Apple Inc. patents related to phones
Here you will find links to patents and patent applications by Apple for technologies used in its mobile products such as the iPhone, iPad, iTouch, and iPod. These include touch screens, image displays, media playback, computer interactions, and more.
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US 2005/0277452 A1
patent application
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Mobile phone carrying case
A carrying case attaching conventional personal mobile phone instruments on to the forearm or wrist of the phone's user in a manner that permits the mobile...
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15-Dec-2005 |
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US 5706397
patent document
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Speech recognition system with multi-level pruning for acoustic matching
A method of constructing a new active list of phone models from an existing active list of phone models during acoustic matching of a speech recognition system...
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06-Jan-1998 |
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| 3 |
US D506744 S1
patent document
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Ear phone and ear phone holder | 28-Jun-2005 |
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| 4 |
US D469753 S1
patent document
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Ear phone | 04-Feb-2003 |
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| 5 |
US 8131322 B2
patent document
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Enabling speaker phone mode of a portable voice communications device having a built-in camera
Apparatuses and methods of using a speaker phone mode of a portable voice communications device having a built-in camera are described herein. In one...
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06-Mar-2012 |
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| 6 |
US D515070 S1
patent document
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Ear phone | 14-Feb-2006 |
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| 7 |
US 2009/0171670 A1
patent application
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Systems and methods for altering speech during cellular phone use
The present invention includes systems and methods for altering a cellular phone user's speech so that the speech can be less bothersome to third parties in the...
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02-Jul-2009 |
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US 5878396
patent document
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Method and apparatus for synthetic speech in facial animation
The present invention utilizes a novel approach to facial imaging synchronized with synthetic speech. Mapping viseme images to a diphone requires the same...
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02-Mar-1999 |
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| 9 |
US 7667148 B2
patent document
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Method, device, and graphical user interface for dialing with a click wheel
One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which a portable communications device with a click wheel and a display detects a...
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23-Feb-2010 |
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| 10 |
US 2009/0149153 A1
patent application
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Method and system for prolonging emergency calls
Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that processes a phone call. During operation, the system connects the phone call from a mobile phone...
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11-Jun-2009 |
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| 11 |
EP 1808930 B1
patent document
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Téléphone mobile avec antenne intégrée suffisamment distante de la tête de l'utilisateur [Mobile telephone comprising an antenna sufficiently away from the head of the user] | 30-Nov-2011 |
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| 12 |
US D370671
patent document
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Cellular phone having a removable radio card | 11-Jun-1996 |
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| 13 |
US 2011/0111735 A1
patent application
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Phone hold mechanism
A portable communication device holds an incoming call for a user when the user is temporarily unavailable to pick up the call. In response to an incoming call...
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12-May-2011 |
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| 14 |
US D587677 S1
patent document
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Ear phone | 03-Mar-2009 |
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| 15 |
US D568291 S1
patent document
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Ear phone | 06-May-2008 |
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| 16 |
US D589491 S1
patent document
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Ear phone | 31-Mar-2009 |
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| 17 |
US 7860536 B2
patent document
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Telephone interface for a portable communication device
A method of using a portable communications device includes displaying a first image of a rotary dial in a display of the portable communications device in...
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28-Dec-2010 |
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| 18 |
US 7574672 B2
patent document
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Text entry interface for a portable communication device
A method includes displaying a first tray and a second tray in a display of the portable communications device. The first tray is configured to display one of...
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11-Aug-2009 |
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| 19 |
US 7715790 B1
patent document
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Methods and apparatuses for configuration automation
Methods and apparatuses for automated configuring of user preferences. In one aspect of the present invention, a method to operate a data processing system,...
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11-May-2010 |
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| 20 |
US 7694231 B2
patent document
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Keyboards for portable electronic devices
A plurality of icons are displayed on a touch-sensitive display. A respective icon in at least a subset of the plurality of icons corresponds to two or more...
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06-Apr-2010 |
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| 21 |
US 2008/0057890 A1
patent application
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Automated pairing of wireless accessories with host devices
Techniques that facilitate pairing of wireless accessory devices with wireless host devices are disclosed. Advantageously, the improved techniques permit...
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06-Mar-2008 |
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| 22 |
US 2006/0095848 A1
patent application
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Audio user interface for computing devices
An audio user interface that generates audio prompts that help a user interact with a user interface of a device is disclosed. One aspect of the present...
