Applications published on April 19, 2007

20070089066  Method and apparatus for displaying a window for a user interface    (29 pages)
Automatically adjusting windows displayed in a GUI. Examples given include the volume control window that pops up and fades out when you adjust the volume under OS X. The claims are directed to translucent windows and fading them out after a certain period of time.

20070088806  Remotely configured media device    (16 pages)
Remotely setting the configuration or settings of a portable electronic device. After a quick glance, this looks like it could be used to establish the operating parameters of the device, which could include a phone (i.e., this could be iPhone related). I’ll look into this one in more detail also.

20070085854  System and method for computing a desktop picture    (9 pages)
Showing a desktop picture without using an image file. The desktop picture is computed using a “recipe” that has a small memory footprint.

20070085841  Method and apparatus for accelerated scrolling    (26 pages)
Scrolling using an iPod’s scroll wheel. Claims are directed to the concept of the speed that you scroll through a list depends on how fast your finger moves on the scroll wheel.

20070085157  Integrated proximity sensor and light sensor    (33 pages)
Proximity sensor for the iPhone. More detail on this one later.

20070084333  Graphical user interface and methods of use thereof in a multimedia player    (16 pages)
Another application for the hierarchical iPod user interface. This one has claims directed to a method for navigating through the different layers.

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