Posts Tagged ‘Patent’

Shazam Chases Dutch Developer

July 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Landmark Digital Services, owner of the patents of the music recognition service, is chasing a Dutch developer who wanted to publish an open source version of Shazam for Java based mobile phones.

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Apple Patents Location Based Apps

May 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has received a new patent for location based applications. With this technology, Apple can push its advertising strategy beyond their iAd platform.

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Apple Patents Heartbeat ID

May 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has filed a patent to identify users based on their heartbeat. Through heartbeat identification, an iPhone should be aware of the person using it.

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Apple Files New Input Patent

February 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has thought up yet another way to control the iPhone. This time, the company filed a patent that describes finger based input via the onboard photo/video camera.

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iPhone Nano Patents Filed

July 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The iPhone Nano will come, though it might not carry that name. Apple has filed several patents from John G. Elias it received by acquiring his company FingerWorks back in 2005.

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Apple Receives Multi-Touch Patent

January 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The internet seems to have exploded today as nearly every tech news website is reporting on Apple's latest patent. The company has managed to patent it's excellent mult-touch technology.