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04-May-2006 |
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| 23 |
US 2007/0067659 A1
patent application
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Charging of mobile devices
A system which enables battery powered devices such as notebook computers to efficiently charge smaller mobile devices such as music players, cell phones and...
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22-Mar-2007 |
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| 24 |
US 2007/0138999 A1
patent application
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Protecting electronic devices from extended unauthorized use
When unauthorized use of a device is suspected, a recharging mechanism (e.g., recharge-circuit) of the device is disabled in order to guard against extended...
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21-Jun-2007 |
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| 25 |
US 5586216
patent document
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Recording method and apparatus and audio data user interface
A method and apparatus for marking audio data as it is recorded, and a user interface for the audio data in a computerized system, is disclosed. A recorder,...
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17-Dec-1996 |
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| 26 |
US 5799280
patent document
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Recording method and apparatus and audio data user interface
A method and apparatus for marking audio data as it is recorded, and a user interface for the audio data in a computerized system, is disclosed. A recorder,...
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25-Aug-1998 |
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| 27 |
US 5680510
patent document
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System and method for generating and using context dependent sub-syllable models to recognize a tonal language
A speech recognition system for Mandarin Chinese comprises a preprocessor, HMM storage, speech identifier, and speech determinator. The speech identifier...
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21-Oct-1997 |
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| 28 |
US 8082523 B2
patent document
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Portable electronic device with graphical user interface supporting application switching
A portable electronic device displays, on a touch screen display, a user interface for a phone application during a phone call. In response to detecting...
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20-Dec-2011 |
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| 29 |
US 5645949
patent document
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Battery cell having an internal circuit for controlling its operation
A battery cell having a positive terminal, a negative terminal and a power producing core section (e.g., electrolyte) for systems, such as computer systems,...
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08-Jul-1997 |
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US 5622789
patent document
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Battery cell having an internal circuit for controlling its operation
A battery cell having a positive terminal, a negative terminal and a power producing core section (e.g., electrolyte) for systems, such as computer systems,...
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22-Apr-1997 |
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US 6868117 B1
patent document
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Splitter and microfilter dongle for a single RJ11 DSL/analog combo modem
A dongle for interfacing between a DSL/analog combo modem with a single RJ-11 jack and each of a DSL and analog phone outlets. The dongle in combination with...
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15-Mar-2005 |
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US 5515373
patent document
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Telecommunications interface for unified handling of varied analog-derived and digital data streams
A low-cost yet high-performance, moderate bandwidth (up to 2 Mbps) global telecommunications interface to new and existing computers allows high-performance,...
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07-May-1996 |
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US 8073324 B2
patent document
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Magnet array for coupling and aligning an accessory to an electronic device
Systems and methods are providing for aligning an accessory to an electronic device interface. In particular, some accessories such as optical filters and lens...
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06-Dec-2011 |
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US 5701515
patent document
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Interface for switching plurality of pin contacts to transmit data line and plurality of pin contacts to receive data line to interface with serial controller
An analog interface for a PC module and an electronic device which communicate through a standard 68-pin PC card digital interface. The PC module includes a...
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23-Dec-1997 |
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| 35 |
US 7962031 B2
patent document
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Pulsed control of camera flash
Input from a user is received, to take a picture. A camera flash is signaled to produce multiple flash pulses during a single shutter cycle of the picture. The...
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14-Jun-2011 |
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| 36 |
US 8060627 B2
patent document
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Device-to-device workflows
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for performing a workflow with two or more electronic devices. Embodiments include an initiator electronic device...
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15-Nov-2011 |
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| 37 |
US 7812826 B2
patent document
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Portable electronic device with multi-touch input
A portable communication device with multi-touch input detects one or more multi-touch contacts and motions and performs one or more operations on an object...
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12-Oct-2010 |
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| 38 |
US 8041291 B2
patent document
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Delivering content to mobile electronic communications devices
Methods, apparatuses, and machine readable media relating to content delivery are described herein. A method, according to one embodiment described herein,...
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18-Oct-2011 |
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| 39 |
US 7975242 B2
patent document
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Portable multifunction device, method, and graphical user interface for conference calling
In some embodiments, a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display performs a method that includes: displaying a phone call user interface on the...
