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• Apple patent app reveals intelligent keyboard

  Published: July 31, 2007, 1:30 pm

  Tags: Apple, Iphone, Keyboard, Patent, Patent Application, Patentapplication, Patents

  out there somewhere, the patent application describing the aforementioned device has finally surfaced. Dubbed "Keyboards for Portable Electronic Devices," the documents outlines an adaptive board with multi-symbol icons, and aside from using it solely on the iPhone, it looks like the technology could be implemented on nearly any handheld

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• Microsoft envisions invasive approach to targeted advertising

  Published: July 31, 2007, 1:55 pm

  Tags: Ads, Advertising, Big Brother, Bigbrother, Marketing, Microsoft, Patent, Patent Application, Patentapplication, Targeted Ads, Targeted Advertising, Targetedads, Targetedadvertising

  heels of a similar ad-based patent application comes documentation that reveals plans to use "biometric sensors, cameras, remote controls, or other accessories" to detect and identify an individual before doling out targeted plugs. Yes, this certainly does insinuate that your television would be watching you just as often as you viewed it, but

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• Autism Stem Cell Therapy Patent Application Filed

  Published: August 1, 2007, 12:05 pm

  Tags: Autism Research, Autism Disorder, Patent Application, Stem Cell Autism Treatment, Medistem Laboratories Inc

  Medistem has numerous patent applications filed in the area of stem cell expansion, composition of matter, and therapeutic use. The patent application entitled "Stem Cell Therapy for Autism" covers patient selection, therapeutic combinations, and various stem cell types for the treatment of autism. About Medistem Laboratories, Inc.

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• Apple patent attack: the multi-touch gesture dictionary

  Published: August 2, 2007, 2:24 pm

  Tags: Apple, Dictionary, Gesture, Multi Touch, Patent, Patent Application, Patentapplication

  The unstoppable Apple patent machine has struck again. This time, the Cupertino-cash-cow has applied for a patent on a new multi-touch "dictionary" which would establish gestures, or "chords" in multi-touch systems. The dictionary would not only provide a guide and somewhat-programmable system of movements, but would also function as an

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• Nintendo patent application reveals plans for motion-sensing handheld

  Published: August 7, 2007, 1:33 pm

  Tags: Motion Sensing, Motionsensing, Nintendo, Patent, Patent Application, Patentapplication

  public, at least if a recent patent application is any indication. According to it, Nintendo has a new "game system" on the drawing board that incorporates acceleration sensors in a "housing" to detect movement and direction. Somewhat curiously, a significant chunk of the patent application has been marked as "cancelled," but the remaining bits

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• Revenge of Apple patent attack: giant laptop touchpad

  Published: August 9, 2007, 6:42 pm

  Tags: Apple, Macbook, Multi Touch, Multi Touch, Multitouch, Patent, Patent Application, Patentapplication, Touchpad, Trackpad

  though according to the patent documents, the system would be smart enough to distinguish between desired input and accidental movement. Clearly, this kind of technology puts Apple one step closer to its ultimate goal of really, really huge touchpads.Update - While this is a continuation of an older Apple patent, this is a new application

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• Microsoft's files Zune patent for "automatic delivery of personal content"

  Published: September 25, 2007, 10:03 am

  Tags: Automatic Downloads, Automaticdownloads, Content Downloads, Contentdownloads, Microsoft, Patent Application, Patentapplication, Patents, Playlists, Preferences, Zune

  seriously covered. In a new patent application unearthed last week, the boys in Redmond outline a scheme wherein new media -- whether it be podcasts, individual tracks, or albums -- would be downloaded to your Zune via WiFi if relevant new content appeared on the company's servers. What's relevant content, you ask? Well, say you had a number of

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• Nokia patent app reveals Sidekick wannabe

