macrumors.com - 1/27/2009
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Perhaps adding teeth to Apple's recent comments that they would vigorously defend their intellectual property behind the iPhone, World of Apple notes that the U.S. Patent Office has awarded Apple the patent on their application titled Touch s...
news.worldofapple.com - 1/27/2009
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news.worldofapple.com —
According to the US Patent Office Apple was
awarded patent number 7,479,949 on January 20, 2009. The...
patent which was filed on April 11, 2008 covers multi-touch and all associated gestures such as pinch, swipe and rotation. The patent is titled: Touch ...
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Apple Awarded Multi-Touch Patent
electronista.com - 1/23/2009
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electronista.com —
The US Patent Office today published an Apple
patent filing that reveals the company having developed a...
system to auto-tune sound volumes. Citing the problems with having to constantly adjust the volume of a cellphone's ringer or a notebook's ...
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Apple patent would auto-tune iPhone, Mac volume
appleinsider.com - 1/27/2009
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Apple awarded key iPhone multitouch patent
Crave: The gadget blog —
... Apple has a new weapon when it comes to the iPhone.(Credit: U.S. PTO, via MacRumors)
Apple has been awarded a patent that appears to cover much of the iPhone's multitouch user interface.
World of Apple (via MacRumors) spotted ...
Apple conquista patentes do iPhone e Multi-Touch
MacMagazine —
... a patente de número 7.479.949 foi concedida em 20 de janeiro de 2009, tendo sido solicitada em 11 de abril de 2008. A documentação cobre a superfície sensível a múltiplos toques e gestos associados, como os utilizados para ampliar, navegar e rotacionar imagens no smartphone da Maçã.
Ah, Steve Jobs é listado como um dos inventores da patente (de 358 páginas), ao lado de Scott Forstall, Wayne Westerman e alguns diversos outros engenheiros da Apple. ;-)
[Via: MacRumors.] ...
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