A little known company by the name of H-W Technology is suing Apple and 31 other companies for patent infringement. They're suing Apple over a multi-convergence device having a domain specific application that allows users to complete a merchant transaction without the need to generate a voice call. Although the lawsuit doesn't actually target a specific Apple device, the nature of the complaint would point to the iPhone.
Yesterday, the US Patent Office published close to 35 patents for Apple and overnight we've dug up a few more interesting ones that we just couldn't get posted in good time. In today's patent report we're going to show you how Apple is advancing on two interesting market fronts. The first involves reinventing the Mini Jack for future wearable and miniature portable devices while the second involves pico-like projectors for portables like the iPhone and MacBook. The patent even hints of home theater and television systems. Curiously Apple is building an interesting portfolio of projector patents that seem to be inching their way to market ever so slowly.
