Year: 2010

Apple patents involve digital audio input, video acquisition, more

Apple patents involving digital audio input, video acquisition and more have appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. Here’s a look at each of them.

Patent number 7,710,294 is for an externally clocked digital audio input, determining a valid clock and muting audio during synchronization. The present invention relates broadly to digital input in a computer device. Specifically, the present invention relates to clock synchronization in a device that supports digital audio input.

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FTC eyeing iPhone licensing changes, iAd

U.S. antitrust enforcers are eyeing the changes that Apple has made to its licensing agreement with iPhone application developers and are likely to open a preliminary investigation into whether the company’s actions stifle competition in mobile devices, “people familiar with the situation” told “The Wall Street Journal” (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703612804575222553091495816.html?mod=rss_whats_news_technology&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Fxml%2Frss%2F3_7015+%28WSJ.com%3A+What%27s+News+Technology%29).

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