Apple patents granted on 08 April 2014

47 US patents granted on 08 April 2014 and assigned to Apple

1 8,695,078 Group formation using anonymous broadcast information
2 8,694,989 Virtual installation environment
3 8,694,985 Managing digital content in hierarchies
4 8,694,981 Shared resource dependencies
5 8,694,923 Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image
6 8,694,902 Device, method, and graphical user interface for modifying a multi-column application
7 8,694,899 Avatars reflecting user states
8 8,694,888 Method and apparatus for titling
9 8,694,859 Memory device with adaptive capacity
10 8,694,854 Read threshold setting based on soft readout statistics
11 8,694,853 Read commands for reading interfering memory cells
12 8,694,830 Debug registers for halting processor cores after reset or power off
13 8,694,814 Reuse of host hibernation storage space by memory controller
14 8,694,813 Efficient storage power management
15 8,694,802 System and method for creating tamper-resistant code
16 8,694,766 Device bootup from a NAND-type non-volatile memory
17 8,694,676 Proximity detection for media proxies
18 8,694,670 Time synchronization of multiple time-based data streams with independent clocks
19 8,694,666 Personalized streaming digital content
20 8,694,550 Merging file directories
21 8,694,549 Dynamic management of multiple persistent data stores
22 8,694,253 User-specified route rating and alerts
23 8,694,141 Data-driven media management within an electronic device
24 8,694,140 Data-driven media management within an electronic device
25 8,694,041 Push-to-talk telecommunications system utilizing an voice-over-IP network
26 8,694,026 Location based services
27 8,694,024 Media data exchange, transfer or delivery for portable electronic devices
28 8,693,877 Integrated infrared receiver and emitter for multiple functionalities
29 8,693,569 Methods and apparatus for dynamic wireless device coexistence
30 8,693,466 Apparatus and methods for bridging calls or data between heterogeneous network domains
31 8,693,262 Reduced latency memory column redundancy repair
32 8,693,204 Electronic devices having multi-purpose cowling structures and a compass mounted on a flex circuit
33 8,692,948 Electric field shielding for in-cell touch type thin-film-transistor liquid crystal displays
34 8,692,851 Device, method, and graphical user interface with grid transformations during device rotation
35 8,692,847 Brushing tools for digital image adjustments
36 8,692,833 Low-power GPU states for reducing power consumption
37 8,692,830 Automatic avatar creation
38 8,692,780 Device, method, and graphical user interface for manipulating information items in folders
39 8,692,777 Method for rapidly testing capacitance sensing array fault conditions using a floating conductor
40 8,692,776 Correction of parasitic capacitance effect in touch sensor panels
41 8,692,755 Gamma-correction technique for video playback
42 8,690,640 Complex geographical edge polishing
43 8,690,638 Curved plastic object and systems and methods for deburring the same
44 8,690,582 Magnetic connector for electronic device
45 8,690,412 Backlight structures and backlight assemblies for electronic device displays
46 8,690,410 Display element including microperforations
47 8,689,422 Securing plugs for attaching computer components