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Apple patent applications published on 11 March 2010

Administrator — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:41:21 +0000

28 US patent applications published on 11 March 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	20100064255	CONTEXTUAL MENUS IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
2	20100064223	OBJECT-AWARE TRANSITIONS
3	20100064222	OBJECT-AWARE TRANSITIONS
4	20100064218	AUDIO USER INTERFACE
5	20100064113	MEMORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
6	20100064061	PROVIDING SUBSTANTIALLY IMMEDIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO INPUT EVENT
7	20100064053	RADIO WITH PERSONAL DJ
8	20100063964	Portable Browsing Interface for Information Retrieval
9	20100063825	Systems and Methods for Memory Management and Crossfading in an Electronic Device
10	20100063818	MULTI-TIERED VOICE FEEDBACK IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
11	20100062905	METHOD FOR QUICKSTART WORKOUT GENERATION AND CALIBRATION
12	20100062818	REAL-TIME INTERACTION WITH A VIRTUAL COMPETITOR WHILE PERFORMING AN EXERCISE ROUTINE
13	20100062656	Low Profile Plug Receptacle
14	20100062615	Dock with flippable connector
15	20100061659	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPTH SENSING KEYSTONING
16	20100061055	HANDHELD COMPUTING DEVICE
17	20100061040	HANDHELD COMPUTING DEVICE
18	20100061039	ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY
19	20100060911	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COLOR UNIFORMITY
20	20100060803	PROJECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
21	20100060667	ANGULARLY DEPENDENT DISPLAY OPTIMIZED FOR MULTIPLE VIEWING ANGLES
22	20100060646	ARBITRARY FRACTIONAL PIXEL MOVEMENT
23	20100060608	CORRECTION OF PARASITIC CAPACITANCE EFFECT IN TOUCH SENSOR PANELS
24	20100060593	Phase compensation for multi-stimulus controller
25	20100060573	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INCREMENTAL PREDICTION OF INPUT DEVICE MOTION
26	20100060568	CURVED SURFACE INPUT DEVICE WITH NORMALIZED CAPACITIVE SENSING
27	20100059295	Single-chip multi-stimulus sensor controller
28	20100059294	BANDWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FOR A TOUCH SENSOR PANEL

Apple patents granted on 09 March 2010

Administrator — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:39:44 +0000

6 US patents granted on 09 March 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	D611,470	Electronic device
2	D611,469	Electronic device
3	D611,415	Power module
4	7,675,746	Docking station for hand held electronic devices
5	7,675,529	Method and apparatus to scale graphical user interfaces
6	7,675,525	Deep pixel display and data format

Apple patent applications published on 04 March 2010

Administrator — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:20:07 +0000

21 US patent applications published on 04 March 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	20100058477	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REVISING BOOLEAN AND ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS
2	20100058303	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONAL EXPANSION OBFUSCATION
3	20100058301	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BRANCH EXTRACTION OBFUSCATION
4	20100058251	OMNIDIRECTIONAL GESTURE DETECTION
5	20100058240	Dynamic Control of List Navigation Based on List Item Properties
6	20100058037	RUNNING-SHIFT INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROCESSING VECTORS
7	20100057946	TYPE A USB RECEPTACLE WITH PLUG DETECTION
8	20100057576	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO INSERTION INTO MEDIA STREAM OR FILE
9	20100056130	Remote Control of Electronic Devices
10	20100054715	IMAGE SCALING ARRANGEMENT
11	20100054497	Techniques for Customizing Control of Volume Level in Device Playback
12	20100054461	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING BLOCK CIPHER ALGORITHMS ON ATTACKER-CONTROLLED SYSTEMS
13	20100054459	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODULUS OBFUSCATION
14	20100054435	Remote Control of Electronic Devices
15	20100053885	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING ELECTRONIC DEVICES USING THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE HINGE ASSEMBLIES
16	20100053883	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING ELECTRONIC DEVICES THROUGH USER INTERFACES
17	20100053391	MINIATURIZED IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME
18	20100052870	INTELLIGENT INFRARED REMOTE PAIRING
19	20100052843	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAVING AND RESTORING SCENES IN A MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM
20	20100051243	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING ELECTRONIC DEVICES USING FLOW SENSORS
21	20100050658	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING ELECTRONIC DEVICES USING THERMOELECTRIC COOLING COMPONENTS

