igoeIP Apple Patent Blog: 2012

Thursday, December 27, 2012

2012-12-27 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120331411	CROSS PROCESS ACCESSIBILITY
2	20120331341	SCALAR READXF INSTRUCTION FOR POROCESSING VECTORS
3	20120331194	INTERFACE EXTENDER FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES
4	20120331105	INTEGRATED MEDIA JUKEBOX AND PHYSIOLOGIC DATA HANDLING APPLICATION
5	20120330642	TRANSLATING PHRASES FROM ONE LANGUAGE INTO ANOTHER USING AN ORDER-BASED SET OF DECLARATIVE RULES
6	20120330641	TRANSLATING A SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF A LINGUAL PHRASE INTO A REPRESENTATION IN A DIFFERENT MEDIUM
7	20120329321	SIMPLIFIED CONNECTOR RECEPTACLES
8	20120328116	Microphone Headset Failure Detecting and Reporting
9	20120328018	OPTIMIZED SEARCH FOR REFERENCE FRAMES IN PREDICTIVE VIDEO CODING SYSTEM
10	20120327324	COATED CHASSIS FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY
11	20120327258	Facilitating Image Capture and Image Review by Visually Impaired Users
12	20120327009	DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR ACCESSIBILITY USING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE SURFACE
13	20120326965	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING COMBINATIONS OF KINEMATICAL INPUTS
14	20120326445	ON-DEMAND GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY FROM STORED WIND ENERGY

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

2012-12-25 Newly Issued Apple Patents

PAT. NO.		Title
1	D673,148		Electronic device
2	8,341,683		Convergence-enabled DVD and web system
3	8,341,614		Memory management for closures
4	8,341,611		Application interface on multiple processors
5	8,341,578		Clock gater with test features and low setup time
6	8,341,557		Portable touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for providing workout support
7	8,341,544		Scroll bar with video region in a media system
8	8,341,542		Method and apparatus for user customized shading of a graphical user interface
9	8,341,524		Portable electronic device with local search capabilities
10	8,341,500		Detecting corrupted data for a system having non-volatile memory
11	8,341,422		Method and apparatus for incremental code signing
12	8,341,384		Installation of software onto a computer
13	8,341,379		R and C bit update handling
14	8,341,318		Techniques for facilitating communication between an accessory and a mobile computing device using application specific protocols
15	8,341,207		Apparatus and method for matching users for online sessions
16	8,341,039		Mixed source media playback
17	8,341,037		Mixed source media playback
18	8,340,724		Feeder cable reduction
19	8,340,694		Synchronizing mobile and vehicle devices
20	8,340,635		Capability model for mobile devices
21	8,340,578		Methods and apparatus for enhanced coexistence algorithms in wireless systems
22	8,340,312		Differential mode noise cancellation with active real-time control for microphone-speaker combinations used in two way audio communications
23	8,340,194		High-yield multi-threading method and apparatus for video encoders/transcoders/decoders with dynamic video reordering and multi-level video coding dependency management
24	8,340,072		Preambles in OFDMA system
25	8,339,935		Adaptive time diversity and spatial diversity for OFDM
26	8,339,798		Printed circuit boards with embedded components
27	8,339,787		Heat valve for thermal management in a mobile communications device
28	8,339,775		Portable computing device
29	8,339,760		Thermal protection circuits and structures for electronic devices and cables
30	8,339,028		Multicolor light emitting diodes
31	8,338,737		Computer housing
32	8,338,684		Musical instruction and assessment systems
33	8,337,253		Super-thin USB connector receptacle housings having reduced-wear finger contacts
34	8,337,223		Mini-sim connector
35	8,337,216		Touch sensor back plane ground connection
36	8,336,334		Glass alignment for high temperature processes

Thursday, December 20, 2012

2012-12-20 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120324107	SHARED ACCESS TO A LOCAL DEVICE
2	20120323797	SYSTEM FOR BACK TRACING A COMPONENT USED IN MANUFACTURE
3	20120323664	INTEGRATED COUPON STORAGE, DISCOVERY, AND REDEMPTION SYSTEM
4	20120322465	LOCATION-BASED NETWORK DETECTION
5	20120321495	CENTRIFUGAL BLOWER WITH ASYMMETRIC BLADE SPACING
6	20120321494	CENTRIFUGAL BLOWER WITH ASYMMETRIC BLADE SPACING
7	20120321493	CENTRIFUGAL BLOWER WITH ASYMMETRIC BLADE SPACING
8	20120321184	VIDEO ACQUISITION WITH PROCESSING BASED ON ANCILLARY DATA
9	20120321112	SELECTING A DIGITAL STREAM BASED ON AN AUDIO SAMPLE
10	20120320807	DUPLEX AUDIO FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ACCESSORY
11	20120319827	HAPTIC FEEDBACK DEVICE
12	20120319666	LOW NOISE EXTERNAL ENABLE SWITCHER CONTROL SIGNAL USING ON-CHIP SWITCHER
13	20120318653	HOLD SWITCH

