igoeIP Apple Patent Blog: February 2013

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

2013-02-19 Newly Issued Apple Patents

PAT. NO.		Title
1	D676,458		Display screen or portion thereof with icon
2	D676,438		Electronic device
3	D676,437		Electronic device
4	8,381,196		Code execution visualization using software fingerprinting
5	8,381,194		Methods and apparatuses for selective code coverage
6	8,381,191		Intention based application customization
7	8,381,135		Proximity detector in handheld device
8	8,381,125		Device and method for resizing user interface content while maintaining an aspect ratio via snapping a perimeter to a gridline
9	8,381,122		Multi-dimensional application environment
10	8,381,107		Adaptive audio feedback system and method
11	8,381,101		Supporting platform-independent typesetting for documents
12	8,381,041		Program counter (PC) trace
13	8,380,991		Hash function based on polymorphic code
14	8,380,972		Parallelizing multiple boot images with virtual machines
15	8,380,959		Memory management system and method
16	8,380,948		Managing purgeable memory objects using purge groups
17	8,380,753		Reconstruction of lists in a document
18	8,380,669		Throttling to reduce synchronizations of excessively changing data
19	8,380,507		Systems and methods for determining the language to use for speech generated by a text to speech engine
20	8,380,459		Motion plane correction for MEMS-based input devices
21	8,380,209		Providing information to a caller based on a called mobile terminal's temporary directory number
22	8,380,008		Automatic image cropping
23	8,379,624		Transport for wireless radio access networks
24	8,379,576		Call admission control systems and methods for wireless networks
25	8,379,558		Sending an identifier of a wireless local area network to enable handoff of a mobile station to the wireless local area network
26	8,379,098		Real time video process control using gestures
27	8,379,058		Methods and apparatuses to arbitrarily transform windows
28	8,379,039		Reformatting content with proper color-region conversion
29	8,378,972		Keyboard with increased control of backlit keys
30	8,378,958		White point control in backlights
31	8,378,859		Memory compression technique with low latency per pixel
32	8,378,857		Illumination of input device
33	8,378,797		Method and apparatus for localization of haptic feedback
34	8,376,789		Jack assemblies with cylindrical contacts
35	8,376,776		Active electronic media device packaging
36	8,375,767		Mounted shock sensor

Thursday, February 14, 2013

2013-02-14 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20130042074	Prefetch Unit
2	20130041903	Categorization of Digital Media Based on Media Characteristics
3	20130041647	METHOD FOR DISAMBIGUATING MULTIPLE READINGS IN LANGUAGE CONVERSION
4	20130041513	THERMAL MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
5	20130040696	SINGLE USER INPUT MECHANISM FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE OPERATIONS
6	20130040536	FORCE-CONTROLLED SURFACE FINISHING THROUGH THE USE OF A PASSIVE MAGNETIC CONSTANT-FORCE DEVICE
7	20130040470	MAGNETIC INSERT AND RECEPTACLE FOR CONNECTOR SYSTEM
8	20130039601	Method and Apparatus for Managing Image-Processing Operations
9	20130039508	AUDIO JACK WITH INCLUDED MICROPHONE
10	20130039432	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MASKING VISUAL COMPRESSION ARTIFACTS IN DECODED VIDEO STREAMS
11	20130038771	IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE HAVING CONTINUOUS IMAGE CAPTURE
12	20130038740	DISPLAY LIGHT LEAKAGE
13	20130038615	LOW-POWER GPU STATES FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION
14	20130038609	Generating a Three-Dimensional Model Using a Portable Electronic Device Recording
15	20130038534	MOUSE WITH IMPROVED INPUT MECHANISMS USING TOUCH SENSORS
16	20130037318	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HOLES THROUGH PORTIONS OF A HOUSING

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

2013-02-12 Newly Issued Apple Patents

PAT. NO.		Title
1	D676,058		Display screen or portion thereof with icon
2	D676,019		Electronic device
3	8,375,458		System and method for authenticating code executing on computer system
4	8,375,369		Run-time code injection to perform checks
5	8,375,319		Progress indicator for loading dynamically-sized contents
6	8,375,312		Classifying digital media based on content
7	8,375,293		Method and apparatus for defining documents
8	8,375,112		Synchronization methods and systems
9	8,374,825		Personal items network, and associated methods
10	8,374,815		Self-calibrating test system
11	8,374,775		Adaptive sensor-based activity classification
12	8,374,730		Methods and apparatuses for dynamic thermal control
13	8,374,650		Methods for optimal collaborative MIMO-SDMA
14	8,374,630		Method and apparatus for determining the location of a wireless client device on a wireless network
15	8,374,378		Portable computer speaker grill structures
16	8,374,341		Hash function using a cue sports game process
17	8,374,284		Universal decoder
18	8,374,014		Rejuvenation of analog memory cells
19	8,373,729		Kickback compensation techniques
20	8,373,714		Virtualization of graphics resources and thread blocking
21	8,373,655		Adaptive acceleration of mouse cursor
22	8,373,610		Microslot antennas for electronic devices
23	8,373,549		Tactile feedback in an electronic device
24	8,373,470		Modular programmable delay line blocks for use in a delay locked loop
25	8,373,355		Brightness control of a status indicator light
26	8,372,502		Structures for containing liquid materials and maintaining part alignment during assembly operations
27	8,372,495		Electronic device enclosure using sandwich construction