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05-Jul-2011 |
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US 7864163 B2
patent document
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Portable electronic device, method, and graphical user interface for displaying structured electronic documents
A computer-implemented method, for use in conjunction with a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, comprises displaying at least a portion of...
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04-Jan-2011 |
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US 7710290 B2
patent document
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System and method for situational location relevant invocable speed reference
Situational location dependent information is transmitted from a server data processing system to a receiving data processing system. The server data processing...
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04-May-2010 |
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US 7623078 B2
patent document
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Antenna for portable electronic device wireless communications adapter
Antennas are provided for portable electronic devices. A portable electronic device may have a port that receives a wireless communications adapter. The adapter...
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24-Nov-2009 |
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US 7996792 B2
patent document
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Voicemail manager for portable multifunction device
A computer-implemented method for management of voicemail messages, performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, includes: displaying...
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09-Aug-2011 |
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US 8131645 B2
patent document
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System and method for processing media gifts
Various techniques are provided for the gifting between multiple electronic devices of media content provided by an online digital media provider. An offer and...
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06-Mar-2012 |
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US 2009/0144575 A1
patent application
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Charging of mobile devices
A system which enables battery powered devices such as notebook computers to efficiently charge smaller mobile devices such as music players, cell phones and...
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04-Jun-2009 |
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| 46 |
US 2007/0180383 A1
patent application
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Audio user interface for computing devices
An audio user interface that generates audio prompts that help a user interact with a user interface of a computing device is disclosed. The audio prompts can...
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02-Aug-2007 |
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US 2010/0273356 A1
patent application
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Apparatus and methods for connecting two electrical devices together
Methods and apparatus are provided for connecting together two audio components that have different size connectors and/or a different configuration of...
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28-Oct-2010 |
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US 2009/0006600 A1
patent application
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Network identification and configuration using network signature
Methods, computer program products, systems and data structures for generating a signature for a network are described. A network signature may include, for...
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01-Jan-2009 |
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US 8014760 B2
patent document
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Missed telephone call management for a portable multifunction device
In one aspect of the invention, a computer-implemented method is disclosed for use in conjunction with a portable electronic device with a touch screen display....
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06-Sep-2011 |
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US 2011/0295721 A1
patent application
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User information and distribution system
Method and system for managing personal information about members in a data storage unit and distributing digital communication to the members. The data storage...
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01-Dec-2011 |
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US 8166144 B2
patent document
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Network identification and configuration using network signature
Methods, computer program products, systems and data structures for generating a signature for a network are described. A network signature may include, for...
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24-Apr-2012 |
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US 2010/0303227 A1
patent application
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On-hold call monitoring systems and methods
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring telephone calls that are placed on hold. The telephone calls may be between user electronic devices and call...
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02-Dec-2010 |
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US 2010/0319053 A1
patent application
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Devices with profile-based operating mode controls
A device (e.g., a phone) can be provided by an entity (e.g., a business) to a user (e.g., an employee). The device includes a profile manager that allows the...
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16-Dec-2010 |
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US 2010/0011135 A1
patent application
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Synchronization of real-time media playback status
In a system comprising a content performance device, multiple status display devices can communicate with the performance device to receive messages updating...
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14-Jan-2010 |
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US 2011/0309839 A1
patent application
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Device calibration for battery type identification
Some embodiments provide a system that facilitates use of an electronic device. The electronic device may be a keyboard, a mouse, a trackpad, a remote control,...
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22-Dec-2011 |
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US 2009/0289789 A1
patent application
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Event recorder for portable media device
Operational parametric sensing and event recording capabilities are provided for portable electronic devices such as media players, cell phones, laptop...
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26-Nov-2009 |
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US 2010/0078475 A1
patent application
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System and method for transportation check-in
There is provided a method and system for transportation check-in (e.g., ticketing and identification) via near field communication (NFC) using a handheld...
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01-Apr-2010 |
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US 2009/0177617 A1
patent application
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Systems, methods and apparatus for providing unread message alerts
The present invention includes systems, apparatus and methods for providing message alerts to a user prior to that user communicating with a second party. The...
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09-Jul-2009 |
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US 2008/0204218 A1
patent application
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Event recorder for portable media device
Operational parametric sensing and event recording capabilities are provided for portable electronic devices such as media players, cell phones, laptop...