Apple patents granted on 02 March 2010

Administrator — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:12:14 +0000

16 US patents granted on 02 March 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	D611,045	Portable computer
2	D611,044	Electronic device
3	D611,043	Portable computer
4	7,673,238	Portable media device with video acceleration capabilities
5	7,673,127	Method and apparatus for enabling a computer system by loading and executing an updated hardware specific boot routine to modify the operating system
6	7,673,083	Method and system for controlling video selection and playback in a portable media player
7	7,672,968	Displaying a tooltip associated with a concurrently displayed database object
8	7,672,962	Methods and systems for managing data
9	7,672,464	Locating and correcting undesirable effects in signals that represent time-based media
10	7,672,142	Grounded flexible circuits
11	7,671,840	User interface control for changing a parameter
12	7,671,837	Scrolling input arrangements using capacitive sensors on a flexible membrane
13	7,671,804	Tunable antennas for handheld devices
14	7,671,756	Portable electronic device with alert silencing
15	7,671,561	Host machines for battery charging system
16	7,671,559	Battery charging system and mobile and accessory devices

Apple patent applications published on 25 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:35:44 +0000

11 US patent applications published on 25 February 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	20100049951	RUNNING-AND, RUNNING-OR, RUNNING-XOR, AND RUNNING-MULTIPLY INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROCESSING VECTORS
2	20100049950	RUNNING-SUM INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROCESSING VECTORS
3	20100049862	Personalized streaming digital content
4	20100049836	AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION INFORMATION GENERATION FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
5	20100049720	SYNCHING DATA
6	20100049350	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING STORED DATA BETWEEN A MEDIA PLAYER AND AN ACCESSORY
7	20100046771	MULTIPLE-USE ACOUSTIC PORT
8	20100046766	ADJUSTMENT OF ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES BASED ON PROXIMITY DETECTION
9	20100045643	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING CIRCUIT OPERATIONS
10	20100045627	SHAPE DETECTING INPUT DEVICE
11	20100044067	FLEXIBLE SHIELDED CABLE

Apple patents granted on 23 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:52:57 +0000

11 US patents granted on 23 February 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	7,669,145	Multi-repository display system using separate presentation, adaption and access layers
2	7,669,134	Method and apparatus for displaying information during an instant messaging session
3	7,669,130	Dynamic real-time playback
4	7,669,113	Media stream synchronization using device and host clocks
5	7,668,894	Computation of power functions using polynomial approximations
6	7,668,244	Method and apparatus for increasing data transfer rates through a communication channel
7	7,668,240	Method and apparatus for variable accuracy inter-picture timing specification for digital video encoding
8	7,668,099	Synthesis of vertical blanking signal
9	7,667,709	System and method for processing graphics operations with graphics processing unit
10	7,667,148	Method, device, and graphical user interface for dialing with a click wheel
11	7,667,124	Graphical user interface and methods of use thereof in a multimedia player

Apple patent applications published on 18 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:40:38 +0000

17 US patent applications published on 18 February 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	20100042954	Motion based input selection
2	20100042926	THEME-BASED SLIDESHOWS
3	20100042922	CUSTOMIZABLE, DYNAMIC AND ON-DEMAND DATABASE-INFORMER FOR RELATIONAL DATABASES
4	20100042900	Write Failure Handling of MLC NAND
5	20100042874	DEVICE TESTING METHOD AND ARCHITECTURE
6	20100042826	Dynamic Control of Device State Based on Detected Environment
7	20100042818	COPY-PROPAGATE, PROPAGATE-POST, AND PROPAGATE-PRIOR INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROCESSING VECTORS
8	20100042817	SHIFT-IN-RIGHT INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROCESSING VECTORS
9	20100042816	BREAK, PRE-BREAK, AND REMAINING INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROCESSING VECTORS
10	20100042815	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING PROGRAM CODE
11	20100042807	INCREMENT-PROPAGATE AND DECREMENT-PROPAGATE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROCESSING VECTORS
12	20100042789	CHECK-HAZARD INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROCESSING VECTORS
13	20100042358	MOTION PLANE CORRECTION FOR MEMS-BASED INPUT DEVICES
14	20100041382	Unified Settings for Multiple Account Types
15	20100039530	Apparatus and Method for Compensating for Variations in Digital Cameras
16	20100039394	HYBRID INERTIAL AND TOUCH SENSING INPUT DEVICE
17	20100039381	ROTATABLE INPUT DEVICE

Apple patents granted on 16 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:16:13 +0000

12 US patents granted on 16 February 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	D610,161	Graphical user interface for a display screen or portion thereof
2	D610,160	Graphical user interface for a display screen or portion thereof
3	D610,138	Computer
4	D610,128	Stand
5	D610,126	Media player
6	7,665,039	Method and apparatus for controlling a display of a data processing system
7	7,665,038	Method and apparatus for controlling a display of a data process system
8	7,665,017	Computer system integrating different data types into a single environment
9	7,664,558	Efficient techniques for modifying audio playback rates
10	7,663,691	Image capture using display device as light source
11	7,663,607	Multipoint touchscreen
12	7,663,601	Hybrid low power computer mouse

