	Connectors with embedded antennas
32	8,330,601	Three dimensional RF signatures
33	8,330,417	Power source having a parallel cell topology
34	8,330,061	Compact input device
35	8,330,033	Graphical user interface for music sequence programming
36	8,328,584	Systems and methods for providing a trimless electronic device port
37	8,327,536	Method of manufacturing high-speed connector inserts and cables

2012-12-06 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:38:00 +0000

PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120311702	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESERVING REFERENCES IN SANDBOXES
2	20120311697	METHOD FOR EXECUTING AN APPLICATION IN A RESTRICTED OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
3	20120311585	ORGANIZING TASK ITEMS THAT REPRESENT TASKS TO PERFORM
4	20120311584	PERFORMING ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TASK ITEMS THAT REPRESENT TASKS TO PERFORM
5	20120311583	GENERATING AND PROCESSING TASK ITEMS THAT REPRESENT TASKS TO PERFORM
6	20120311582	NOTIFICATION BARRIER
7	20120311500	Graphical User Interfaces for Displaying Media Items
8	20120311494	Persistently Displaying Transient Content
9	20120311491	METHOD FOR PRESENTING DOCUMENTS USING A READING LIST PANEL
10	20120311490	METHODS FOR LAUNCHING APPLICATIONS WITH EFFICIENT USER IMPRESSION
11	20120311444	PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING MEDIA PLAYBACK USING GESTURES
12	20120311443	DISPLAYING MENU OPTIONS FOR MEDIA ITEMS
13	20120311438	ELECTRONIC TEXT MANIPULATION AND DISPLAY
14	20120311429	TECHNIQUES FOR USE OF SNAPSHOTS WITH BROWSING TRANSITIONS
15	20120311366	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POWER STATE BASED BACKUP
16	20120311357	MULTI-LEVEL THERMAL MANAGEMENT IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
17	20120311356	AUTOMATICALLY TUNING A TRANSMITTER TO A RESONANCE FREQUENCY OF A RECEIVER
18	20120311338	SECURE AUTHENTICATION OF IDENTIFICATION FOR COMPUTING DEVICES
19	20120311313	TICKET-BASED PERSONALIZATION
20	20120311298	MOUNT-TIME UNMAPPING OF UNUSED LOGICAL ADDRESSES IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEMS
21	20120311280	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-SOURCE RESTORE
22	20120311176	METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING TRANSPORT CHANNELS OF DEVICES
23	20120311161	DUAL-PHASE CONTENT SYNCHRONIZATION
24	20120311114	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING INCORRECT RESPONSES TO NETWORK QUERIES
25	20120311096	SENDING FILES FROM ONE DEVICE TO ANOTHER DEVICE OVER A NETWORK
26	20120311000	Pre-organization of Data
27	20120310896	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-PHASE RESTORE
28	20120310894	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFACE IN MULTI-PHASE RESTORE
29	20120310889	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-PHASE MULTI-SOURCE BACKUP
30	20120310882	KEY VALUE DATA STORAGE
31	20120310880	Cloud Storage
32	20120310783	CONTEXT SENSITIVE ENTRY POINTS
33	20120310649	SWITCHING BETWEEN TEXT DATA AND AUDIO DATA BASED ON A MAPPING
34	20120310642	AUTOMATICALLY CREATING A MAPPING BETWEEN TEXT DATA AND AUDIO DATA
35	20120310393	Audio Configuration Based On Selectable Audio Modes
36	20120310391	CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A MEDIA DEVICE BASED UPON WHETHER A PRESENTATION DEVICE IS CURRENTLY BEING WORN BY A USER
37	20120309428	Location Estimation Using a Probability Density Function
38	20120309412	Determining Motion States
39	20120309411	STATE ESTIMATION USING MOTION CONTEXT AND MULTIPLE INPUT OBSERVATION TYPES
40	20120309410	Mobile Device Location Estimation
41	20120309409	MONITORING GEOFENCE EXIT
42	20120309408	ALTITUDE ESTIMATION USING A PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION
43	20120309397	WIRELESS SYSTEM SELECTION BASED ON DATA CONNECTIVITY
44	20120309387	Neighbor Cell Location Averaging
45	20120309376	BASEBAND ON-BOARD LOCATION MONITORING
46	20120309363	TRIGGERING NOTIFICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TASKS ITEMS THAT REPRESENT TASKS TO PERFORM
47	20120309348	ACTIVATION SOLUTION
48	20120309289	TECHNIQUES FOR FACILITATING INTEROPERATION BETWEEN AN ACCESSORY AND MULTIPLE DEVICES
49	20120308210	Previewing Effects Applicable to Digital Media Content
50	20120308143	Integrating feature extraction via local sequential embedding for automatic handwriting recognition

