Apple credits Khawaja Shams as the inventors of this granted patent which was originally filed in Q1 2010. To see more about this patent, see our original report that was published in September 2011 titled "Apple Reveals More Details on their Portable Point-of-Sale System." Apple was granted a first patent on this in July 2011.

Final Patent Round-Up

In our Final Patent Round-Up for October 9, 2012, we present you with the remaining 9 granted patents issued to Apple, as follows:

8,285,208 - Systems and methods for noise cancellation and power management in a wireless headset. This relates to Apple's defunct wireless/Bluetooth headset.

8,284,792 - Buffer minimization in interface controller

8,284,750 - Radio telecommunications system and method of operating the same with polling

8,284,748 - Ad hoc formation and tracking of location-sharing groups

8,284,721 - Methods and apparatus for antenna isolation-dependent coexistence in wireless systems. Apple's invention relates generally to the field of wireless communication and data networks. More particularly, in one exemplary aspect, the present invention is directed to wireless communications system using multiple air interfaces and multiple antennas, including a multiple-in, multiple-out (MIMO) antenna.

8,284,546 - Battery connector structures for electronic devices

8,284,271 - Chroma noise reduction for cameras

8,284,205 - Methods and apparatuses for load balancing between multiple processing units

8,282,261 - White point adjustment for multicolor keyboard backlight

8,285,499 - Event recognition

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