An Interesting yet Mysterious Siri Patent

 

Today we discovered a new Siri patent filing that's both interesting and a bit mysterious. Firstly, Apple filed this new Siri patent under names belonging to an iPhone engineer by the name of Aarti Kumar and Sr. Software Engineering Manager Brian Tucker rather than Apple. In a sea of 204 Apple patents to review, it`s easy to dismiss a patent filing not assigned to Apple.

 

The invention, that`s about Siri on an iPhone, is focused on one device communicating with "another device" or a secondary device. Apple is all over the place as to what the second device could be and yet never commits.

 

Early in the patent, Apple states that the second device the iPhone could communicate with via Siri is an "earpiece." Commands and information could be exchanged between the iPhone and the other electronic device via a form of Bluetooth.

 

Later in the patent filing, Apple states that the "electronic device 300" of patent FIG. 3 noted below, is the second device and that it could be (or can be included in) any electronic device with at least one network interface. For example, the second device could be any of the following: a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a server, a media player (such as an MP3 player), an appliance, a subnotebook/netbook, a tablet computer, a smartphone, a cellular telephone, a piece of testing equipment, a network appliance, a set-top box, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a toy, a controller, a digital signal processor, a game console, a computational engine within an appliance, a consumer-electronic device, a portable computing device, a personal organizer, and/or another electronic device. The latter could also apply to a wrist band computer.

 

Then Apple throws in another curve with a clue about a "Ski" application under patent point #25. Apple has a number of patents relating to smart skis and one of them shows a smartwatch-like device communicating with a ski board or skis.

 

Then in the latter half of the patent, a clearer context emerges relating to the car or perhaps better yet iOS in the Car as they refer to "eyes-free" mode. More specifically, the patent identifies the second electronic device 110-2 of patent FIG. 2 as being in context with a car.

 

In the end this mysterious Siri patent holds a lot of potential as it relates to iOS in the Car, but more importantly, it shows us that Siri is going to go beyond the iPhone and iPad in the future to devices like Apple TV and a host of other possibilities including wearables.

 

To review this patent for finer details, see patent application 20130328667 which was originally filed in May of this year. A secondary patent relating to Siri and iOS in the Car could be found under patent application 20130332172 titled "Transmitting data from an automated assistant to an accessory."

 

The Remainder of Apple's 204 Patent Applications Published Today by the US Patent Office

 

The following is a list of patent applications from Apple that were published by the US Patent and Trademark Office this morning. IP professionals and engineers will be able to search for these patents by using the associated patent numbers provided. Just as a note, although the last number is 228, 24 of the original patents found in Apple's batch were from other companies referring to Apple in their verbiage.

 

20130332969: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEAMLESSLY SWITCHING BETWEEN MEDIA STREAMS

20130332942: TARGETED MEMORY PRESSURE EVENT NOTIFICATIONS

20130332941: ADAPTIVE PROCESS IMPORTANCE

20130332916: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING APPLICATION ARCHIVE FILES

20130332886: IDENTIFICATION OF RECENTLY DOWNLOADED CONTENT

20130332874: PREVENTING INADVERTENT CHANGES IN AMBULATORY MEDICAL DEVICES

20130332867: INPUT DEVICE EVENT PROCESSING

20130332866: TEMPERED AUTO-ADJUSTING, IMAGE-EDITING OPERATION

20130332856: DIGITAL MEDIA RECEIVER FOR SHARING IMAGE STREAMS

20130332855: SHARING IMAGES AND COMMENTS ACROSS DIFFERENT DEVICES

2013033285: CREATING IMAGE STREAMS AND SHARING THE IMAGE STREAMS ACROSS DIFFERENT DEVICES

20130332850: PRESENTING E-MAIL ON A TOUCH DEVICE

20130332846: EXTENSIBLE APPLICATION STATE PRESERVATION ARCHITECTURE

20130332841: INTEGRATED TOOLS FOR CREATING AND SHARING IMAGE STREAMS

20130332840: IMAGE APPLICATION FOR CREATING AND SHARING IMAGE STREAMS

20130332826: INTELLIGENT PRESENTATION OF DOCUMENTS

20130332820: SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING A DYNAMIC LOUPE FOR DISPLAYED INFORMATION

20130332807: COLLECTING WEB PAGES/LINKS FROM COMMNUNICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS FOR LATER READING

20130332806: COLLECTING WEB PAGES/LINKS FROM COMMUNICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS FOR LATER READING