  Published: November 21, 2007, 2:00 pm

  Tags: Nokia, Patent Application, Patentapplication, Sidekick, Slider

  contender. In a recent patent application, Nokia details its vision for "compact devices with turn and slide concept," which looks an awful lot like a Sidekick save for the twistable apparatus on the side. To move the display and reveal the QWERTY keypad, users must turn the side-mounted knob, which subsequently shifts the LCD upwards and

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• Apple patent applications reveal updated multi-touch system

  Published: November 22, 2007, 11:47 am

  Tags: Apple, Apple Patent, Applepatent, Multi Touch, Patent, Patent Application, Patentapplication

  a bit in the form of various patent applications, and it now looks like it could be set to give the core system itself an update, at least according to a trio of just-revealed patent applications. he main one is an application that describes a "sensor arrangement for use with a touch sensor that identifies hand parts." Among other things, that'll

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• Nokia envisions fingerprint-reading cellphone displays

  Published: December 3, 2007, 4:51 pm

  Tags: Biometric, Biometrics, Fingerprint, Fingerprint Recognition, Fingerprintrecognition, Nokia, Patent, Patent App, Patent Application, Patentapp, Patentapplication

  revolutionary, but a recent patent application filed by Nokia could foreshadow mobile displays that recognize and react to biometric inputs. More specifically, the technology would see a touch-sensitive user interface that could allow / deny access or morph depending on what user swiped their finger. Moreover, a mysterious "visual display

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• Sony Ericsson cameraphones could support gesture control

  Published: December 6, 2007, 6:10 pm

  Tags: Gesture, Patent, Patent Application, Patentapplication, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Sonyericsson

  but a recent Sony Ericsson patent application could make 'em a bit more worthwhile. The patent describes a scenario where a user could input commands by simply gesturing in front of the lens, and the phone would then be able to decode certain actions and react accordingly. Apparently, one could answer a phone (in handsfree fashion, of course)

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• Nokia envisions another handheld gaming device / handset hybrid

  Published: December 20, 2007, 1:32 pm

  Tags: Gaming, Gaming Handset, Gaminghandset, Nokia, Patent, Patent App, Patent Application, Patentapp, Patentapplication

  shot at redemption. A fresh patent application from the outfit details a handheld device that acts as a phone, multimedia player and gaming machine, but rather than forcing users to feel as if they're handling an NES controller, this concoction provides two wings that slip down for added comfort. Whether or not this thing would double as an

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• Apple patent app details automatic iPod volume lowering

  Published: December 24, 2007, 8:31 am

  Tags: Apple, Ipod, Patent, Patent App, Patent Application, Patentapp, Patentapplication, Volume, Volume Limiter, Volumelimiter

  but if a newly surfaced patent application is any indication of the future, your next PMP from the Cupertino powerhouse could actually tone things down for you. Reportedly, the app explains that software could eventually keep track of how long -- and at what volume level -- you've been listening, and if it determines that you could be

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• Microsoft patent app reveals plans for monitoring group activities

  Published: January 3, 2008, 12:05 pm

  Tags: Microsoft, Patent, Patent Application, Patentapplication

  there, with a recent patent application revealing some of the company's plans for "monitoring group activities." To do that, Microsoft envisions a rather elaborate monitoring system that'd consist of an array of "physiological or environmental sensors." Those would be used to monitor heart rate, galvanic skin response, brain signals,

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• Sony Ericsson files patent on haptic gaming device, doesn't call it PSPhone

  Published: March 7, 2008, 9:57 am

  Tags: Concept, Gaming Phone, Gamingphone, Haptic Feedback, Hapticfeedback, Haptics, Patent Application, Patentapplication, Psp Phone, Pspphone, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Sonyericsson

  comes in the form of a new patent for a touchscreen handheld that forgoes physical buttons for a haptic-feedback scheme. The design mandates that the phone / game device would be free of the pesky clutter of regular buttons, and would instead by configurable to any number of forms (PSP, phone, MP3 player, digital camera) by arrangement of

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