51	20120308138	Multi-resolution spatial feature extraction for automatic handwriting recognition
52	20120308132	Automatic Red-Eye Repair Using Multiple Recognition Channels
53	20120308131	Image Content-Based Color Balancing
54	20120307980	AUDIO QUALITY AND DOUBLE TALK PRESERVATION IN ECHO CONTROL FOR VOICE COMMUNICATIONS
55	20120307946	METHOD OF ESTIMATING THE SYMBOLS OF A DIGITAL SIGNAL AND RECEIVER FOR IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD
56	20120307904	PARTIAL FRAME UTILIZATION IN VIDEO CODECS
57	20120307887	HINT BASED ADAPTIVE ENCODING
58	20120307645	SELECTING WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS FOR GEOFENCE MONITORING
59	20120307451	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EJECTING REMOVABLE MODULES FROM ELECTRONIC DEVICES
60	20120307364	Reducing Optical Effects in a Display
61	20120307291	CONFIGURATION OF PRINT JOBS BASED ON PRINTER STATE
62	20120307289	PRINTER IDENTIFICATION USING CUSTOM SOUNDS
63	20120307281	INFORMATION SECURITY FOR PRINTING SYSTEMS
64	20120307268	AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF PRINT DATA FOR PRINT JOBS BASED ON AVAILABLE MEDIA ATTRIBUTES
65	20120307267	CAPABILITY-BASED CONFIGURATION OF PRINT JOBS
66	20120307141	FRAME RETIMING FOR MIRROR MODE
67	20120307110	Image Noise Reduction
68	20120307107	Automatic Exposure Control Based on Multiple Regions
69	20120307096	Metadata-Assisted Image Filters
70	20120307089	ESTIMATING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A CAMERA COMPONENT USING SHARPNESS SWEEP DATA
71	20120307000	Image Registration Using Sliding Registration Windows
72	20120306999	Motion-Based Image Stitching
73	20120306930	TECHNIQUES FOR ZOOMING IN AND OUT WITH DYNAMIC CONTENT
74	20120306926	INLINE SCALING UNIT FOR MIRROR MODE
75	20120306921	Adaptive Use of Wireless Display
76	20120306914	SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR MANIPULATING AND MAPPING TILES OF GRAPHICAL OBJECT DATA
77	20120306906	Color-Space Selective Darkness and Lightness Adjustment
78	20120306877	Run-Time Optimized Shader Program
79	20120306823	AUDIO SENSORS
80	20120306794	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTIPLE PUSH BUTTONS IN A USER INPUT DEVICE
81	20120306771	TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY WITH IMPROVED PATTERN VISIBILITY
82	20120306737	GESTURE-BASED PRIORITIZATION OF GRAPHICAL OUTPUT ON REMOTE DISPLAYS
83	20120306655	ADAPTIVE LOW-BATTERY WARNINGS FOR BATTERY-POWERED ELECTRONIC DEVICES
84	20120306632	Custom Vibration Patterns
85	20120306631	Audio Conversion To Vibration Patterns
86	20120306463	RESONANT-RECOVERY POWER-REDUCTION TECHNIQUE FOR BOOST CONVERTERS
87	20120306282	COMBINING POWER FROM MULTIPLE RESONANCE MAGNETIC RECEIVERS IN RESONANCE MAGNETIC POWER SYSTEM

2012-12-04 Newly Issued Apple Patents

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:37:00 +0000

	PAT. NO.	Title
1	D671,956	Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
2	D671,948	Cover
3	D671,947	Housing for an electronic device
4	D671,937	Electronic device
5	D671,930	Cover
6	D671,898	Connector
7	8,327,382	Media rendering hierarchy
8	8,327,310	Method and software tool for analyzing and reducing the failure rate of an integrated circuit
9	8,327,284	Acquisition and presentation of dynamic media asset information for events
10	8,327,272	Portable multifunction device, method, and graphical user interface for viewing and managing electronic calendars
11	8,327,269	Positioning a virtual sound capturing device in a three dimensional interface
12	8,327,259	Storing table data
13	8,327,242	High-performance ECC decoder
14	8,327,178	Efficient service advertisement and discovery in a networking environment
15	8,327,171	Method and apparatus for facilitating device hibernation
16	8,327,044	Transaction ID filtering for buffered programmed input/output (PIO) write acknowledgements
17	8,326,221	Portable electronic device with proximity-based content synchronization
18	8,326,035	Method and apparatus for color correction
19	8,326,001	Low threshold face recognition
20	8,325,922	Group key security in a multihop relay wireless network
21	8,325,913	System and method of authentication
22	8,325,890	Auto exposure techniques for variable lighting conditions
23	8,325,857	Modulation division multiple access
24	8,325,808	Encoding video
25	8,325,680	Support for continuity of tunnel communications for mobile nodes having multiple care of addressing
26	8,325,590	OFDM communications system
27	8,325,309	Display having a plurality of driver integrated circuits
28	8,325,248	Dual processing of raw image data
29	8,325,096	Clutch barrel antenna for wireless electronic devices
30	8,325,094	Dielectric window antennas for electronic devices
31	8,324,987	Device and method for cascading filters of different materials
32	8,324,909	Video signal analyzer
33	8,324,578	Hidden sensors in an electronic device
34	8,323,040	Docking station with moveable connector for hand-held electronic device