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28-Aug-2008 |
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US 2009/0245931 A1
patent application
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Small lanyard connector for low profile device
A miniaturized attachment mechanism for attaching a lanyard to a cell phone, MP3 player or other portable device having a hole in its outer casing is disclosed....
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01-Oct-2009 |
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US 2009/0004923 A1
patent application
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Apparatus and methods for connecting two electrical devices together
Methods and apparatus are provided for connecting together two audio components that have different size connectors and/or a different configuration of...
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01-Jan-2009 |
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US 2011/0249668 A1
patent application
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Opportunistic Multitasking
Services for a personal electronic device are provided through which a form of background processing or multitasking is supported. The disclosed services permit...
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13-Oct-2011 |
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US 2010/0007458 A1
patent application
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Updating properties of remote a/V performance nodes
Aspects include systems, computer readable media and methods for remotely updating properties of Audio/Visual (A/V) performance nodes that can receive A/V...
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14-Jan-2010 |
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US 7959065 B2
patent document
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Custom content gift cards
There is provided a customized gift card and methods for customizing the gift card with buyer-selected downloadable content. A buyer may associate pre-purchased...
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14-Jun-2011 |
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| 65 |
US 8154650 B2
patent document
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Electronic device having a camera flash redirector
An electronic camera device has an imaging sensor to capture an image of a scene, a flash to illuminate the scene for capture by the sensor, and an evaluator to...
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10-Apr-2012 |
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US 8001011 B2
patent document
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Method and apparatus for deferred purchasing of marked digital media items
Techniques for interacting with an online media store using a first device to identify a digital media item of interest to a user of the first device, using the...
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16-Aug-2011 |
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US 7739151 B2
patent document
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Reservation of digital media items
Techniques for interacting with an online media store using a first device to identify a digital media item of interest to a user of the first device, using the...
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15-Jun-2010 |
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US 7956849 B2
patent document
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Video manager for portable multifunction device
A video player for a portable multifunction device is disclosed. In some embodiments, a list of video items is displayed in a portrait orientation of a touch...
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07-Jun-2011 |
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US 2009/0290296 A1
patent application
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Small lanyard connector for low profile device
A miniaturized attachment mechanism for attaching a lanyard to a cell phone, MP3 player or other portable device having a hole in its outer casing is disclosed....
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26-Nov-2009 |
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| 70 |
US 7590772 B2
patent document
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Audio status information for a portable electronic device
Improved techniques for providing status information associated with an electronic device to its user in an audible manner are disclosed. The status information...
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15-Sep-2009 |
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US 7671756 B2
patent document
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Portable electronic device with alert silencing
In some embodiments, audible alerts issued by a portable electronic device can be silenced in response to user smacks on the body of the device. These audible...
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02-Mar-2010 |
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US 8150058 B2
patent document
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Mode switching noise cancellation for microphone-speaker combinations used in two way audio communications
An audio host device has an electrical interface having a speaker contact, a microphone contact, and a reference contact. The reference contact is shared by a...
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03-Apr-2012 |
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US 7430679 B2
patent document
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Charging of mobile devices
A system which enables battery powered devices such as notebook computers to efficiently charge smaller mobile devices such as music players, cell phones and...
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30-Sep-2008 |
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| 74 |
US 8144129 B2
patent document
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Flexible touch sensing circuits
One or more multi-touch skins can placed along three dimensions of an object. The one or more multi-touch skins enable multi-touch inputs during the operation...
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27-Mar-2012 |
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US 7728558 B2
patent document
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Systems and methods for selectively changing current limit of a battery controller
Systems and methods for selectively changing the current threshold of current limiting circuitry are provided. The current limit threshold of current limiting...
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01-Jun-2010 |
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US 7912501 B2
patent document
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Audio I/O headset plug and plug detection circuitry
A single prong, multiple signal conducting plug and plug detection circuitry is provided. The plug may be electrically coupled to a stereo headset including a...
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22-Mar-2011 |
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US 8095799 B2
patent document
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Ticket authorized secure installation and boot
A method and apparatus for secure software installation to boot a device authorized by a ticket are described herein. A ticket request including a device...
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10-Jan-2012 |
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| 78 |
US 2011/0258426 A1
patent application
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Booting and configuring a subsystem securely from non-local storage
According to one aspect, a multifunctional computing device having a wireless communications processor (e.g., cellular processor) and an application processor...
