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Apple looks towards digital media sharing during iPhone calls
AppleInsider — ... Published: 09:00 AM EST Apple has spent some time outlining technology that would add a new level of interaction between iPhone users, such as the ability to share and control playback of digital media files like music tracks and video during a telephone call. The concept is outlined in a 19-page patent filing discovered by AppleInsider this week titled "Methods and systems for mixing media with communications" and credited to Apple software engineer Jeffrey Terlizzi. It begins by noting that while media items are becoming increasingly portable for mobile users these days, ...

Apple Patenting Media Sharing During Phone Calls
Technologizer — Apple is looking into ways to allow iPhone users to share media during calls, according to a patent filing uncovered by entusiast site AppleInsider. The patent is titled “Methods and systems for mixing media with communications” and says that while media is portable, it still is not easily shared remotely. Essentially, what the technology would add is an “Add Media” button which would allow the user to share media with another iPhone user on the other end of the line. Users ...

Apple Patent Hints At Media Sharing Capabilities For iPhone?
iPhone Alley - RSS — The United States Patent and Trademark Office released patent application number 20090143007 earlier today. Titled "Methods and systems for mixing media with communications", it deals with methods for sharing digital media files like music, video and images in as part of a communications connection, without ending the original connection.

News: Apple patents point to in-call media sharing, multi-touch Click Wheels
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — A pair of new Apple patent filings suggest the company is working on both a method for sharing media files like video, photos, and music while on a call, and a multi-touch control scheme for Click Wheel iPods. Titled ” Methods and systems for mixing media with communications ,” the first patent describes a scenario in which the user is discussing a piece of media during a phone call, and then hits an “Add Media” button within the Phone application to attach and send the item to the iPhone user on the other end of the call. The filing also makes several references to interactive video conferences, suggesting the feature may be planned for a future iPhone model, as video conferencing is not possible with currently-available versions of the iPhone. The second filing, titled ” Multi-dimensional Scroll Wheel ,” ...