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Apple Invents Dynamic Cinemagraph Presentations

Apple Invents Automatic Rendering of 3D Sound for Gaming Developers who Work with SpriteKit

Apple Invents a Virtual Ruler Tool for Future iWork Apps like Keynote, Pages, Numbers and Beyond

Apple Invents an Improved Graphics System for Gaming or Possibly an Autonomous Drone Device

Apple Patent Shows Siri being used in an iMessage Thread to Send Funds to a Friend using Apple Pay

Apple Reinvents the Battery Icon with a Time Stamp System based on Apps running on your device

Apple Invents Multi-Device Wireless Disable and Enable Feature

Apple Invents a User Interface for Combinable Virtual iOS Desktops on a Mac

One of Apple's Latest Encryption Inventions Comes to Light

Apple Invents new iPhone 'Event Care' Alert System that Could Automatically Call for Assistance in Emergencies

Apple Patent Reveals a 3D FaceTime-Photo Booth Combo App

Apple Working on Siri the Virtual Music Assistant for Analyzing Unknown Music like Shazam

Like watching the latest Movie Trailers? Apple's working on a new App for that

Apple Invents New Image Editing Tools for iPad

Apple Invents Touch Screen Drop-Down Menus for all iDevices including Apple TV

Apple's Latest Invention Introduces us to an iPad Multitasking Feature called the "Pop-up-View"

Apple Reveals a Social Network for Lifestyle-Based Social Groups

Apple's Patent Pending "iMovie Theater" Invention was Published this Week

Apple Invents New Underwater Photography Editing Tools

Apple to Bring Z Depth Mapping to Final Cut Pro X

Apple Reveals One of the Systems behind Passbook and Apple Pay

Apple Granted a Second Radical Axis Based Multidimensional Filing System Patent

Apple Patent Reveals Customizable Drum Loops for GarageBand

On January 15, 2015, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that discusses how GarageBand, Logic Pro or combination of these apps can create unique and customized drumming loops for various music genres. Apple's patent application was originally filed in July 2013 and published for the public viewing today.

Patent Fulfilled: Apple's new iOS 8 Location-Based Passbook

On December 11, 2014 the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals the next generation feature for Passbook that was released with iOS 8; the feature that automatically displays a virtual ticket, coupon, and gift card as you near the related venue.

Apple Invents a Redaction Engine and Tool for Future iDevices

On December 11, 2014, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals future iDevices with a novel content redaction engine and tool. The content redaction engine of some embodiments determines whether to redact content for output based on whether a user is biometrically verified. If they are, the redaction is removed as noted in our cover graphic.