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<title>Briefly: Google GPS patent filing, EE expands 4G in UK</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/03/28/google.patent.application.details.gps.based.camera.settings/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1364498133_googlepatentapplicationgpsphotos.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has filed a patent application with the USPTO for using a GPS to alter the settings on a camera. The abstract in the &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/282102==http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&amp;r=12&amp;p=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;d=PG01&amp;S1=(20130328.PD.+AND+Google.AS.)&a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple awarded patents for Retina MBP, haptic feedback</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/02/19/localizing.feedback.distinct.cooling.system.among.innovations/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1361285727_Apple-RMBP-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A clever way of making sure &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/279482==http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;p=1&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&amp;r=33&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;d=PTXT&amp;S1=(apple.ASNM.+AND+20130219.PD.)&amp;OS=an/apple+and+isd/2/19/2013&amp;RS=(AN/apple+AND+ISD/20130219)" rel='nofollow'...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft applied for 'inconspicuous mode' patent with USPTO</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/01/11/mode.automatically.reduces.screen.contents.brightness/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1357905988_microsoftinconspicuousmodepatentapp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft has filed a patent application for a mode that will make a smartphone less obtrusive in certain situations. The application for "Inconspicuous Mode," &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/277088==http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&amp;r=42&amp;p=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;d=P...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple seeks to patent Universal Connector</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/10/25/universal.connector.described.matches.lightning/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1351200504_ScreenShot2012-10-25at5.26.33PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has filed a &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/271479==http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;u=/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.html&amp;r=10&amp;p=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;d=PG01&amp;S1=%28apple.AS.+AND+20121025.PD.%29&amp;OS=an/apple+and+pd/10/25/2012&amp;RS=%28AN/apple+AND+PD/20121025%29" rel='nofollow'&gt;p...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google receives 'seeing with your hand' glove-gesture patent</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/08/21/technology.similar.to.optical.mice.adapted.for.use.in.gloves/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1345559157_thumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has been granted a &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/265539==http://www.google.com/patents/US8009141?dq=Seeing+with+your+hand&amp;ei=d40zULysJ-Or0QXd4oHoBQ" rel='nofollow'&gt;patent&lt;/a&gt; from the USPTO for glove-based gesture control. Patent number &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/265540==http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&amp;S...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RIM lands patent to block behind-the-wheel texting</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/07/11/flawed.patent.uses.combination.of.speed.and.captcha/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1342033078_textingcrash1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Research In Motion has been granted a patent to help prevent texting while driving. Approved by the &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/261918==http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&amp;r=22&amp;p=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;d=PTXT&amp;S1=%2820120710.PD.+AND+%28%22Research+In+Motion%22.ASNM.%29...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>HP patents transparent display using reflective slats</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/07/06/concepts.based.on.the.technology.offered.to.real.steel.producers/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1341574585_patented.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[HP has been granted a patent for a see-through display, opening up more possibilities for augmented reality computing. Originally filed in 2006 with the &lt;a http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;d=PALL&amp;p=1&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&amp;r=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;s1=8,212,744.PN.&amp;OS=PN/8,212,744&amp...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Anonymous patent challenges filed against Facebook, Apple</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/05/29/uspto.ex.parte.requests.all.made.last.week.involved.in.current.suits/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/uspto-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Three anonymous &lt;em&gt;ex parte&lt;/em&gt; requests challenging the validity of noteworthy patents held by two tech giants were filed with the &lt;a href="http://www.uspto.gov/"&gt;United States Patent and Trademark Office&lt;/a&gt; last week. Two were filed against &lt;a href="http://www.apple.com/"&gt;Apple&lt;/a&gt;, while a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 23:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google files patent for Project Glass finger-ring control</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/05/18/google.patent.application.suggests.ring.based.control.to.project.glass/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1337376936_googleprojectglassfingercontrol.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has applied for a patent on an input system that relies on a finger ring to control for technology such as Project Glass. The application, made public by the &lt;a href="http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;p=1&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;co1=AND&amp;d=PTXT&amp;s1=81...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 22:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nintendo patents console-tracking system</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/05/04/zelda.creator.behing.latest.nintendo.patent/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1336152498_nintrackingpatentin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A newly discovered &lt;a href="http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&amp;r=5&amp;p=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;d=PG01&amp;S1=%2820120503.PD.+AND+Nintendo.AS.%29&amp;OS=PD/20120503+AND+AN/Nintendo&amp;RS=%28PD/20120503+AND+AN/Nintendo%29"&gt;USPTO&lt;/a&gt; patent f...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 17:28:18 GMT</pubDate>
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