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Apple Wins a Patent for an Immersive 3D Touch Apple Store Display Table

The Apple Store in Dubai Mall is a Wondrous Design and new Jumbo Photos of it are now Available

Apple's invention for Experimental in-store Force Touch Display Tables with Rippling Water Effect comes to Light

Apple Updates their Sophisticated Apple Watch Table Invention focused on a 'Lens' System & 'Ink Film'

Apple Invents an Apple Store Retail Box with Retractable Handle & Specialty Features to Protect Products

Apple to Open New Store in Ningbo City China on September 16

Apple's First Store in Taiwan Opens this Saturday in Taipei

Apple Opened their First Singapore Store Today with 237 Staff and Angela Ahrendts Greeting Happy Customers

New Apple Dubai Mall Store introduces Motorized 'Solar Wings' that Control the Environmental Conditions of the Store

Apple Files for a Patent to protect their Latest Modular Apple Store Display System

Two Apple patents surfacing today cover a 3D Mapping Projector & the new Apple Store Glass Door System

Patent Reveals a Wireless Charging System for Apple Store Product Tables and Home Desktops

Apple Granted Two Apple Store Patents Covering Security Display Stands & Smart Packaging

Apple Granted 8 Design Patents Covering Next-Gen Apple Stores

Apple Wins Design Patent for Large Swing-Out Glass Doors for Next Generation Apple Stores

Apple Granted 23 Patents Today Covering an Advanced Apple Store Ceiling System and More

Apple Patent reveals new In-Store Display Fixture for the iPhone

Apple Reveals their In-Store Product Display Systems In-Depth

Apple Granted Two Design Patents for their Apple Store in Zhongjie Joy City, China

Apple Invents Creative Smart Packaging for Easy Customization of iDevices using an In-Store Kiosk

On April 4, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals a possible new retail packaging system. The system is designed to provide an Apple Store customer with the ability to conveniently customize an iDevice's content while it's still in its original packaging. The customer picks the iDevice and brings it to an in-store kiosk so that they could connect the device to the kiosk and be able to customize its content with iTunes, Apps and more. This is great for gift giving situations. The customer will also be able to print out a custom label with a message on it such as Happy Birthday. It's a smart idea plain and simple.

The Apple Store's Distinctive Design & Layout is now a Registered Trademark

On January 24, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple's latest registered trademark certificate for Apple's "Distinctive Design & Layout." Apple was granted two designs officially on Tuesday covering their design in both color and black and white. This particular design is that of your typical mall centric Apple Store layout. Apple had originally filed for these trademarks in May 2010. The Apple Store's design was a noted passion in the biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson. In fact all of chapter twenty-nine is dedicated to the history of the new Apple Stores. The late Steve Jobs once stated that "Unless we could find a way to get our message to customers at the store, we were screwed." When it comes to shopping for a new computer or mobile device today, the Apple Store experience has no equal in the industry. 

A Peek at the Apple Store Philosophy on Video

In Walter Isaacson's biography simply titled "Steve Jobs," Issacson penned, "Jobs hated to cede control of anything, especially when it might affect the customer experience. But he faced a problem. There was one part of the process he didn't control: The experience of buying an Apple product in a store." Even when Jobs initially presented his vision for Apple retail stores to the Company board, Issacson writes, "the board was not thrilled." Although they finally got on board with Steve's vision, it goes to prove that even Jobs had to fight internal head winds on getting some of his ideas approved. The video we present to you below can't be viewed without saying to yourself, this is the house that Steve built. This is one of his greatest contributions to the " Total Apple Experience." If you've ever been in an Apple Store, then you know it's one of the greatest retail experiences bar none.

Several Apple Store Signage & Security Patents Surface

On November 22, 2012, the US Patent & Trademark Office published several patent applications from Apple that relate to their retail store signage and table-top device security. One patent discusses management of multiple dynamic signage devices that could be coordinated within and across stores, and an interactive floor-map creation system incorporating dynamic signage devices that could facilitate changing the associations between products and dynamic signage devices. If retail based technology happens to be of interest to you or if you're just curious as to how Apple designs their in-store signage, our report will point you to four distinct patents that you'll be able to research to your heart's content.

A New Apple Store App Surfaces for Genius Bar & Other Services

On November 22, 2012, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals a new customer service application specifically designed for iDevices. The project was spearheaded by Benjamin Vigier Product Manager - Mobile Commerce at Apple. Mr. Vigier who came to Apple in 2010 has valuable NFC experience having worked with French mobile operator Bouygues Telecom, an early backer of NFC. Today's revelations show us that for those fortunate enough to live in a city where there's an Apple Store, the newly designed customer service form will help to check users in to see a Genius Bar representative or a workshop/event in a more convenient way. The form will activate automatically on iDevices as they near an Apple Store and provide customers with queue times and other reservation information. Apple's online and in-store service is the very best in the industry today hands down. It now it appears that it's about to get even better.

Apple Shares their Vision for a New Kind of Smart Kiosk

Every once in a while we get a rare treat and get to read about Apple's vision for something new they're working on. Today it's about a new smart kiosk. Although Apple has been kicking this concept around for some time now in regards to an iTunes based Kiosk or even an iCard & Gift kiosk, I think that this time around they may have hit the right market nerve. Apple's latest in-store kiosk may reside in an Apple Store or another retailer like Best Buy. The idea is simple. You have a new iOS device and you want to find the right accessories or apps for it. You wander into a store with an Apple Kiosk and connect your device to the kiosk which uses a new determination server that will check out your device and lists recommendations. If you're searching for something specific you'll be able to narrow down your search for something like speakers or headsets. One could easily see how Apple could sneak Siri into this kind of device one day to simply dazzle the consumer. This could be the perfect way to introduce Siri to the general public and that's why I think Apple's vision for the perfect kiosk may have finally arrived.