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Thursday, February 7, 2013

2013-02-07 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20130036473	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BRANCH FUNCTION BASED OBFUSCATION
2	20130036461	IMAGE-BASED AUTHENTICATION
3	20130036392	GENERATING TEST BENCHES FOR PRE-SILICON VALIDATION OF RETIMED COMPLEX IC DESIGNS AGAINST A REFERENCE DESIGN
4	20130036380	Graphical User Interface for Tracking and Displaying Views of an Application
5	20130036335	DEVICES AND METHODS FOR BIT ERROR RATE MONITORING OF INTRA-PANEL DATA LINK
6	20130036330	EXECUTION DIFFERENCE IDENTIFICATION TOOL
7	20130036298	SECURELY RECOVERING A COMPUTING DEVICE
8	20130036293	PROCESSING VECTORS USING WRAPPING MINIMA AND MAXIMA INSTRUCTIONS IN THE MACROSCALAR ARCHITECTURE
9	20130036255	TESTING MEMORY SUBSYSTEM CONNECTIVITY
10	20130036254	DEBUGGING A MEMORY SUBSYSTEM
11	20130035778	HIGHLY PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICE
12	20130035209	DYNAMICALLY ADAPTIVE SCHEDULING SYSTEM
13	20130035091	Transmission Method and Related Base Station
14	20130035084	ADAPTIVE RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL RETRANSMISSION
15	20130035047	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ANTENNA ISOLATION-DEPENDENT COEXISTENCE IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS
16	20130035041	WIRELESS INTERFERENCE MITIGATION
17	20130035039	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRIGGERING NETWORK DEVICE DISCOVERY
18	20130034740	FUNCTIONALIZED NANO-SILICA FIBER COATING FOR USE AS AN ADHESIVE LAYER FOR INORGANIC FIBERS IN THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES
19	20130034727	ADHESIVE STACK WITH A CENTRAL SHEAR LAYER
20	20130034676	ADHESIVE STACK WITH A CENTRAL SHEAR LAYER
21	20130034234	HEARING AID DETECTION
22	20130034229	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS DATA PROTECTION
23	20130034227	SECURE PROVISIONING OF A PORTABLE DEVICE USING A REPRESENTATION OF A KEY
24	20130034188	Signal Transmitter Linearization
25	20130034151	FLEXIBLE CODEC SWITCHING
26	20130034075	MAC Packet Data Unit Construction for Wireless System
27	20130034049	Modulation Division Multiple Access
28	20130033986	Quality of Service Control in Multiple Hop Wireless Communication Environments
29	20130033983	Access Category Enforcement in Wireless Local Area Networks
30	20130033506	MULTI-CONTEXT GRAPHICS PROCESSING
31	20130033504	Seamless Display Migration

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

2013-02-05 Newly Issued Apple Patents

	PAT. NO.	Title
1	D675,639	Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface
2	D675,612	Electronic device
3	8,370,913	Policy-based auditing of identity credential disclosure by a secure token service
4	8,370,853	Event notification management
5	8,370,822	Compiling techniques for providing limited accuracy and enhanced performance granularity
6	8,370,754	Method and apparatus for providing a user with dynamic sync status
7	8,370,736	Methods and graphical user interfaces for editing on a multifunction device with a touch screen display
8	8,370,608	Copy-propagate, propagate-post, and propagate-prior instructions for processing vectors
9	8,370,603	Architecture for address mapping of managed non-volatile memory
10	8,370,555	Method and system for allowing a media player to determine if it supports the capabilities of an accessory
11	8,370,459	Method and user interface for accessing groups of media assets
12	8,370,419	Processing of metadata content and digital content received by a media distribution system
13	8,370,330	Predicting content and context performance based on performance history of users
14	8,370,097	Calibration techniques for an electronic compass in portable device
15	8,369,867	Location sharing
16	8,369,846	Personal area network systems and devices and methods for use thereof
17	8,369,837	Task management based on travel distance
18	8,369,785	Adapter for physically interfacing between an accessory and a device
19	8,369,702	Electronic devices with component mounting structures
20	8,369,564	Automatic generation and use of region of interest and domain of definition functions
21	8,369,534	Mode switching noise cancellation for microphone-speaker combinations used in two way audio communications
22	8,369,447	Predistortion with sectioned basis functions
23	8,369,284	Method and system for maintaining multiple PDN network connection during inter-technology handover in idle mode
24	8,369,262	Automated logon for diverse network access
25	8,369,141	Adaptive estimation of memory cell read thresholds
26	8,368,707	Memory management based on automatic full-screen detection
27	8,368,702	Policy-based switching between graphics-processing units
28	8,368,665	Portable electronic device, method, and graphical user interface for displaying electronic lists and documents
29	8,368,661	Method for fabricating touch sensor panels
30	8,368,654	Integrated touch sensor and solar assembly
31	8,368,645	Cursor transitions
32	8,368,643	Very small form factor consumer electronic product
33	8,368,602	Parallel-fed equal current density dipole antenna
34	8,368,444	Delay locked loop including a mechanism for reducing lock time
35	8,368,355	Portable electronic device power manager with current limit feedback control loop modification for stabilizing an external power supply
36	8,368,329	Method and apparatus for improved cooling fans
37	8,367,958	Button assembly with inverted dome switch
38	8,367,304	Techniques for marking product housings