2012-11-29 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:54:00 +0000

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120304286	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR BLOCKING USAGE TRACKING
2	20120304280	PRIVATE AND PUBLIC APPLICATIONS
3	20120304066	Menu Overlay Including Context Dependent Menu Icon
4	20120303980	WIRELESS POWER UTILIZATION IN A LOCAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
5	20120302670	CARBON COMPOSITE MOLD DESIGN
6	20120302293	HAPTIC ALERT DEVICE HAVING A LINEAR VIBRATOR
7	20120302258	SETTING A REMINDER THAT IS TRIGGERED BY A TARGET USER DEVICE
8	20120302256	IDENTIFYING AND LOCATING USERS ON A MOBILE NETWORK
9	20120302225	Remote Control of Electronic Devices
10	20120302095	INTERPOSER CONNECTORS
11	20120300991	IMAGE PREPROCESSING
12	20120300383	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING A MAGNETIC ATTACHMENT SYSTEM
13	20120299983	WRITING DATA TO SUB-PIXELS USING DIFFERENT WRITE SEQUENCES
14	20120299971	ADDITIONAL APPLICATION OF VOLTAGE DURING A WRITE SEQUENCE
15	20120299970	APPLICATION OF VOLTAGE TO DATA LINES DURING VCOM TOGGLING
16	20120299955	Interactive Image Thumbnails
17	20120299939	DISPLAYPORT CONTROL AND DATA REGISTERS
18	20120299900	SCANNING ORDERS IN INVERSION SCHEMES OF DISPLAYS
19	20120299894	PRE-CHARGING OF SUB-PIXELS
20	20120299892	CHANGING DISPLAY ARTIFACTS ACROSS FRAMES
21	20120299803	PIXEL-TO-PIXEL COUPLING IN DISPLAYS
22	20120299555	BATTERY CELL WITH AN INTEGRATED POUCH METAL FOIL TERMINAL
23	20120297615	HANDHELD COMPUTING DEVICE

2012-11-27 Newly Issued Apple Patents

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:22:00 +0000

	PAT. NO.	Title
1	D671,558	Display screen or portion thereof with icon
2	D671,550	Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
3	8,321,801	Desktop widgets for presentation in a layer
4	8,321,786	Routine and interface for correcting electronic text
5	8,321,783	Visualizing content positioning within a document using layers
6	8,321,748	Symbol encoding for tolerance to single byte errors
7	8,321,647	Multipage preparation commands for non-volatile memory systems
8	8,321,605	PIO interjection between beats of a DMA operation
9	8,321,601	Audio status information for a portable electronic device
10	8,321,593	Time synchronization of media playback in multiple processes
11	8,321,483	Method and system for seamlessly accessing remotely stored files
12	8,321,435	Quick find for data fields
13	8,321,395	Associating digital images with waypoints
14	8,321,374	Peer-to-peer N-way syncing in decentralized environment
15	8,320,974	Decisions on ambient noise suppression in a mobile communications handset device
16	8,320,909	Expanded cell search and selection in a mobile wireless device
17	8,320,889	Method for automatic presentation of information before connection
18	8,320,840	Method and system for diversity using orthogonal frequency/division multiplexing
19	8,320,838	Host-mobile trace synchronization and comparison
20	8,320,743	Dynamic variation of output media signal in response to input media signal
21	8,320,644	Object detection metadata
22	8,320,636	Detecting image detail level
23	8,320,553	Enhanced echo cancellation
24	8,320,486	Retransmission method for HARQ in MIMO systems
25	8,320,141	High-efficiency, switched-capacitor power conversion using a resonant clocking circuit to produce gate drive signals for switching capacitors
26	8,319,861	Compensation for black level changes
27	8,319,795	Methods of manipulating a screen space of a display device
28	8,319,747	Single layer touch panel with segmented drive and sense electrodes
29	8,319,692	Cavity antenna for an electronic device
30	8,319,488	Momentarily enabled electronic device
31	8,319,326	Stacked die with vertically-aligned conductors and methods for making the same
32	8,319,128	System and methods for electronic device keyboard illumination
33	8,317,658	Interfacing portable media devices and sports equipment
34	8,317,542	High-speed card connector

