igoeIP Apple Patent Blog: April 2012

Thursday, April 26, 2012

2012-04-26 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120102301	PREDICATE COUNT AND SEGMENT COUNT INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROCESSING VECTORS
2	20120102236	COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AN ACCESSORY AND A MEDIA PLAYER WITH MULTIPLE PROTOCOL VERSIONS
3	20120101944	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEDIA GIFTS
4	20120099264	PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE
5	20120098870	OLED DRIVING TECHNIQUE
6	20120096777	Support Structure And Building Including Same

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

2012-04-24 Newly Issued Apple Patents

	PAT. NO.	Title
1	D658,195	Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
2	D658,190	Electronic device
3	D658,186	Cover
4	D658,123	Power adapter
5	D657,978	Display structure
6	8,166,508	Content rental system
7	8,166,472	Installation utility system and method
8	8,166,437	Automated pad ring generation for programmable logic device implementation of integrated circuit design
9	8,166,415	User interface for backup management
10	8,166,397	Audio processing interface
11	8,166,324	Conserving power by reducing voltage supplied to an instruction-processing portion of a processor
12	8,166,236	Merging command signals for memory cells
13	8,166,144	Network identification and configuration using network signature
14	8,166,138	Network evaluation grid techniques
15	8,166,065	Searching metadata from files
16	8,166,037	Semantic reconstruction
17	8,165,642	Electronic device with data-rate-dependent power amplifier bias
18	8,165,634	Female receptacle connector
19	8,165,546	Communicating radio presets between a portable media player and an accessory
20	8,165,321	Intelligent clip mixing
21	8,165,286	Combination white box/black box cryptographic processes and apparatus
22	8,164,967	Systems and methods for refreshing non-volatile memory
23	8,164,932	Power converter with automatic mode switching
24	8,163,990	Methods, programs, storage media and systems for recording and compiling a music section
25	8,162,688	Connector receptacle housings having reduced-wear finger contacts and reduced seam visibility

Thursday, April 19, 2012

2012-04-19 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120096361	Presenting Media Content Items Using Geographical Data
2	20120096356	Visual Presentation Composition
3	20120096343	SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING A DYNAMIC LOUPE FOR DISPLAYED INFORMATION
4	20120096189	Method and System for Allowing a Media Player to Determine if it Supports the Capabilities of an Accessory
5	20120095877	APPLICATION USAGE POLICY ENFORCEMENT
6	20120094684	LOCATION BASED OPERATION OF A WIRELESS MOBILE SYSTEM
7	20120094517	CONNECTOR HAVING SELF-WIPING CONTACTS
8	20120094513	SHALLOW DEPTH CONNECTOR HAVING CONTACT PROTECTION
9	20120093409	SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR CAPTURING A SIGNATURE FOR USE IN A DOCUMENT
10	20120092991	ADAPTING TRANSMISSION TO IMPROVE QOS IN A MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE
11	20120092821	COMPUTER HOUSING
12	20120092701	DIAGNOSTIC TARGETS FOR EVALUATING PRINTING PERFORMANCE
13	20120092559	Rolling Shutter Distortion Correction
14	20120092378	SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR INTEGRATING A FIT-TO-SIZE SCALE FACTOR IN A SEQUENCE OF SCALE FACTORS
15	20120092376	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION BLUR USING VELOCITY VECTORS
16	20120092374	SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PLACING A REPRESENTATION OF THE CAPTURED SIGNATURE IN A DOCUMENT
17	20120092351	FACILITATING ATOMIC SWITCHING OF GRAPHICS-PROCESSING UNITS
18	20120092346	GROUPING ITEMS IN A FOLDER
19	20120092340	SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR MANIPULATING GRAPHICAL OBJECTS
20	20120092305	RESOLUTION-INDEPENDENT VIRTUAL DISPLAY
21	20120090251	Glass Building Panel And Building Made Therefrom

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

2012-04-17 Newly Issued Apple Patents

	PAT. NO.	Title
1	D657,796	Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
2	D657,786	Portable computer
3	D657,784	Electronic device
4	D657,743	Power adapter
5	8,161,567	Accessory authentication for electronic devices
6	8,161,411	Graphical user interface for browsing, searching and presenting media items
7	8,161,410	Computer-implemented display of ordered items
8	8,161,373	Preventing the inclusion of a reference to a host cell in a formula
9	8,161,370	Dynamic preloading of web pages
10	8,161,306	Method and apparatus for facilitating device hibernation
11	8,161,240	Cache management
12	8,161,184	Method and apparatus for facilitating long-lived DNS queries
13	8,161,179	Generating low resolution user interfaces for transmission to mobile devices
14	8,160,991	Automated estimation of a country where a client computer is configured to operate
15	8,160,008	Techniques for channel sounding in a wireless communication system
16	8,159,897	Two levels of voltage regulation supplied for logic and data programming voltage of a memory device
17	8,159,777	Portable electronic device with multipurpose hard drive circuit board
18	8,159,550	Presenting images as mosaics
19	8,159,497	Sharing a data buffer
20	8,159,458	Motion tracking user interface
21	8,159,455	Methods and apparatus for processing combinations of kinematical inputs
22	8,159,399	Antenna diversity systems for portable electronic devices

Thursday, April 12, 2012

2012-04-12 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20120089933	CONTENT CONFIGURATION FOR DEVICE PLATFORMS
2	20120089712	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING NETWORK RESOURCE ADDRESS MANAGEMENT
3	20120088556	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN A POWER-LIMITED MANNER
4	20120088488	METHOD TO CONTROL CONFIGURATION CHANGE TIMES IN A WIRELESS DEVICE
5	20120088059	CURVED PLASTIC OBJECT AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEBURRING THE SAME
6	20120087531	ULTRASONICALLY WELDED STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME
7	20120087411	INTERNAL BIT DEPTH INCREASE IN DEBLOCKING FILTERS AND ORDERED DITHER
8	20120087066	ATTACHMENT MECHANISM
9	20120086812	DIGITAL CAMERA IMAGING EVALUATION MODULE
10	20120086438	Magnetometer Calibration
11	20120086426	SINGLE-INDUCTOR MULTIPLE-OUTPUT POWER SUPPLY WITH DEFAULT PATH

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

2012-04-10 Newly Issued Apple Patents

	PAT. NO.	Title
1	D657,381	Housing for an electronic device
2	8,156,332	Peer-to-peer security authentication protocol
3	8,156,275	Power managed lock optimization
4	8,156,271	Systems and methods for storage management in a data processing device
5	8,156,123	Method and apparatus for processing metadata
6	8,156,106	Methods and systems for managing data
7	8,156,104	Methods and systems for managing data
8	8,156,089	Real-time or near real-time streaming with compressed playlists
9	8,156,081	Method and apparatus for updating resource records in a name-server database
10	8,155,514	Light isolating protective cover for small form factor electronic device
11	8,155,505	Hybrid playlist
12	8,155,336	Wireless headset with integrated media player
13	8,155,330	Dynamic audio parameter adjustment using touch sensing
14	8,155,112	Fly-by serial bus arbitration
15	8,155,063	Apparatus and methods for transmission and reception of data in multi-antenna systems
16	8,154,680	Electronic device display structures with controlled chassis reflections
17	8,154,650	Electronic device having a camera flash redirector
18	8,154,275	Apparatus and method for testing sense amplifier thresholds on an integrated circuit
19	8,153,882	Time compression/expansion of selected audio segments in an audio file
20	8,153,016	Shaping a cover glass
21	8,152,570	Power connector having protective interior cover
22	8,152,565	Sealed connectors for portable electronic devices