The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 16 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today and in our third report of the day, we focus on perhaps the most intriguing granted patent of the day. It's a patent that could already be DOA – or it could be a glimpse of various forms of Apple TV that Apple could be advancing ever so quietly behind the scenes. Most of us don't think that Apple is finished with Apple TV just yet – and today's patent just adds fuel to that fire.
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 16 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today, and in this report we cover Apple's design win for their Cinema Display and focus on two important iChat related patents covering sophisticated audio and their cool 3D-like interface design.
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 16 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. One of the most important granted patents issued today covers how multi-touch e-docs are handled on portable devices such as Apple's iPod touch, iPhone and iPad. Our report is dedicated to this single patent.
As the New Year Kicks off, we see that Dell is out of the gate quickly with a new Multi-Touch tilting display that mimics a concept that Apple first introduced in a patent published this summer. In fact, it was Apple's number one patent of the year. Dell's new design is to dramatically improve on their first generation All-in-one multi-touch design so as to allow users to relax their hands when typing or moving pictures around on screen or to simply play some awesome games with a friend. The new design could provide Macites with a glimpse of what a new iMac Touch could principally deliver if Apple so chooses to bring this to market. But at the end of the day, it's the PC Copycat that beat Apple to market once again.
