patft.uspto.gov - 1/19/2009
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Method and apparatus are disclosed including a system monitor which limits the ability of a program about to be executed to the use of predefined resources (e.g., data files, disk writing capabilities, etc.). The system monitor processes a data structure including a set of authorities defining ...
news.worldofapple.com - 1/27/2009
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news.worldofapple.com —
According to the US Patent Office Apple was
awarded patent number 7,479,949 on January 20, 2009. The...
patent which was filed on April 11, 2008 covers multi-touch and all associated gestures such as pinch, swipe and rotation. The patent is titled: Touch ...
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Apple Awarded Multi-Touch Patent
electronista.com - 1/23/2009
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electronista.com —
The US Patent Office today published an Apple
patent filing that reveals the company having developed a...
system to auto-tune sound volumes. Citing the problems with having to constantly adjust the volume of a cellphone's ringer or a notebook's speakers ...
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Apple patent would auto-tune iPhone, Mac volume
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Apple among PC makers sued over OS permissions tech
AppleInsider —
... this month for infringing on a pair of patents that cover system-wide software permissions for defining the range of operations that computer applications may or may not perform. Texas-based Information Protection and Authentication of Texas (IPAT), the owner of the patents, and Florida-based Global Innovation Technology Holdings (GITH), their exclusive licensee, jointly filed the 12-page formal complaint last Thursday in a south Florida district court. At issue is US patent No. 5,311,591 , titled "Computer system security method and apparatus for creating and using program ...
Patent Holding Company Sues Computer and Software Makers
Technologizer —
Software patents are increasingly being used like lottery tickets: If you file enough of them, you’ll eventually have the winning number for litigation. Information Protection and Authentication of Texas (IPAT) has sued a dozen computer makers and some software developers for allegedly violating two security related patents that it holds. IPAT filed a formal complaint in a south Florida district court last Thursday. Some of the defendants are Apple, Dell, HP and Lenovo. It has also separately filed suit against software makers including Microsoft and Symantec in a Texas court. The patents, US patent No. 5,311,591, titled “Computer system security method and apparatus for creating and using program authorization information ...
Apple Hit with Permissions Law Suit
The Mac Observer —
Apple Hit with Permissions Law Suit by on January 20th, 2009 at 8:07 AM Apple Inc is the target in yet another law suit, this time over accusations that it is infringing on patents relating to technology that manages software-based permissions. Protection and Authentication of Texas and Global Innovation Technology Holdings, the patent holder and licensee, named Apple along with several other companies in the suit. According to the suit, Acer, Alienware, American Future Technology, Apple, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, HP, Lenovo, Motion Computing and Panasonic are all using technology that limits who can modify files to administrators and file owners, but that none of the companies have licensed the rights either of the patent controllers. At ...
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news.cnet.com 4/17/2009 — (Credit: United State Patent and Trademark Office, via MacRumors.com)
Apple could be providing a glimpse into some new features for future iPhones in a couple of patent applications the company recently filed.
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slashgear.com 6/4/2009 — apple in call music patent 1 Apple have filed a patent for a system for inserting media into an ongoing phonecall, which if implemented would mean that iPhone owners could share music, video, image, voicemail, podcasts or other files with each other. ...
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i.gizmodo.com 2/4/2009 — Hidden within the usual litany of claims in a patent awarded this January—titled "Display Housing for Computing Device", which covers their current portable displays—Apple describes a pure tablet device with radio communication: [0015]As a housing ...
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gizmodo.com 11/26/2008 — Apple has patented a new display technology that will allow their iPhones to have always-on displays with almost no battery cost whatsoever. This doesn't mean the whole display would be lit at all times. In reality, only part of it would be activated ...
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