Numerous Apple patents

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has published numerous patents from Apple regarding various technologies, which range from 'storing a movie within a movie' to the utilization of podcasts on portable media devices. The patents include an 'Apparatus and method for storing a movie within a movie,' which relates to a hierarchical movie structure, and more specifically, to a structure for embedding a movie within another movie; 'Virtualization of graphics resources' relating specifically to virtualizing resources for computer graphics; 'Method of managing a calendar and a computer system for implementing that method;' 'User interface for accessing presentations' which relates to access or retrieval for page document and search result presentations; and 'Acquisition, management and synchronization of podcasts' as well as 'Techniques and systems for supporting podcasting' and 'Utilization of podcasts on portable media devices,' all of which relate to acquiring and playing podcasts on a portable media device.

by MacNN Staff