20130332765: POWER SUPPLY ACOUSTIC NOISE MITIGATION

20130332764: INTELLIGENT INTER-PROCESSOR COMMUNICATION WITH POWER OPTIMIZATION

20130332759: INTER-PROCESSOR COMMUNICATION CHANNEL INCLUDING POWER-DOWN FUNCTIONALITY

20130332755: POWER MANAGEMENT ENHANCEMENT

20130332721: QUIET HOURS FOR NOTIFICATIONS

20130332718: ACTIVATION-BASED REGULATORY UPDATES

20130332635: PROTOCOL TRANSLATING ADAPTER

20130332607: SYNCHRONIZING HANDLES FOR USER ACCOUNTS ACROSS MULTIPLE ELECRONIC DEVICES

20130332586: PROVIDING IPV6 CONNECTIVITY THROUGH SHARED EXTERNAL INTERFACES ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES

20130332560: CLOUD TABS

20130332542: MESSAGE-BASED IDENTIFICATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

20130332538: DATA SYNCHRONIZATION USING MAIL AND PUSH NOTIFICATION SERVICES

20130332526: CREATING AND SHARING IMAGE STREAMS

20130332512: CREATING AND PUBLISHING IMAGE STREAMS

20130332476: VECTOR ROAD NETWORK SIMPLIFICATION

20130332318: USER INTERFACE FOR IN-BROWSER PRODUCT VIEWING AND PURCHASING g

20130332311: INTERFACE FOR ENHANCED CONTINUITY OF BROWSING EXPERIENCE

54     20130332159: USING FAN THROTTLING TO ENHANCE DICTATION ACCURACY

56     20130332156: SENSOR FUSION TO IMPROVE SPEECH/AUDIO PROCESSING IN A MOBILE DEVICE

57     20130332113: CONTEXT AWARE MAP APPLICATION

58     20130332108: EMBEDDED HARDWARE STATE MACHINE FOR CONTEXT DETECTION INTEGRATED WITH A SENSOR CHIP

59     20130332077: ENCODED REPRESENTATION OF ROUTE DATA

60     20130332070: TOUCH-BASED EXPLORATION OF MAPS FOR SCREEN READER USERS

61     20130332063: ROAD HEIGHT GENERATION FOR A ROAD NETWORK

62     20130332058: ENCODED REPRESENTATION OF TRAFFIC DATA

63     20130332057: REPRENTING TRAFFIC ALONG A ROUTE

64     20130332007: ACCESSORY CONTROL WITH GEO-FENCING

65     20130331975: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPONENT ASSEMBLY USING CONTINUOUS SELECTION

66     20130331970: DEVICE PLAYBACK FAILURE RECOVERY AND REDISTRIBUTION

67     20130331790: SEALED INFUSION DEVICE WITH ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR PORT

69     20130331179: UTILIZING A SOCIAL NETWORK ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONALITY TO A GAMING NETWORK ACCOUNT

70     20130331158: IMPLEMENTING CHALLENGES IN SINGLE-PLAYER GAMES

71     20130331143: ADJUSTING POWER OF A CONTROL CHANNEL BASED ON A CHARACTERISTIC OF A MESSAGE IN THE CONTROL CHANNEL

72     20130331137: METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COEXISTENCE OF WIRELESS SUBSYSTEMS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE

73     20130331127: PROXIMITY-BASED NOTIFICATIONS IN A MOBILE DEVICE

74     20130331118: PERFORMING ENHANCED BACKGROUND LOCATION SCANS TO FACILITATE LOCATION-BASED GEO-FENCING

75     20130331113: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TILE-BASED REDUCTION OF ACCESS POINT LOCATION INFORMATION

76     20130331087: LOCATION-BASED DEVICE AUTOMATION

77     20130331076: DUPLICATE CONNECTION DETECTION FOR DEVICES USING RANDOM ADDRESSES

78     20130331054: PAGING FOR CSFB IN LTE CONNECTED MODE

79     20130331044: FACILITATING SWITCHING BETWEEN TRANSMITTING ANTENNAS IN PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES

80     20130331034: SUPPLEMENTAL AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR A BLUETOOTH AUDIO LINK

81     20130331033: IMMEDIATE CONNECTION FOLLOWING DEVICE DISCOVERY

82     20130331032: CONFIGURING A CODEC FOR COMMUNICATING AUDIO DATA USING A BLUETOOTH NETWORK CONNECTION

84     20130330977: LOW PROFILE HARD-DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR

