Apple Today Awarded for Designed Patent for iPhone 4.Apple has been granted for a major patent win for a touch display that could double as an RFID Tag Reader which Patently Apple first discovered and reported on back in October 2009.Apple’s now also finally snagged a design patent for the 2007 iPod touch, and it’s picked up a few other patents related to iTunes, Apple TV, and one for a “touch screen RFID tag reader.” Hit up the link below for a closer look at those.
According to Apple’s patent, RFID technology is becoming more and more prevalent in today’s society. The technology could be advantageous because small, minimally invasive, unpowered remote units such as “RFID tags” could be unobtrusively placed in many items to identify them and provide information. Because these RFID tags operate without batteries or physical connections to other circuits, little or no maintenance is necessary. However, the base stations (BSs) or “RFID readers” needed to communicate with the RFID tags do require power and a larger “footprint,” and are thus more difficult to integrate into various items.
The award officially published by US Patent and Trademark Office for Design patent of iPhone 4.As before this Apple granted for iPod touch,there also they awarded for Design patent of iPod Touch.The RFID patent covers technology that will be built right into future iOS devices that will enable such things as wireless transfers of data from an iPhone to a desktop.
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Source : Engadget
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