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Readers are cautioned that the full text of any Granted Patent should be read in its entirety for full details. Patently Apple presents only a brief summary of granted patents with associated graphics for journalistic news purposes as each Granted Patent is revealed by the U.S. Over and above the granted patents that were specifically reported on today, we present you with links to all of the other granted patents in our Final Patent Round-Up as follows:Ĩ,214,669 Method and apparatus for managing power in computer systemsĨ,214,648 Secure configuration of a computing deviceĨ,213,946 Method and system for managing delivery of communicationsĨ,213,766 Embedded access information for digital versatile disc (DVD) independent of DVD player softwareĨ,213,389 Location determination using formulaĨ,213,168 Assembly of a display module (iPad display)Ĩ,212,859 Peripheral treatment for head-mounted displaysĨ,212,843 Error metric associated with backlight adaptation Perhaps the associated technology behind the icon was rolled into Apple's defunct MobileMe (Note the URL of that link). 6 illustrates an additional groove structures such as groove opening 110 may be formed in the metal sheet to help provide the diving-board hinges formed from the metal sheet with a desired amount of flexibility.Īpple credits Mi Zhou as the sole inventor of this patent which was originally filed in Q1 2010 and published by the US Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday July 3, 2012.Įarlier this week Apple was granted industrial design patents covering their wired keyboard, the iPhone's front cover, retail packaging for the iPad, an Apple Store tabletop iPad stand and an odd one for a "HI-Drive" icon that was designed by Thorsten Quandt of Hamburg Germany. 3 shows an exploded perspective view of an illustrative key. The upstop structures for each key are designed to prevent the key cap and spring mechanism for that key from tilting when the dome switch for that key is compressed.Īpple's patent FIG. The top plate may have edge portions surrounding each key opening that form upstop structures. When a user presses downwards on a key cap, the double-diving-board spring mechanism pressed downwards on a corresponding dome switch.Įach spring mechanism has first and second diving-board structures that flex about respective parallel flex axes.
A dome switch may be mounted below each spring mechanism. One of the unique aspects to this keyboard is that it employs a double-diving-board spring mechanism mounted under each key cap.
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The three patents that Apple was granted this week are: 1) Systems and methods for prioritizing mobile media player files (8,214,315) 2) Song flow methodology in random playback (8,214,740) and 3) "Method, system, and graphical user interface for viewing multiple application windows," (8,214,768).Īpple Granted Patent for MacBook Pro Keyboard Keys with Double-Diving-Boards Spring MechanismĪpple has received a Granted Patent relating to their MacBook Pro keyboard.
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Another aspect deals with how the iPhone makes use of hidden windows like the example below which has a bar at the bottom that keeps track of webpages that a user is storing to read at a later date. One aspect covers Apple's Virtual Keyboard and how it works with several layers of keyboard functionality. This makes this week's granted patent covering the creation of music playlists all the more important to take note of.Ī third patent in this group covers interfaces that accommodate the use of multiple windows. In today's case, we know of at least one competitor that is contemplating a run at the iPod touch or Apple's music app in general. Admittedly, it's all but impossible to pre-gauge which of Apple's granted patents will hold the power to stop of a copycat competitor in their tracks and yet certain patents seem to scream out a little louder than others. Apple has received three new shiny iOS patents for their legal team.
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