A new patent (number 2012024673) at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office shows that Apple is working on an inductive charging mat for its iOS devices. The patent is for device-orientation based docking functions.
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Apple has filed for a patent for an “Intelligent Automated Assistant” (patent WO 2011/088053 A2) with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. It involves its Siri technology.
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I think that Apple has done a solid job of upgrading Siri in iOS 6. But there are still improvements that can be made.
For example, why can’t Siri check my call history? I say: “Siri, have I missed any calls?” Siri says: “Sorry, I cannot check call history.”
Missed calls shows up in my alerts, so why can’t my “personal assistant” check that for me? Seems like this would be a very handy feature for Apple to roll into the next Siri update….
— Dennis Sellers
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An Apple patent (number 8,275,924) has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for a smart dock for chaining accessories.
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Apple is working on ways to further improve photo taking on its iOS devices, per a patent (number 8274583) at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. It’s for radially-based chroma noise reduction for cameras.
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