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iPhone 4.0 OS: event based modes, intellingent and scheduled communications
iPhone 4.0 OS: event based modes, intellingent and scheduled communications
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Sony patents software-based PS2 CPU emulation
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iPhone Patents Promise to Automate Our Relationships at Last [Apple]
GizmodoUnwired View uncovered three new iPhone patents that promise to turn everything from calling grandma on her birthday to turning off your phone in a movie theater into gloriously mindless activities. Scheduled Communications "A communications device may be programmed to initiate a communications operation when a particular condition is met. The user may set any suitable condition, including for example a date and time, location, event, received or sent communications operation..." In other words, automatically email grandma on ...

iPhone Patents Promise to Automate Our Relationships at Last [Apple]
IPhone news, updates and Iphone informationUnwired View uncovered three new iPhone patents that promise to turn everything from calling grandma on her birthday to turning off your phone in a movie theater into gloriously mindless activities. Scheduled Communications "A communications device may be programmed to initiate a communications operation when a particular condition is met. The user may set any suitable condition, including for example a date and time, location, event, received or sent communications operation..." In other words, automatically ...

What Features Do You Want To See in iPhone 4.0?
GEARFUSE — ... . Two, it has been released for more than fifteen seconds. So, with iPhone 3.0 out of the way, what are you looking forward to in the next major software upgrade? Here are some potential future applications, based on Apple patents .

iPhone 4.0 could quite possibly not have “life event”-based notifications
CrunchGear — ... Basically this is a patent for something folks have been thinking about for years - targeted messaging based on time and location. Advertisers would love this but I doubt many of us want to be reminded by our iPhone to turn off our Shout The Devil ringtone while talking to the Dalai Lama. ...

iPhone 4.0 revealed: Event based modes, scheduled and intellingent device
iPhone Buzz — ... communications activities based on calendar events, your location, caller id and other conditions. Intelligent communications:  You can select appropriate communication modes for incoming communications requests based on a user’s preferences and availability. The device can determine the communication modes of a user based on the current activity and allow the user to provide customized information to his/her contacts. [via Unwired View]

The iPhone 4.0 Rumors Begin.
I4U News — ... since the release of the iPhone 3.0 firmware update, and already the 4.0 rumors have started. Unwired View has put together a list of Apple patent applications that could end up being what we'll see next from Cupertino. These aren't the same patents we ...

iPhone 4.0 revealed: Event based modes, scheduled and intellingent device
iPhone News Updated — ... schedule/preset communications activities based on calendar events, your location, caller id and other conditions. Intelligent communications:  You can select appropriate communication modes for incoming communications requests based on a user’s preferences and availability. The device can determine the communication modes of a user based on the current activity and allow the user to provide customized information to his/her contacts. [via Unwired View] Thanks: http://www.iphonebuzz.com

iPhone 4.0 Revealed
The Iphone Spot — ... schedule/preset communications activities based on calendar events, your location, caller id and other conditions Intelligent communications:  You can select appropriate communication modes for incoming communications requests based on a user’s preferences and availability. The device can determine the communication modes of a user based on the current activity and allow the user to provide customized information to his/her contacts. Via UnwiredView Thanks for the tip adam

iPhone 3.0, 3.1 and 4.0: Scheduled/ Intelligent communications and Event-based modes
Phones Review — ... Unwired View has taken a look at a recent Apple patent filing which shows some new applications including Event-based modes which means ...

iPhone 4.0 revealed: Event based modes, scheduled and intellingent device
Top iPhone News — ... communications activities based on calendar events, your location, caller id and other conditions. Intelligent communications:  You can select appropriate communication modes for incoming communications requests based on a user’s preferences and availability. The device can determine the communication modes of a user based on the current activity and allow the user to provide customized information to his/her contacts. [via Unwired View]

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