2012-11-22 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:34:00 +0000

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120297345	Three-Dimensional Animation for Providing Access to Applications
2	20120297334	Interactive Image Thumbnails
3	20120297304	Adaptive Operating System
4	20120297226	MOTION SENSOR DATA PROCESSING USING VARIOUS POWER MANAGEMENT MODES
5	20120297097	UNIFIED DMA
6	20120297012	UPDATING MULTIPLE COMPUTING DEVICES
7	20120296777	DYNAMIC LOCATION-BASED SIGNAGE
8	20120296770	ON-THE-GO SHOPPING LIST
9	20120296744	CUSTOM STORES
10	20120296686	CUSTOMER SERVICE APPLICATION FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
11	20120295665	PROXIMITY AND AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR WITH IMPROVED SMUDGE REJECTION
12	20120295648	Disabling Access Point Notifications
13	20120295597	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT-BASED MOVIE INFORMATION
14	20120295487	Low Profile Male Connector
15	20120295462	CONNECTOR WITH LOCKING MECHANISMS
16	20120294549	Positional Sensor-Assisted Image Registration for Panoramic Photography
17	20120294536	PIXEL ANALYSIS AND FRAME ALIGNMENT FOR BACKGROUND FRAMES
18	20120294359	REGION-BASED PROCESSING OF PREDICTED PIXELS
19	20120293924	Docking Station for Providing Digital Signage
20	20120293610	Intelligent Image Blending for Panoramic Photography
21	20120293609	Positional Sensor-Assisted Motion Filtering for Panoramic Photography
22	20120293608	Positional Sensor-Assisted Perspective Correction for Panoramic Photography
23	20120293607	Panorama Processing
24	20120293569	ACTIVE ENCLOSURE FOR COMPUTING DEVICE
25	20120291255	UNLOCKING TOOL FOR MALE CONNECTOR

2012-11-20 Newly Issued Apple Patents

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:59:00 +0000

	PAT. NO.	Title
1	D671,126	Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
2	D671,114	Portable display device with cover
3	8,316,321	Dynamically changing appearances for user interface elements during drag-and-drop operations
4	8,316,212	Translation lookaside buffer (TLB) with reserved areas for specific sources
5	8,316,188	Data prefetch unit utilizing duplicate cache tags
6	8,316,147	Time synchronization of multiple time-based data streams with independent clocks
7	8,316,046	Journaling on mobile devices
8	8,315,746	Thermal management techniques in an electronic device
9	8,315,558	Relaying system and method with partner relays and selective transmission
10	8,315,555	Portable media player as a remote control
11	8,315,461	Light source detection from synthesized objects
12	8,315,248	Protocol for remote user interface for portable media device with database navigation history
13	8,315,043	Methods and systems for forming housings from multi-layer materials
14	8,314,847	Automatic tone mapping curve generation based on dynamically stretched image histogram distribution
15	8,314,807	Memory controller with QoS-aware scheduling
16	8,314,799	Enhanced motion behavior framework
17	8,314,775	Multi-touch touch surface
18	8,314,773	Mouse having an optically-based scrolling feature
19	8,314,354	Accessory controller for electronic devices

2012-11-15 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:11:00 +0000

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120290961	STICKY FUNCTIONALITY
2	20120290932	SONG FLOW METHODOLOGY IN RANDOM PLAYBACK
3	20120290864	ASYNCHRONOUS MANAGEMENT OF ACCESS REQUESTS TO CONTROL POWER CONSUMPTION
4	20120290792	MEDIA DEVICE WITH INTELLIGENT CACHE UTILIZATION
5	20120290336	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING EVENT-RELATED INCENTIVES
6	20120290113	SEAMLESS SWITCHING BETWEEN RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA
7	20120289265	REMOTE MESSAGING FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ACCESSORY
8	20120289088	COLD HEADED ELECTRIC PLUG ARM
9	20120288254	CONTROL OF VIDEO DECODER FOR REVERSE PLAYBACK OPERATION
10	20120288089	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVICE DEPENDENT AND RATE LIMITED KEY GENERATION
11	20120287605	DISPLAY WITH COLOR CONTROL
12	20120287378	CONTROLLING REFLECTION IN LCD DEVICES
13	20120287163	Scaling of Visual Content Based Upon User Proximity
14	20120287149	System and Method for Processing Graphics Operations with Graphics Processing Unit
15	20120287035	Presence Sensing
16	20120287031	PRESENCE SENSING
17	20120286943	VIBRATION IN PORTABLE DEVICES

2012-11-13 Newly Issued Apple Patents

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:58:00 +0000

PAT. NO.		Title
1	D670,713		Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
2	D670,692		Portable display device
3	D670,499		Case
4	8,312,371		Device and method for screen rotation on a touch-screen display
5	8,312,302		Power distribution inside cable
6	8,312,249		Dynamic trampoline and structured code generation in a signed code environment
7	8,312,036		Recommended systems
8	8,312,024		System and method for acquiring and adding data on the playing of elements or multimedia files
9	8,312,017		Recommender system for identifying a new set of media items responsive to an input set of media items and knowledge base metrics
10	8,311,988		Consistent back up of electronic information
11	8,311,838		Devices and methods for identifying a prompt corresponding to a voice input in a sequence of prompts
12	8,311,806		Data detection in a sequence of tokens using decision tree reductions
13	8,311,657		Method and apparatus for efficiently accounting for the temporal nature of audio processing
14	8,311,552		Dynamic allocation of host IP addresses
15	8,311,526		Location-based categorical information services
16	8,311,481		Data format conversion for electronic devices
17	8,311,355		Skin tone aware color boost for cameras
18	8,311,255		Headset with microphone and connector co-location
19	8,311,024		Access category enforcement in wireless local area networks
20	8,310,835		Systems and methods for providing vias through a modular component
21	8,310,494		Method for reducing graphics rendering failures
22	8,310,491		Asynchronous notifications for concurrent graphics operations
23	8,310,472		Channel scan logic
24	8,310,291		DLL having a different training interval during a voltage change
25	8,310,268		Generating test benches for pre-silicon validation of retimed complex IC designs against a reference design
26	8,309,834		Polyphonic note detection
27	8,309,245		Battery pack and connector
28	8,308,493		Low-profile power adapter

