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Apple looks forward to add RF communications to everything
Unwired View — Apple is well known for a very tight integration of it’s various devices. Your iMac, iPod, Apple TV, Airport and other Apple devices all work seamlessly within your home. But what happens when you are outside your home? So far Apple did not have much experience integrating various wireless devices on the move. But it’s thinking about it. In a patent application “Personal area network systems and devices and methods for use thereof ” Apple envisions era of abundant connectivity and cheap, small and efficient RF modules scattered all around us. These RF modules would contain radio circuitry for connecting to both short range personal area networks (e.g. Bluetooth, ...

News: Apple patent points to short-range communications bridge
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — Apple is working on a way to provide wide-area wireless communications to devices offering only short-range communications, according to a new patent application . The application describes a system in which wireless modules, offering both long-range and short-range wireless communication, are embedded in common objects such as cars, purses, t-shirts, tennis shoes, and more, and facilitate connectivity for devices—such as iPods—which offer only short-range communications. As with all Apple patents, this filing does not necessarily represent any future product release from Apple, but offers evidence of the company’s research in this area. [via Unwired View ]

Apple patent application for RF module
The Apple Core — October 23rd, 2008 Apple patent application for RF module Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 9:11 am Categories: Patent Tags: Patent Application , Personal Area Network , Module , Apple Inc. , Bluetooth , Internet , Wireless , Jason D. O'Grady [image] A recent patent application filed by Apple describes its vision for a new Personal Area Network (PAN) that would link RF modules in everything from clothes to accessories which would communicate with each other and connect to the Internet. The PAN would include both short range (WiFi and Bluetooth) and long range (GSM, EDGE, etc) communication “which would be able to communicate with and identify themselves to any other modules around and, ...

Apple patent application reveals grandiose RF module plans
Engadget — Filed under: Wireless As should be clear by now, patent application land is quite a bit different than actual product land, but that's never stopped companies from devising their share of ambitious ideas and, in the case of Apple, perhaps more than its share. Its latest describes an all-encompassing "personal area network" that would make use of RF modules in everything to communicate with each other and connect to ...

Nova patente da Apple pretende conectar todos os seus gadgets
BLOG.MACMAGAZINE — Já sabemos que a Apple costuma registrar idéias que demoram bastante para chegar à nossa realidade, mas não custa especular o que a equipe de Steve Jobs está desenvolvendo por aí. A mais nova patente da Maçã mostra uma tecnologia de conectividade entre todos os gadgets de um usuário, por meio de rádio-freqüência. Dessa maneira, seu iPod poderia comunicar-se com seu carro ou qualquer outro eletrônico que tenha tal tecnologia, a curta — através de Wi-Fi ou Bluetooth — ou longa distância — 3G, GSM ou EDGE. Imagino que este seja mesmo o futuro da comunicação… Tudo conectado à Internet e também entre si, dos aparelhos eletrônicos até sua própria camiseta, como mostra a figura da patente. ...

Apple quiere chips de RF en dispositivos de todo tipo
Celularis — Según una patente recientemente liberada, Apple revela su idea de colocarle un chip de RF a casi cualquier cosa, incluida la indumentaria y los bolsos y carteras de los usuarios de dispositivos de comunicaciones. Todo para interconectar con el iPhone 3G y aprovechar su conectividad y las tarifas planas de los operadores. Prevee que se puedan conectar, a través de una PAN (Red de Área Personal), casi cualquier equipo y accesorio a los teléfonos celulares, iPhone, iPods y notebooks que tengan conectividad 3G, Edge, GSM, WiMax, Bluetooth, WiFi, UWB, etc, para acceder a internet por la vía más sencilla. ¿Imaginábamos un mundo convergente en torno del iPhone 3G?… Steve Jobs ya lo imaginó antes, y lo patentó! ...