Apple patent applications published on 11 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:22:19 +0000

6 US patent applications published on 11 February 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	20100037154	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BINDING USER INTERFACE OBJECTS TO APPLICATION OBJECTS
2	20100037076	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING DEVICE HIBERNATION
3	20100035598	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION OUT OF RANGE INDICATION
4	20100035441	MAGNETIC CONNECTOR FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE
5	20100033422	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING MOTION SENSOR GENERATED DATA
6	20100032462	ARMBAND FOR HOLDING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Apple patents granted on 09 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:44:31 +0000

11 US patents granted on 09 February 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	RE41,113	Systems and methods for replacing open windows in a graphical user interface
2	D609,715	Animated graphical user interface for a display screen or portion thereof
3	D609,705	Monitor
4	7,660,929	Connector interface system for a multi-communication device
5	7,660,831	Synchronization methods and systems
6	7,660,749	Method, system, and medium for representing visitor activity in an online store
7	7,660,127	Electrical components coupled to circuit boards
8	7,660,104	User interface component with a removable cover
9	7,659,896	Method and apparatus for chaining two or more tweens to provide non-linear multimedia effects
10	7,658,626	Connector system
11	7,658,095	Water detection arrangement

Apple patent applications published on 04 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:35:06 +0000

6 US patent applications published on 04 February 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	20100031085	METHOD FOR REDUCING HOST DEVICE TO ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMMUNICATION ERRORS
2	20100030928	MEDIA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE
3	20100027958	Previewing Effects Applicable to Digital Media Content
4	20100027907	DIFFERENTIAL IMAGE ENHANCEMENT
5	20100026656	CAPACITIVE SENSOR BEHIND BLACK MASK
6	20100026623	VELOCITY STABILIZATION FOR ACCELEROMETER BASED INPUT DEVICES

Apple patents granted on 02 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:08:52 +0000

7 US patents granted on 02 February 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	7,657,849	Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image
2	7,657,686	Method and apparatus for frame buffer management
3	7,657,459	Techniques for acquiring a media season of digital media assets
4	7,656,623	Methods and apparatus for charging a battery in a peripheral device
5	7,656,394	User interface gestures
6	7,656,393	Electronic device having display and surrounding touch sensitive bezel for user interface and control
7	7,655,937	Remote control systems that can distinguish stray light sources

Apple patent applications published on 28 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:24:15 +0000

6 US patent applications published on 28 January 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	20100022283	Systems and methods for noise cancellation and power management in a wireless headset
2	20100022269	Systems and methods for accelerometer usage in a wireless headset
3	20100020604	SHIFTING REFERENCE VALUES TO ACCOUNT FOR VOLTAGE SAG
4	20100020044	LIGHT SENSITIVE DISPLAY WITH SWITCHABLE DETECTION MODES
5	20100020004	LED BACKLIGHT DRIVER SYNCHRONIZATION AND POWER REDUCTION
6	20100018844	HOLD SWITCH

Apple patents granted on 26 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:56:40 +0000

13 US patents granted on 26 January 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	RE41,088	Apparatus and method for rotating the display orientation of a captured image
2	D608,763	Electronic device
3	7,653,883	Proximity detector in handheld device
4	7,653,776	Method and apparatus for selectively switching IC ports to card slots through the use of three switches per switch group
5	7,653,755	Method and apparatus for determining communication paths
6	7,653,719	Automatic detection of channel bandwidth
7	7,653,685	Methods and apparatuses for transferring streaming multimedia data and various types of data associated therewith in a network environment
8	7,653,550	Interface for providing modeless timeline based selection of an audio or video file
9	7,653,250	Adjusting sampling rate for encoding
10	7,652,678	Partial display updates in a windowing system using a programmable graphics processing unit
11	7,652,676	Systems and methods for color managing content elements on a display device
12	7,652,504	Low latency, power-down safe level shifter
13	7,652,494	Operating an integrated circuit at a minimum supply voltage

Apple patent applications published on 21 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:29:41 +0000