2012-11-08 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:35:00 +0000

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120284779	ELECTRONIC DEVICES HAVING ADAPTIVE SECURITY PROFILES AND METHODS FOR SELECTING THE SAME
2	20120284774	REMOTE SLIDE PRESENTATION
3	20120284688	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLURRING INSTRUCTIONS AND DATA VIA BINARY OBFUSCATION
4	20120284560	READ XF INSTRUCTION FOR PROCESSING VECTORS
5	20120284422	TECHNIQUES AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPORTING PODCASTING
6	20120284337	Invitation to Bind to a Device
7	20120283977	DYNAMIC COMPASS CALIBRATION IN A PORTABLE DEVICE
8	20120282802	WIRE-FREE, UNIBODY JUMPER
9	20120281917	ARCHITECTURE FOR EXPORTING DIGITAL IMAGES
10	20120281850	DUAL MODE HEADPHONES AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING THE SAME
11	20120281828	PROTECTION OF AUDIO OR VIDEO DATA IN A PLAYBACK DEVICE
12	20120281561	ADAPTIVE FAST DORMANCY IN A MOBILE DEVICE
13	20120281354	COOLING SYSTEM FOR MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES
14	20120281346	ASSEMBLY OF A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE
15	20120281344	MEDIA PLAYER WITH MACHINED WINDOW UNDERCUT AND TRANSPARENT WALL DISPOSED THEREIN
16	20120281312	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HARD DRIVE SHOCK EVENT DETECTION
17	20120280965	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SLEW RATE OF A SIGNAL
18	20120280957	DISPLAY EDGE SEAL IMPROVEMENT
19	20120280934	Simulating Single and Multi-Touch Events for Testing A Touch Panel
20	20120280563	TIME-DOMAIN MULTIPLEXING OF POWER AND DATA
21	20120279877	Packaging with Multiple Functions After Opening
22	20120279780	POWER CABLE HAVING SECURITY FEATURE

2012-11-06 Newly Issued Apple Patents

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:40:00 +0000

	PAT. NO.	Title
1	RE43,796	Receptacle connector
2	D670,286	Portable display device
3	D670,161	Display apparatus
4	8,307,425	Portable computer accounts
5	8,307,366	Post-processing phase in a distributed processing system using assignment information
6	8,307,292	Method and apparatus for binding user interface objects to application objects
7	8,307,287	Heads-up-display for use in a media manipulation operation
8	8,307,236	Oversampling-based scheme for synchronous interface communication
9	8,307,224	Methods and apparatuses for dynamic power control
10	8,307,146	Communication between a host device and an accessory via an intermediate device
11	8,307,134	Multiple communication interfaces on a portable storage device
12	8,307,107	Methods and apparatuses to extend header for transferring data
13	8,307,004	Manipulating electronic backups
14	8,306,918	Use of media storage structure with multiple pieces of content in a content-distribution system
15	8,306,772	Method for estimating temperature at a critical point
16	8,306,488	Signal transmitter linearization
17	8,306,475	Method and apparatus for configuring a wireless device through reverse advertising
18	8,306,367	Method and apparatus for managing image-processing operations
19	8,306,252	Integrated microphone assembly for personal media device
20	8,306,235	Method and apparatus for using a sound sensor to adjust the audio output for a device
21	8,306,034	Method for updating and managing synchronization identifier by using release messages or status request and response
22	8,305,949	System and method for spatial multiplexing-based OFDM broadcast/multicast transmission
23	8,305,897	Quality of service control in multiple hop wireless communication environments
24	8,305,761	Heat removal in compact computing systems
25	8,305,744	Shock mounting cover glass in consumer electronics devices
26	8,305,728	Methods and apparatus for cooling electronic devices
27	8,305,355	Portable electronic device for photo management
28	8,305,125	Low latency synchronizer circuit
29	8,303,151	Microperforation illumination

Apple v. Samsung Verdict of $1B Not Recognized in Apple Financials

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:19:00 +0000

Per Apple's 2012 10-K:

On August 24, 2012, a jury returned a verdict awarding the Company $1.05 billion in its lawsuit against Samsung Electronics and affiliated parties in the United States District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose Division. Because the award is subject to entry of final judgment and may be subject to appeal, the Company has not recognized the award in its consolidated financial statements for the year ended September 29, 2012.

