Apple granted patent for the original iPod
Apple has been granted a patent (20120281344) for the original, click wheel iPod. The patent is for a “media player with a machined window undercut and transparent wall disposed therein.”
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Apple working on portable electronic device for photo management
An Apple patent (number 8305355) for a portable electronic device for photo management has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
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Apple patent is for portable computer accounts
Apple has been granted a patent (number 8307425) for portable computer accounts that could let you store your user accounts, authentication information and user home directories on an external storage media and transfer them from one device to another.
Measures are included for detecting tampering of stored information and for preventing possibly conflicting or damaging account and file information from entering a host device.
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Apple wins patent for heads-up display for manipulating media
Apple has been granted a patent (number 8307287) for a heads-up display for use in a media manipulation operation. The invention relates to media manipulation operations and, more specifically, to operations that manipulate media items relative to a timeline with which one or more other media items are associated.
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Apple granted patent for ionic cooling system
Apple has been granted a patent (number 8305728) by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for a . It involves a cooling system that blows ionized air through an electronic device, controlling its path by creating electromagnetic fields that can be dynamically adjusted to direct cooling where it’s needed.
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