7,240,223 Method and apparatus for dynamic power management in a processor system (11 pages)
Select processor run state (related to power consumption by the processor based on processor load. Can also predict future anticipated processor load based on historical use.

7,239,721 Adaptive motion estimation (14 pages)
Motion estimation for MPEG encoding.

20070150686 Accessing data storage systems without waiting for read errors (14 pages)

20070150628 USB device notification (11 pages)
Relates to hot-pluggable USB devices and communicating with the system once connected.

20070147698 Image sharpening using diffusion (10 pages)

Seven iPhone-related applications were all published on June 28, 2007.

20070150842 Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image (29 pages)
Unlocking an iPhone by moving an unlock image, either to a predetermined location or along a predetermined path.
Related to Application No. 20070150826, described below.

20070150830 Scrolling list with floating adjacent index symbols (29 pages)
Scrolling through a list on an iPhone. While the user scrolls through the list, index symbols (e.g., “B”, “E”, “X”) appear on the display as the user scrolls through that portion of the list.
Related to Application No. 20070146337, described below.

20070150826 Indication of progress towards satisfaction of a user input condition (28 pages)
Changing the “optical intensity” of UI objects to show progress toward a second state. For example, when unlocking the iPhone, the screen gets brighter during the unlock gesture.

20070149252 Account information display for portable communication device (13 pages)
Real-time display of account information for an iPhone. For example, this method can be used to display the remaining minutes in a calling or data plan or the portion of the monthly alloted minutes that have been used.

20070146337 Continuous scrolling list with acceleration (29 pages)
Claims are directed to acceleated scrolling through a list based on an acclerated gesture on the iPhone and reversing the direction of scrolling (slowly) if the user scrolls past the end of the list.

20070146336 Soft key interaction indicator (16 pages)
How on-screen buttons on the iPhone change appearance when touched (by changing the brightness of the outer edge of the button). See Figure 2 of the application for an example.

20070146133 Acceleration-based theft detection system for portable electronic devices (12 pages)
This application is a divisional of Patent No. 7,218,226 (see AIPW’s discussion of that patent). The claims here are directed to using an acceleration signal to determine a characteristic movement of the device and compare that signal to a stored profile to determine if the device has been stolen.