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20-Oct-2011 |
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| 79 |
US 7780478 B2
patent document
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Apparatus and methods for connecting two electrical devices together
Methods and apparatus are provided for connecting together two audio components that have different size connectors and/or a different configuration of...
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24-Aug-2010 |
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| 80 |
US 8170623 B2
patent document
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Charging arrangement for electronic accessories
An arrangement for charging an electronic accessory (such as a wireless headset) using a docking station that obtains power from at least one of a power port...
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01-May-2012 |
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| 81 |
US 7589629 B2
patent document
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Event recorder for portable media device
Operational parametric sensing and event recording capabilities are provided for portable electronic devices such as media players, cell phones, laptop...
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15-Sep-2009 |
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US 7479949 B2
patent document
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Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics
A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a computing device with a touch screen display comprises: detecting one or more finger contacts with...
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20-Jan-2009 |
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US 8067701 B2
patent document
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I/O connectors with extendable faraday cage
An apparatus providing one or more I/O connections to a computer. The apparatus includes a Faraday cage generally about a flex cable, or other computing...
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29-Nov-2011 |
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US 8171432 B2
patent document
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Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for displaying and selecting application options
In accordance with some embodiments, a flat version of an application interface is displayed. In response to detecting a user gesture on a view options icon...
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01-May-2012 |
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US 7983307 B2
patent document
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Communication apparatus and communication method
A hybrid terminal of a mobile phone and a digital broadcast receiver allows calling on the mobile phone while at the same time receiving a digital broadcast...
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19-Jul-2011 |
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| 86 |
US 7593782 B2
patent document
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Highly portable media device
An improved portable media device and methods for operating a media device are disclosed. According to one aspect, the portable media device can also function...
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22-Sep-2009 |
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| 87 |
US 8090767 B2
patent document
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Pairing and storage access scheme between a handheld device and a computing system
A method is described that involves detecting the presence of a pairing partner. Prior to establishing a paired relationship with the pairing partner, a user is...
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03-Jan-2012 |
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US 7881564 B2
patent document
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Image scaling arrangement
Methods and system for transferring images between devices are disclosed. For example, differently scaled images by a host device may automatically and/or...
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01-Feb-2011 |
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US 7729791 B2
patent document
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Portable media playback device including user interface event passthrough to non-media-playback processing
A method of operating a portable electronics device can include integrated operation of media playback processing and non-media-playback processing (such as,...
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01-Jun-2010 |
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US 8020105 B1
patent document
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Unified user interface for instant messaging and email
The present invention relates to a unified user interface for instant messaging and electronic mail. In one aspect, a single user interface is provided to allow...
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13-Sep-2011 |
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US 8140418 B1
patent document
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Cardholder-not-present authorization
There is provided a method and system for real-time authorization of cardholder-not-present transactions. An authorization request application may be...
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20-Mar-2012 |
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US 7735012 B2
patent document
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Audio user interface for computing devices
An audio user interface that generates audio prompts that help a user interact with a user interface of a device is disclosed. One aspect of the present...
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08-Jun-2010 |
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US D613300 S1
patent document
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Animated graphical user interface for a display screen or portion thereof | 06-Apr-2010 |
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US D609715 S1
patent document
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Animated graphical user interface for a display screen or portion thereof | 09-Feb-2010 |
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US 7565036 B2
patent document
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Image scaling arrangement
Methods and system for transferring images between devices is disclosed. For example, differently scaled images by a host device may automatically and/or...
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21-Jul-2009 |
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US 7433546 B2
patent document
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Image scaling arrangement
Methods and system for transferring images between devices is disclosed. For example, differently scaled images by a host device may automatically and/or...
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07-Oct-2008 |
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US D624932 S1
patent document
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Animated graphical user interface for a display screen or portion thereof | 05-Oct-2010 |
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US D615989 S1
patent document
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Animated graphical user interface for a display screen or portion thereof | 18-May-2010 |
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US 7673238 B2
patent document
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Portable media device with video acceleration capabilities
Improved techniques for performing accelerated video presentation on a media device are disclosed. The improved techniques enable smooth, uniform accelerated...
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02-Mar-2010 |
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US 8106856 B2
patent document
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Portable electronic device for photo management
A portable electronic device with a touch screen display for photo management is disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method...
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31-Jan-2012 |
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