85     20130330976: DUAL CONNECTOR HAVING GROUND PLANES IN TONGUES

86     20130330975: CABLELESS BATTERY INTEGRATION

87     20130330962: AUDIO JACK HAVING DUAL MECHANICAL DETECTION SWITCHES

89     20130330585: MECHANICAL SUPPORTS FOR IMPROVING RESISTANCE TO MECHANICAL STRESS IN BATTERY CELLS

90     20130330061: MODIFYING A VALUE BASED ON A USER'S DIRECTIONAL MOTIONS INDEPENDENT OF LOCATION OF INPUT RELATIVE TO A DISPLAY

92     20130330001: IMAGE FUSION USING INTENSITY MAPPING FUNCTINS

93     20130329998: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTO-ENHANCING PHOTOGRAPHS WITH SATURATION ADJUSTMENTS

94     20130329997: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTO-ENHANCING PHOTOGRAPHS WITH SHADOW LIFT ADJUSTMENTS

95     20130329996: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTO-ENHANCING PHOTOGRAPHS WITH TONAL RESPONSE CURVES

96     20130329995: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-STAGE AUTO-ENHANCEMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHS

97     20130329994: COLOR BALANCE TOOLS FOR EDITING IMAGES

98     20130329993: AUTOMATED COLOR BALANCE TOOLS FOR EDITING IMAGES

99     20130329934: SPEAKER FEATURES OF A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE

100     20130329924: REMOTELY CONTROLLING A HEARING DEVICE

101     20130329916: GROUNDING CIRCUIT FOR ALTERNATE AUDIO PLUG DESIGNS

102     20130329915: MICROPHONE FEATURES RELATING TO A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE

103     20130329912: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL

104     20130329910: SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING STRAY MAGNETIC FLUX (Apple`s Justin Crosby is noted on the patent as inventor)

105     20130329909: PSYCHOACOUSTIC ADAPTIVE NOTCH FILTERING

106     20130329908: ADJUSTING AUDIO BEAMFORMING SETTINGS BASED ON SYSTEM STATE

107     20130329898: SPEAKER TEMPERATURE CONTROL USING SPEAKER TEMPERATURE AND SPEAKER IMPEDANCE ESTIMATES

108     20130329897: ELECTRONIC AUDIO DEVICE TO DETERMINE MATCHING AND NON-MATCHING SPEAKERS

109     20130329896: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE CONDITION OF MULTIPLE MICROPHONES

110     20130329895: MICROPHONE OCCLUSION DETECTOR

111     20130329894: COMBINED DYNAMIC PROCESSING AND SPEAKER PROTECTION FOR MINIMUM DISTORTION AUDIO PLAYBACK LOUDNESS ENHANCEMENT

114     20130329821: METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE IN AGGRESSIVE FORM FACTOR DESIGNS

115     20130329817: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE PEAK TO AVERAGE POWER RATIO REDUCTION IN ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

116     20130329809: SYNC FRAME RECOVERY IN REAL TIME VIDEO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

117     20130329799: PREDICTIVE VIDEO CODER WITH LOW POWER REFERENCE PICTURE TRANSFORMATION

118     20130329798: INFERRED KEY FRAMES FOR FAST INITIATION OF VIDEO CODING SESSIONS

119     20130329781: TECHNIQUES FOR ADAPTIVE VIDEO STREAMING

120     20130329695: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOFT HANDOFF IN MOBILE BROADBAND SYSTEMS

121     20130329670: ADJUSTING POWER OF A CONTROL CHANNEL BASED ON A CHARACTERISTIC OF A MESSAGE IN THE CONTROL CHANNEL

122     20130329669: ADJUSTING POWER OF A CONTROL BASED ON CHARACTERISTIC OF A MESSAGE IN THE CONTROL CHANNEL

123     20130329668: ADJUSTING POWER OF A CONTROL BASED ON CHARACTERISTIC OF A MESSAGE IN THE CONTROL CHANNEL

124     20130329644: HYBRID ARQ SCHEMES WITH SOFT COMBINING IN VARIABLE RATE PACKET DATA APPLICATIONS

125     20130329637: ADJUSTING CONNECTION STATES OF A MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE BASED ON A PERIOD OF INACTIVITY

127     20130329615: ADJUSTING RADIO DORMANCIES IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES BASED ON RECEIPT OF UNSOLICITED INCOMING PACKETS

128     20130329613: IDENTIFYING A RANDOM ADVERTISING DEVICE AS A CONNECTED DEVICE

129     20130329597: CACHING OF A REMOTE DATA STRUCTURE BASED ON REQUESTED INFORMATION

130     20130329586: IMPROVING RECEPTION BY A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE

