MacNN | table News http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us table, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ Patents: real-time collaboration, lookup tables, more http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/22/patents.for.collaboration/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0804/22-patent-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The US Patent and Trademark Office today published three patents that it approved for Apple, relating to real-time collaboration, time-based user interface object interaction, and element number tables. The first patent, Method and Apparatus for Supporting Real-Time Collaboration, demonstrates synchronicity on a single application between multiple remote users. The patent illustrates users operati... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/22/patents.for.collaboration/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:10:00 GMT