2012-11-01 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:04:00 +0000

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120278907	ACCELERATION-BASED THEFT DETECTION SYSTEM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES
2	20120278882	ACCESSORY DEVICE AUTHENTICATION
3	20120278863	AD-HOC USER ACCOUNT CREATION
4	20120278753	OBJECT TRANSITIONS
5	20120278731	COLLABORATIVE MEDIA PRODUCTION
6	20120278667	CONTEXT-BASED ERROR INDICATION METHODS AND APPARATUS
7	20120278645	CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION ACROSS AN INTERFACE WITH AN INTERMITTENT CLOCK SIGNAL
8	20120276951	LOW RISE CAMERA MODULE
9	20120275592	DECOUPLING RIGHTS IN A DIGITAL CONTENT UNIT FROM DOWNLOAD
10	20120275206	POWER ADAPTERS FOR POWERING AND/OR CHARGING PERIPHERAL DEVICES
11	20120275101	BATTERY GAS GAUGE RESET MECHANISM
12	20120274653	PERIPHERAL TREATMENT FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAYS
13	20120274650	DIFFERENTIAL IMAGE ENHANCEMENT
14	20120274644	Framework for Graphics Animation and Compositing Operations
15	20120274594	GIMBALLED SCROLL WHEEL
16	20120274155	POWER ADAPTERS FOR POWERING AND/OR CHARGING PERIPHERAL DEVICES

2012-10-30 Newly Issued Apple Patents

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:18:00 +0000

PAT. NO.		Title
1	RE43,780		Plug connector
2	D669,916		Media device
3	D669,915		Electronic device
4	D669,914		Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
5	D669,906		Display screen portion with animated graphical user interface
6	8,302,210		System and method for call path enforcement
7	8,302,038		Engineering change order language for modifying integrated circuit design files for programmable logic device implementation
8	8,302,033		Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for providing maps, directions, and location-based information
9	8,302,020		Widget authoring and editing environment
10	8,301,947		Dynamic scan chain grouping
11	8,301,943		Pulse flop with enhanced scan implementation
12	8,301,941		Memory controller with loopback test interface
13	8,301,843		Data cache block zero implementation
14	8,301,725		Variant streams for real-time or near real-time streaming
15	8,301,198		Transmission method and related base station
16	8,301,145		Fast cell selection in a mobile wireless device
17	8,300,953		Categorization of digital media based on media characteristics
18	8,300,841		Techniques for presenting sound effects on a portable media player
19	8,300,828		System and method for a derivation function for key per page
20	8,300,809		System and method for modulus obfuscation
21	8,300,591		Allocating resources in a frequency-time space to mobile station data
22	8,300,478		Reducing distortion using joint storage
23	8,300,056		Seamless display migration
24	8,300,055		User interface for controlling three-dimensional animation of an object
25	8,300,020		Hybrid inertial and touch sensing input device
26	8,300,019		Capacitive sensor coupling correction
27	8,299,825		Electronic age detection circuit
28	8,299,381		Cantilevered push button
29	8,296,925		Battery assembly for use in an electronic device

2012-10-25 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:56:00 +0000

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120272338	UNIFIED TRACKING DATA MANAGEMENT
2	20120272297	CROSS-TRANSPORT AUTHENTICATION
3	20120272230	POWER SAVING APPLICATION UPDATE IN A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
4	20120272163	Application-Specific Group Listing
5	20120271970	SITUATIONAL PLAYBACK
6	20120270567	System and method for anonymous location based services
7	20120270545	DUAL NETWORK MOBILE DEVICE RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
8	20120270448	USB CONNECTOR HAVING VERTICAL TO HORIZONTAL CONVERSION CONTACTS
9	20120270424	EDGE CONNECTOR FOR SHIELDED ADAPTER
10	20120270419	UNIVERSAL CONNECTOR
11	20120269364	COMPOSITE AUDIO WAVEFORMS
12	20120268882	DISPLAY MODULE
13	20120268881	PORTABLE COMPUTER DISPLAY HOUSING
14	20120268410	Working with 3D Objects
15	20120268392	GIMBAL PRESS

