Apple has received confirmation that their patent for an anti-theft safeguard for portable electronics has been officially approved. The anti-theft patent describes an “acceleration-based theft detection system.”
The system works by tracking the movement of the device over time. In theory, after analyzing movement patterns it will be able to discern between the owner and someone that is trying to thieve their precious device.
The device would incorporate an accelerometer and ... continued »
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Apple awarded patent for mobile security system
Apple has received confirmation that their patent for an anti-theft safeguard for portable electronics has been officially approved. The anti-theft patent describes an “acceleration-based theft detection system.”
The system works by tracking the movement of the device over time. In theory, after analyzing movement patterns it will be able to discern between the owner and someone that is trying to thieve their precious device.
The device would incorporate an accelerometer and ... continued »
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New Apple Patent hints at a dual-sided multi-touch iPhone Nano?
The Boy Genius comes through again with the discovery of a patent filed by Apple right before January’s Macworld where the iPhone was first introduced to the world, showing a smaller double-sided device.
One side has a touch screen with a soft dial pad suggesting that the device will offer phone functionalities, while the other side is only for display purposes. The patent describes this as a way to keep smudges ... continued »
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New patent provides insight into the iPhone’s humble beginnings
Was the iPhone originally a flip phone? Apparently when Apple filed the patent for the proximity and light sensor for the iPhone they still weren't sure what it was going to look like.
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iPhone - the universal Apple controller?
Could your iPhone one day control all of your Apple products? According to a set of blueprints that were discovered, Apple may be thinking something along those lines.
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New patent shows new idea on mobile charging
A new patent filed by Apple was discovered today that demonstrates a new idea in charging mobile devices.
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Apple eye RFID to make networking easy
If you've tried to install something new on your network and ended up dissolving the whole damn thing, you might want to petition Apple to make good on their latest patent - a way of using short-range RFID chips to automatically establish connections between networked appliances.
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Apple’s lanyard patent for iPhone, iPod and other handheld electronic devices
MacNN discovered that Apple has filed a patent application titled Lanyard for handheld electronic device, published on March 8, 2007 by the US Patent & Trademark Office.
The gist of the patent relates to lanyards for handheld electronic devices with electronic circuitries integrated into it. The patent describes the lanyards as going far beyond today’s design o accommodate the forthcoming iPhone and future versions of the iPod. There are ... continued »
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