Thursday, January 31, 2013

2013-01-31 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20130031302	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE STATUS OF MEMORY LOCATIONS IN A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
2	20130031298	INCLUDING PERFORMANCE-RELATED HINTS IN REQUESTS TO COMPOSITE MEMORY
3	20130031055	PEER-TO-PEER N-WAY SYNCING IN A DECENTRALIZED ENVIRONMENT
4	20130031009	AD-HOC CASH DISPENSING NETWORK
5	20130028443	DEVICES WITH ENHANCED AUDIO
6	20130028233	Allocating Resources in a Frequency-Time Space to Mobile Station Data
7	20130028197	Method for Updating and Managing Synchronization Identifier by using Release Messages or Status Request and Response
8	20130028170	RELAYING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH PARTNER RELAYS AND SELECTIVE TRANSMISSION
9	20130028155	MAC Packet Data Unit Construction for Wireless System
10	20130028122	METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS WITH RELAYS
11	20130027897	PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD RADIO-FREQUENCY SHIELDING STRUCTURES
12	20130027867	ACCESSORY DEVICE WITH MAGNETIC ATTACHMENT
13	20130027581	ADAPTIVE AUTO EXPOSURE ADJUSTMENT
14	20130027548	DEPTH PERCEPTION DEVICE AND SYSTEM
15	20130027427	Associating Digital Images with Waypoints
16	20130027404	SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR MANAGING COLLABORATION ON A VIRTUAL WORK OF ART
17	20130027303	Touch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Moving On-Screen Objects Without Using a Cursor
18	20130027297	3D REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM EMPLOYING ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE POSITION DETECTION
19	20130026013	DOME ARRAY FOR USE WITH A SWITCH
20	20130025746	TWIN ROLL SHEET CASTING OF BULK METALLIC GLASSES AND COMPOSITES IN AN INERT ENVIRONMENT

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

2013-01-29 Newly Issued Apple Patents

	PAT. NO.	Title
1	D675,215	USB device
2	D675,202	Electronic device
3	D675,198	Cover
4	D675,194	Earphone
5	8,365,192	Methods for managing authority designation of graphical user interfaces
6	8,365,184	Multi-core resource utilization planning
7	8,365,123	Automated pad ring generation for programmable logic device implementation of integrated circuit design
8	8,365,090	Device, method, and graphical user interface for zooming out on a touch-screen display
9	8,365,072	Identification of compound graphic elements in an unstructured document
10	8,364,987	Method and apparatus for implementing a sleep proxy for services on a network
11	8,364,965	Optimized integrity verification procedures
12	8,364,941	Switching drivers between processors
13	8,364,938	Running-AND, running-OR, running-XOR, and running-multiply instructions for processing vectors using a base value from a key element of an input vector
14	8,364,936	Processor employing split scheduler in which near, low latency operation dependencies are tracked separate from other operation dependencies
15	8,364,907	Converting victim writeback to a fill
16	8,364,855	Dynamic interpretation of user input in a portable electronic device
17	8,364,694	Search assistant for digital media assets
18	8,364,684	Methods for prefix indexing
19	8,364,680	Computer systems and methods for collecting, associating, and/or retrieving data
20	8,364,600	Performing a business transaction without disclosing sensitive identity information to a relying party
21	8,364,590	Motion based payment confirmation
22	8,364,389	Systems and methods for integrating a portable electronic device with a bicycle
23	8,364,294	Two-phase editing of signal data
24	8,364,191	Group call management
25	8,364,167	Providing location information for a mobile terminal from a wireless telephone service provider
26	8,364,139	Personal area network systems and devices and methods for use thereof
27	8,364,123	Managing notification messages
28	8,364,095	Minimum feedback radio architecture with digitally configurable adaptive linearization
29	8,364,090	Method and apparatus for wireless radio frequency test signal generation
30	8,364,032	Light isolating protective cover for small form factor electronic device
31	8,363,843	Methods, modules, and computer-readable recording media for providing a multi-channel convolution reverb
32	8,363,818	On-hold call monitoring systems and methods
33	8,363,739	Pilot scheme for a MIMO communication system
34	8,363,657	SIP-enabled framework for multi-domain roaming control plane in a WiMAX access network
35	8,363,594	Address spoofing prevention
36	8,363,540	Pilot signal in an FDMA communication system
37	8,363,523	Playing data from an optical media drive
38	8,363,027	Integrated touch screen
39	8,363,021	Method to compensate for the frequency dependence of sense signal preprocessing
40	8,362,955	Antenna system
41	8,362,805	Power switch ramp rate control using daisy-chained flops
42	8,362,793	Circuit boards including removable test point portions and configurable testing platforms
43	8,362,751	Harnessing power through electromagnetic induction utilizing printed coils
44	8,362,373	Keys with double-diving-board spring mechanisms
45	8,360,801	Contactless plug detect mechanism
46	8,360,718	Fan inlet and method
47	8,359,710	Portable computer clutch structures