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

2012-12-18 Newly Issued Apple Patents

PAT. NO.		Title
1	D672,769		Electronic device
2	8,335,986		Previewing different types of documents
3	8,335,914		Techniques and graphical user interfaces for categorical shuffle
4	8,335,874		Increased speed of processing of data received over a communications link
5	8,334,888		Dynamically generated ring tones
6	8,334,846		Multi-touch contact tracking using predicted paths
7	8,334,704		Systems and methods for providing a system-on-a-substrate
8	8,333,862		Self fixturing assembly techniques
9	8,333,623		Cable connector retention clips
10	8,333,618		Audio plug with core structural member

Thursday, December 13, 2012

2012-12-13 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120317457	HIGH-PERFORMANCE ECC DECODER
2	20120317441	NON-FAULTING AND FIRST FAULTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROCESSING VECTORS
3	20120317362	SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR CACHE BLOCK COHERENCE
4	20120317310	DISTRIBUTING AND SYNCHRONIZING OBJECTS
5	20120317153	CACHING RESPONSES FOR SCOPED AND NON-SCOPED DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM QUERIES
6	20120317086	GENERAL PURPOSE DATA CONTAINER METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AV/C DESCRIPTORS
7	20120315994	INTERACTIVE GAMING WITH CO-LOCATED, NETWORKED DIRECTION AND LOCATION AWARE DEVICES
8	20120315880	DYNAMIC CONTEXT-BASED AUTO-RESPONSE GENERATION
9	20120315864	WIRELESS ADAPTER FOR MEDIA PLAYER SYSTEM
10	20120314962	AUTO-RECOGNITION FOR NOTEWORTHY OBJECTS
11	20120314100	IMAGE SENSOR HAVING HDR CAPTURE CAPABILITY
12	20120314086	CAMERA TEST AND CALIBRATION BASED ON SPECTRAL MONITORING OF LIGHT
13	20120313911	AMBIENT LIGHT CALIBRATION FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN DISPLAY SYSTEMS
14	20120313881	DISPLAY SCREEN SHIELD LINE SYSTEM
15	20120313777	AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION AND STORAGE OF FREQUENTLY VISITED LOCATIONS
16	20120312133	FREE FORM CUTTING MACHINE

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

2012-12-11 Newly Issued Apple Patents

	PAT. NO.	Title
1	D672,366	Display screen or portion thereof with icon
2	D672,343	Electronic device
3	8,332,800	Method for identifying redundant signal paths for self-gating signals
4	8,332,798	Using synthesis to place macros
5	8,332,795	Automated pin multiplexing for programmable logic device implementation of integrated circuit design
6	8,332,699	Scan insertion optimization using physical information
7	8,332,698	Scan latch with phase-free scan enable
8	8,332,679	Methods and apparatuses for managing power by leveraging intermediate power margins
9	8,332,668	Method and system for discovering a power source on a peripheral bus
10	8,332,667	Battery disconnection for secure assembly of computer systems
11	8,332,665	Methods and apparatuses for dynamic power control
12	8,332,664	Systems and methods for providing device-to-device handshaking through a power supply signal
13	8,332,559	Power managed lock optimization
14	8,332,543	Command queue for peripheral component
15	8,332,406	Real-time visualization of user consumption of media items
16	8,332,402	Location based media items
17	8,332,352	Method and system using reusable state information for synchronization and maintenance of data
18	8,331,987	Personal area network systems and devices and methods for use thereof
19	8,331,966	Content selection based on simulcast data
20	8,331,961	Transfer of emergency services session between disparate subsystems
21	8,331,916	Image selection for an incoming call
22	8,331,883	Electronic devices with calibrated radio frequency communications circuitry
23	8,331,685	Defining a border for an image
24	8,331,466	Method and system for adaptive peak to average power ratio reduction in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing communication networks
25	8,331,465	Adaptive two-dimensional channel interpolation
26	8,331,324	Soft handoff in OFDMA system
27	8,330,844	Method and apparatus for image acquisition, organization, manipulation, and publication
28	8,330,772	Image signal processor front-end image data processing system and method
29	8,330,727	Generating control signals from multiple contacts
30	8,330,725	In-plane keyboard illumination
31	8,330,655	Connectors with embedded antennas
32	8,330,601	Three dimensional RF signatures
33	8,330,417	Power source having a parallel cell topology
34	8,330,061	Compact input device
35	8,330,033	Graphical user interface for music sequence programming
36	8,328,584	Systems and methods for providing a trimless electronic device port
37	8,327,536	Method of manufacturing high-speed connector inserts and cables