131     20130329567: DELAYING NETWORK RESELECTION FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE OF A CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALLBACK PROCEDURE IN A CALL FAILURE SCENARIO

132     20130329556: FLOW CONTROL FOR NETWORK PACKETS FROM APPLICATIONS IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES

133     20130329460: ELECTRONIC DEVICE DISPLAY STUCTURES

134     20130329450: PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE

135     20130329396: ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ELECTOMAGNETIC SHIELDING

136     20130329368: FASTENERS AND DUAL-THICKNESS THERMAL STAGES IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES

137     20130329359: PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE WITH A HOUSING SECURED BY A MAGNETIC ELEMENT AND RELATED METHOD

138     20130329357: GASKETS FOR THERMAL DUCTING AROUND HEAT PIPES

139     20130329354: MASS STORAGE DEVICE WITH ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL AND RELATED PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD

140     20130329352: SOLID-STATE DRIVE WITH PASSIVE HEAT TRANSFER

141     20130329349: BATTERY STRUCTURE AND INTEGRATION

142     20130329324: ESD PATH FOR CONNECTOR RECEPTACLE

143     20130329171: DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SHIELDING DISPLAYS FROM ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE

144     20130329135: REAL TIME DENOISING OF VIDEO

145     20130329132: FLARE DETECTION AND MIGRATION IN PANORAMIC IMAGES

146     20130329098: SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DEFECTIVE PIXEL CORRECTION WITH NEIGHBORING PIXELS

147     20130329093: NOISE-CONSTRAINED TONE CURVE GENERATION

148     20130329092: INTELLIGHEN AUTO-EXPOSURE BRACKETING

149     20130329087: HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE REGISTRATION USING MOTION SENSOR DATA

150     20130329075: DYNAMIC CAMERA MODE SWITCHING

151     20130329072: MOTION-BASED IMAGE STITCHING

152     20130329071: IMAGE BLENDING OPERATIONS

153     20130329070: Projection-Based Image Registration

154     20130329066: HARDWARE-CONSTRAINED TRANSFORMS FOR VIDEO STABILIZATION PROCESSES

155     20130329064: TEMPORAL ALIASING REDUCTION AND CODING OF UPSAMPLED VIDEO

156     20130329063: NOISE REDUCTION BASED ON MOTION SENSORS

157     20130329062: STATIONARY CAMERA DETECTION AND VIRTUAL TRIPOD TRANSITION FOR VIDEO STABILIZATION

158     20130329057: SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC DWELLING TIME FOR TUNING DISPLAY TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE MURA ARTIFACTS

159     20130329004: METHOD OF APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ENHANCEMENT

160     20130329002: ADAPTIVE IMAGE BLENDING OPERATIONS

161     20130329001: MOTION ADAPTIVE IMAGE SLICE SELECTION

162     20130328996: SUPPORTING CONTINUATION OF A DATA SESSION AFTER PERFORMANCE OF A CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALLBACK PROCEDURE

163     20130328952: DIFFERENTIAL VCOM RESISTANCE OR CAPACITIVE TUNING FOR IMPROVED IMAGE QUALITY

164     20130328944: FRAMEWORK FOR DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS CONTROL AND VISUAL EXPERIENCE

165     20130328941: SCALABLE PROCESSING FO ASSOCIATING GEOMETRIES WITH MAP TILES

166     20130328937: COMPRESSION OF ROAD FEATURES IN MAP TILES

167     20130328935: MULTI-STAGE DEVICE ORIENTATION DETECTION

169     20130328924: CONSTRUCTING ROAD GEOMETRY

170     20130328917: SMART COVER PEEK

171     20130328916: SMOOTHING ROAD GEOMETRY

172     20130328915: ANNOTATION OF MAP GEOMETRY VERTICES

173     20130328914: PEEK MODE AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) EXPERIENCE

174     20130328910: DYNAMICALLY GENERATED IMAGES AND EFFECTS

175     20130328906: GRAY COLOR BALANCE TOOLS FOR EDITING IMAGES

176     20130328902: GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE ELEMENT INCORPORATING REAL-TIME ENVIRONMENT DATA

177     20130328898: RENDER TREE CACHING

178     20130328894: ADAPTIVE FRAME RATE CONTROL

179     20130328888: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANIMATING BETWEEN COLLECTION VIEWS