2012-10-23 Newly Issued Apple Patents

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:50:00 +0000

PAT. NO.		Title
1	D669,477		Docking station
2	D669,468		Portable display device
3	D669,452		Remote control
4	8,296,833		System connections and user interfaces
5	8,296,776		Efficient mechanism for terminating applications
6	8,296,677		Content abstraction presentation along a multidimensional path
7	8,296,656		Media manager with integrated browsers
8	8,296,558		Method and apparatus for securing communication between a mobile node and a network
9	8,296,383		Electronic devices with voice command and contextual data processing capabilities
10	8,296,348		Encoding and decoding data arrays
11	8,296,332		Visual manipulation of database schema
12	8,296,282		Creation of a virtual community
13	8,295,778		Channel rank feedback in multiple-input multiple-output communication systems
14	8,295,711		Frequency-agile infrared receiver
15	8,295,682		Selecting previously-selected segments of a signal
16	8,295,610		Feature scaling for face detection
17	8,295,395		Methods and apparatus for partial interference reduction within wireless networks
18	8,295,376		Method of estimating the symbols of a digital signal and receiver for implementing said method
19	8,295,343		Video bit rate control method
20	8,295,302		Methods and apparatus for ensuring compatibility on a high performance serial bus
21	8,295,184		Wireless connection control
22	8,295,040		Cooling arrangement for small form factor desktop computer
23	8,294,865		Common bus design for a TFT-LCD display
24	8,294,850		LCD panel having improved response
25	8,294,823		Video communication systems and methods
26	8,294,781		System and method for sharpening image data
27	8,294,766		Generating a three-dimensional model using a portable electronic device recording
28	8,294,730		Anti-aliasing of a graphical object
29	8,294,675		Touchpad and pick button assembly
30	8,294,659		Secondary backlight indicator for portable media devices
31	8,294,647		LCD pixel design varying by color
32	8,294,482		Systems and methods for testing a peripheral interfacing with a processor according to a high-speed serial interface protocol
33	8,294,047		Selective input signal rejection and modification
34	8,292,664		Internal edge connector
35	8,292,663		Audio plug with cosmetic hard shell

2012-10-18 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:49:00 +0000

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120266061	Procedurally Expressing Graphic Objects For Web Pages
2	20120265922	STOCHASTIC BLOCK ALLOCATION FOR IMPROVED WEAR LEVELING
3	20120265921	BOOT DATA STORAGE SCHEMES FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES
4	20120265795	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION USING ASYNCHRONOUS BOUNDARIES AND PHASE LOCKED LOOPS
5	20120265533	VOICE ASSIGNMENT FOR TEXT-TO-SPEECH OUTPUT
6	20120265528	Using Context Information To Facilitate Processing Of Commands In A Virtual Assistant
7	20120264460	LOCATION DETERMINATION USING FORMULA
8	20120264329	DOCK WITH MOVEABLE CONNECTOR FOR DISPLAY DEVICE
9	20120263019	PASSIVE PROXIMITY DETECTION
10	20120262599	Dynamic Exposure Metering Based on Face Detection
11	20120262506	PULSE-WIDTH MODULATION CONTROL FOR BACKLIGHTING OF A VIDEO DISPLAY
12	20120262475	METHOD AND APPARATUS TO INCREASE BIT-DEPTH ON GRAY-SCALE AND MULTI-CHANNEL IMAGES (INVERSE DITHERING)
13	20120262464	Switch for Graphics Processing Units
14	20120262379	GESTURE VISUALIZATION AND SHARING BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND REMOTE DISPLAYS
15	20120261241	THIN PROFILE ROTATIONAL SWITCH ASSEMBLIES

2012-10-16 Newly Issued Apple Patents

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:46:00 +0000

PAT. NO.		Title
1	D669,092		Display screen or portion thereof with icon
2	D669,091		Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
3	D669,071		Electronic device with cover
4	D669,069		Portable display device
5	8,291,480		Trusting an unverified code image in a computing device
6	8,291,440		Providing a proxy view for an application in a window manager
7	8,291,395		Fast function call dispatching
8	8,291,346		3D remote control system employing absolute and relative position detection
9	8,291,344		Device, method, and graphical user interface for managing concurrently open software applications
10	8,291,332		Layer for accessing user interface elements
11	8,291,320		Graphical user interface for browsing, searching and presenting media items
12	8,291,241		Low power peer detection circuit
13	8,291,166		Caching performance optimization
14	8,290,908		Synchronization server process
15	8,290,546		Audio jack with included microphone
16	8,290,545		Systems and methods for accelerometer usage in a wireless headset
17	8,290,537		Sidetone adjustment based on headset or earphone type
18	8,290,513		Location-based services
19	8,290,434		Method and apparatus for triggering network device discovery
20	8,290,179		Multiple-use acoustic port
21	8,290,078		System and method performing quadrature amplitude modulation by combining co-sets and strongly coded co-set identifiers
22	8,289,813		Devices and systems for outputting contextual information about an event for which an alarm is set on an electronic device
23	8,289,785		Integrated circuit with separate supply voltage for memory that is different from logic circuit supply voltage
24	8,289,438		Using distance/proximity information when applying a point spread function in a portable media device
25	8,289,429		Image sensor with photosensitive thin film transistors and dark current compensation
26	8,289,400		Image capturing device having continuous image capture
27	8,289,344		Methods and apparatus for color uniformity
28	8,289,333		Multi-context graphics processing
29	8,289,283		Language input interface on a device
30	8,289,130		Systems and methods for identifying unauthorized users of an electronic device
31	8,289,115		Sensor fusion
32	8,289,114		Tablet device with peek mode operation