8 US patent applications published on 21 January 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	20100017506	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING DATA AND BANDWIDTH USAGE
2	20100017118	PARKING & LOCATION MANAGEMENT PROCESSES & ALERTS
3	20100014678	Cryptographic system using chaotic dynamics
4	20100013796	LIGHT SENSITIVE DISPLAY WITH OBJECT DETECTION CALIBRATION
5	20100013794	LIGHT SENSITIVE DISPLAY WITH MULTIPLE DATA SET OBJECT DETECTION
6	20100013793	LIGHT SENSITIVE DISPLAY WITH PRESSURE SENSOR
7	20100013768	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING COMBINATIONS OF KINEMATICAL INPUTS
8	20100013309	POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUITRY AND SOLAR CELLS

Apple patents granted on 19 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:38:02 +0000

10 US patents granted on 19 January 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	D608,366	Graphical user interface for a display screen or portion thereof
2	D608,352	Dock insert
3	D608,342	Media device
4	7,650,507	Small memory footprint fast elliptic encryption
5	7,650,452	Method and apparatus for arbitration and fairness on a full-duplex bus using dual phases
6	7,650,447	System and method for a host to access an internal SATA storage device within an accessible host using an external serial ATA connection
7	7,650,137	Account information display for portable communication device
8	7,650,007	Lanyard for handheld electronic device
9	7,649,744	Handheld computing device
10	7,649,526	Soft key interaction indicator

Apple patent applications published on 14 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:08:41 +0000

20 US patent applications published on 14 January 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	20100011415	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN UPLOAD OF A PROGRAM WITH EXPORT COMPLIANCE INFORMATION
2	20100011354	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCALIZING DISPLAY OF APPLICATIONS FOR DOWNLOAD
3	20100011319	Graphical user interface having contextual menus
4	20100011306	Data-driven layout engine
5	20100011304	ADDING A CONTACT TO A HOME SCREEN
6	20100011299	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCING A USER INTERFACE ON A SERVER DEVICE TO A USER INTERFACE ON A CLIENT DEVICE
7	20100011292	Collaborative media production
8	20100011258	Coordinating the Execution of System and Database Scripts in a Database Server
9	20100011135	SYNCHRONIZATION OF REAL-TIME MEDIA PLAYBACK STATUS
10	20100011117	VIDEO STREAMING USING MULTIPLE CHANNELS
11	20100011052	SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REGULATING DATA TRAFFIC BETWEEN A CLIENT DEVICE AND A SERVER
12	20100010857	INTELLIGENT POWER MONITORING
13	20100010648	AUTO-STATION TUNING
14	20100009575	Audio plug with cosmetic hard shell
15	20100008650	MULTI-MODEL MODES OF ONE DEVICE
16	20100008419	Hierarchical Bi-Directional P Frames
17	20100008040	COLD-DRAWN HOUSING FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE
18	20100008030	MICROPERFORATED AND BACKLIT DISPLAYS HAVING ALTERNATIVE DISPLAY CAPABILITIES
19	20100007473	INTELLIGENT POWER-ENABLED COMMUNICATIONS PORT
20	20100007458	UPDATING PROPERTIES OF REMOTE A/V PERFORMANCE NODES

Apple patents granted on 12 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:10:22 +0000

7 US patents granted on 12 January 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	D607,869	Electronic device
2	D607,831	Connector
3	7,647,518	Replay reduction for power saving
4	7,646,613	Multi-point latch mechanism with a single control
5	7,646,437	Look-ahead system and method for pan and zoom detection in video sequences
6	7,646,391	Systems and methods for color managing content elements on a display device
7	7,645,143	Magnetic connector for electronic device

Apple patent applications published on 07 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:42:06 +0000

2 US patent applications published on 07 January 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	20100002564	Method and device for hard drive shock event detection
2	20100001973	DISPLAY WITH DUAL-FUNCTION CAPACITIVE ELEMENTS

Apple patents granted on 05 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:45:04 +0000

16 US patents granted on 05 January 2010 and assigned to Apple

1	D607,469	Graphical user interface for a display screen or portion thereof
2	D607,198	Electronic device holder
3	7,644,397	Software performance analysis using data mining
4	7,644,099	Dynamic generation and automated distribution of user interface from database model
5	7,643,990	Global boundary-centric feature extraction and associated discontinuity metrics
6	7,643,895	Portable media device with workout support
7	7,643,789	Multimedia data transfer for a personal communication device
8	7,643,706	Image management tool with calendar interface
9	7,643,698	Image sharpening using diffusion
10	7,643,693	Fast lossless encoder for digitized analog data
11	7,643,037	Method and apparatus for tilting by applying effects to a number of computer-generated characters
12	7,643,011	Noise detection in multi-touch sensors
13	7,643,010	Peripheral pixel noise reduction
14	7,642,442	Methods, programs, storage media and systems for recording and compiling a music section
15	7,641,498	Universal serial bus plug and receptacle coupling arrangements
16	7,641,477	Electromagnetic connector for electronic device