180     20130328883: GENERATING LAND COVER FOR DISPLAY FOR DISPLAY BY A MAPPING APPLICATION

181     20130328882: NAMED AREA GENERATION

182     20130328879: SCALABLE AND EFFICIENT CUTTING OF MAP TILES

183     20130328878: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY MIRRORING

184     20130328871: NON-STATIC 3D MAP VIEWS

185     20130328863: COMPUTING PLAUSIBLE ROAD SURFACES IN 3D FROM 2D GEOMETRY

186     20130328862: GEOSPATIAL REPRESENTATION OF DATA-LESS MAP AREAS

187     20130328861: GENERATION OF ROAD DATA

188     20130328859: ADAPTIVE IMAGE MANIPULATION

189     20130328852: MEASUREMENT OF TRANSISTOR THRESHOLD VOLTAGE ON A DISPLAY SYSTEM SUBSTRATE USING A REPLICA TRANSISTOR

190     20130328851: GROUND NOISE PROPAGATION REDUCTION FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

191     20130328847: DEVICES AND METHODS FOR COMMON ELECTRODE MURA PREVENTION

192     20130328846: CHARACTERIZATION OF TRANSISTORS ON A DISPLAY SYSTEM SUBSTRATE USING A REPLICA TRANSISTOR

194     20130328844: USING CLOCK DETECT CIRCUITRY TO REDUCE PANEL TURN-ON TIME

195     20130328843: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING OR ELIMINATING MURA ARTIFACT USING IMAGE FEEDBACK

196     20130328842: ELECTROINIC DEVICE WITH DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS CONTROL

197     20130328841: BACKLIGHT CALIBRATION AND CONTROL

198     20130328839: GATE DRIVER FALL TIME COMPENSATION

199     20130328825: DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD BETWEEN ACCESSORY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

200     20130328824: DYNAMIC VOLTAGE GENERATION FOR TOUCH-ENABLED DISPLAYS

201     20130328799: CONDITION BASED CONTROLS FOR A DISPLAY

202     20130328797: DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REDUCING POWER USAGE OF A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY

203     20130328796: DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REDUCING POWER USAGE OF A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY

204     20130328795: DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING IMAGE QUALITY IN A DISPLAY HAVING MULTIPLE VCOMS

205     20130328771: CAMERA-ASSISTED MOTION ESTIMATION FOR APPLICATION CONTROL

206     20130328759: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MURA CALIBRATION PREPARATION

207     20130328758: DIFFERENTIAL ACTIVE-MATRIX DISPLAYS

208     20130328755: SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR REDUCING OR ELIMINATING MURA ARTIFACT USING CONTRAST ENHANCED IMAGERY

209     20130328749: VOLTAGE THRESHOLD DETERMINATION FOR A PIXEL TRANSISTOR

210     20130328741: INTERNAL COMPONENTS OF A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE

211     20130328724: RECEIVE ONLY MODE FOR CLOCK DRIFT CORRECTION

212     20130328698: CO-OPERATIVE TRAFFIC NOTIFICATION

214     20130328665: GENERATING CONTEXT-BASED OPTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO A NOTIFICATION

215     20130328576: MEASUREMENT OF TRANSISTOR GATE SOURCE CAPACITANCE ON A DISPLAY SYSTEM SUBSTRATE USING A REPLICA TRANSISTOR

216     20130328521: EXTERNAL BATTERY-MANAGEMENT MODULE

217     20130328484: CONNECTOR ADAPTER

218     20130328462: OFFSET CONTROL FOR ASSEMBLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOUSING

219     20130328415: BLEEDER CIRCUITRY FOR INCREASING LEAKAGE CURRENT DURING HICCUP MODES OF POWER ADAPTERS

220     20130328148: COVER FOR IMAGE SENSOR ASSEMBLY WITH LIGHT ABSORBING LAYER AND ALIGNMENT FEATURES

221     20130328053: THIN FILM TRANSISTOR WITH INCREASED DOPING REGIONS

222     20130327813: DYNAMIC PATH CORRECTION OF FRICTION STIR WELDING

223     20130327681: CARDS AND PACKAGING THEREOF, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

224     20130327621: MODULAR MOLDED INTERCONNECT DEVICES

225     20130327559: POWER CABLE FOR PORTABLE DEVICES

226     20130327556: CLUTCH FEATURES OF A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE

227     20130327507: OPTIMIZED VENT WALLS IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES

228     20130326851: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPONENT ASSEMBLY USING CONTINUOUS SELECTION

 

 

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