2012-10-11 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:34:00 +0000

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120260115	Inter-Processor Communication Channel Including Power-Down Functionality
2	20120260106	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BINARY LAYOUT RANDOMIZATION
3	20120260102	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING AN ENCRYPTED BINARY FROM A MEMORY POOL
4	20120260027	DEVICE BOOTUP FROM A NAND-TYPE NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
5	20120258773	DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO INTERNAL COMPONENT
6	20120258707	MULTIPLE NETWORK MOBILE DEVICE CONNECTION MANAGEMENT
7	20120257099	DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR A CAMERA VOICE COIL MOTOR
8	20120257072	SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR MANIPULATING IMAGES USING METADATA
9	20120256944	Handwriting Capture Techniques
10	20120256849	Region Activation for Touch Sensitive Surface

2012-10-09 Newly Issued Apple Patents

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 10:22:00 +0000

	PAT. NO.	Title
1	D668,674	Display screen or portion thereof with icon
2	D668,672	Display screen or portion thereof with icon
3	D668,666	Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
4	8,286,198	Application programming interfaces for data parallel computing on multiple processors
5	8,286,196	Parallel runtime execution on multiple processors
6	8,286,127	Mirrored file system
7	8,286,103	Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image
8	8,286,081	Editing and saving key-indexed geometries in media editing applications
9	8,285,989	Establishing a secured communication session
10	8,285,949	Secure software installation
11	8,285,947	Store hit load predictor
12	8,285,937	Fused store exclusive/memory barrier operation
13	8,285,901	Communication between an accessory and a media player using an extended interface lingo
14	8,285,860	Efficient service discovery for peer-to-peer networking devices
15	8,285,851	Pairing a media server and a media client
16	8,285,499	Event recognition
17	8,285,208	Systems and methods for noise cancellation and power management in a wireless headset
18	8,284,792	Buffer minimization in interface controller
19	8,284,750	Radio telecommunications system and method of operating the same with polling
20	8,284,748	Ad hoc formation and tracking of location-sharing groups
21	8,284,721	Methods and apparatus for antenna isolation-dependent coexistence in wireless systems
22	8,284,546	Battery connector structures for electronic devices
23	8,284,271	Chroma noise reduction for cameras
24	8,284,205	Methods and apparatuses for load balancing between multiple processing units
25	8,284,170	Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for moving on-screen objects without using a cursor
26	8,282,261	White point adjustment for multicolor keyboard backlight
27	8,282,002	Multi-barcode scan process

2012-10-04 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:43:00 +0000

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120254791	INTERACTIVE MENU ELEMENTS IN A VIRTUAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE
2	20120254769	CACHING MULTIPLE VIEWS CORRESPONDING TO MULTIPLE ASPECT RATIOS
3	20120254625	PROTECTING STATES OF A CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROCESS USING GROUP AUTOMORPHISMS
4	20120253934	SYSTEMS, METHODS, NETWORK ELEMENTS AND APPLICATIONS FOR TARGETED DELIVERY OF PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL
5	20120253665	Adaptive Mobile Device Navigation
6	20120250928	AUDIO TRANSDUCER
7	20120250914	DETACHABLE WIRELESS LISTENING DEVICE
8	20120250422	Interleaving Charge Pumps for Programmable Memories
9	20120250072	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEFINING PRINT SETTINGS USING AN INPUT INTERFACE
10	20120250071	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEFINING PRINT SETTINGS USING DEVICE MOVEMENTS
11	20120249855	Image Capture Using Display Device as Light Source
12	20120249312	TACTILE FEEDBACK IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

2012-10-02 Newly Issued Apple Patents

noreply@blogger.com (igoeIP) — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:10:00 +0000

PAT. NO.		Title
1	D668,263		Display screen or portion thereof with icon
2	D668,143		Electronic device and packaging therefor
3	8,281,244		User interface for media playback
4	8,281,065		Systems and methods for determining the status of memory locations in a non-volatile memory
5	8,280,991		Method and apparatus for detecting incorrect responses to network queries
6	8,280,863		Real-time or near real-time streaming with compressed playlists
7	8,280,770		Method and apparatus for selling subscriptions to periodicals in a retail environment
8	8,280,465		Wireless adapter for interfacing between an accessory and a device
9	8,280,416		Method and system for distributing data to mobile devices
10	8,280,171		Tools for selecting a section of interest within an image
11	8,280,093		Deformable ear tip for earphone and method therefor
12	8,280,038		Microphone line based detection of headset plug removal
13	8,279,978		Pilot signal in an FDMA communication system
14	8,279,836		Soft handoff in OFDMA system
15	8,279,625		Printed circuit board radio-frequency shielding structures
16	8,279,588		Self capturing and keyed mobile device button
17	8,279,180		Multipoint touch surface controller
18	8,279,176		Mouse with improved input mechanisms using touch sensors
19	8,278,948		Mechanisms for detecting tampering of an electronic device