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01/30/2007, 12:50pm, EST

Tuesday, January 30th

Apple's new circuit design, software patents

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office today published two of Apple's newly granted patents relating to an electric circuit design and just-in-time dynamic loading of software libraries, which the company could apply to its forthcoming iPhone and other future embedded Mac OS X-based digital devices. The first patent, titled "Method and apparatus for 'just-in-time' dynamic loading and unloading of computer software libraries," relates to a method and apparatus for dynamically loading and unloading software library modules as needed on a "just-in-time" basis. The second, titled "Method and apparatus for selectively increasing the operating speed of an electronic circuit," relates to a method an dapparatus for selectively increasing the operating frequency of an electronic circuit.


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great reporting here
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01/30, 1:31pm, EST
Wow, changed "speed" to "frequency" that's some in-depth analysis of the patent. I wonder if the person who wrote that feels shame, or if he's actually as clueless as this article makes him sound.

"The second, titled "Method and apparatus for selectively increasing the operating speed of an electronic circuit," relates to a method and apparatus for selectively increasing the operating frequency of an electronic circuit."
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01/30, 2:24pm, EST
It sounds like a high school essay answer from the kid that forgot to show up for classes all semester.
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