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patft.uspto.gov - 1/19/2009
US Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Full Text and Image Database
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Method and apparatus are disclosed including a system monitor which limits the ability of a program about to be executed to the use of predefined resources (e.g., data files, disk writing capabilities, etc.). The system monitor processes a data structure including a set of authorities defining ...
Apple Awarded Multi-Touch Patent
news.worldofapple.com - 1/27/2009
Apple Awarded Multi-Touch Patent
— news.worldofapple.com — According to the US Patent Office Apple was awarded patent number 7,479,949 on January 20, 2009. The patent which was filed on April 11, 2008 covers multi-touch and all associated gestures such as pinch, swipe and rotation. The patent is titled: Touch ... (more) Apple Awarded Multi-Touch Patent

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electronista.com - 1/23/2009
Apple patent would auto-tune iPhone, Mac volume
— electronista.com — The US Patent Office today published an Apple patent filing that reveals the company having developed a system to auto-tune sound volumes. Citing the problems with having to constantly adjust the volume of a cellphone's ringer or a notebook's speakers ... (more) Apple patent would auto-tune iPhone, Mac volume

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appft1.uspto.gov - 1/23/2009
US Patent & Trademark Office: United States Patent Application
— appft1.uspto.gov — METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING A SOUND SENSOR TO ADJUST THE AUDIO OUTPUT FOR A DEVICE (more) US Patent & Trademark Office: United States Patent ...

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AppleInsider:  Apple among PC makers sued over OS permissions tech

Technologizer:  Patent Holding Company Sues Computer and Software Makers

The Mac Observer:  Apple Hit with Permissions Law Suit

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Apple among PC makers sued over OS permissions tech
AppleInsider — ... this month for infringing on a pair of patents that cover system-wide software permissions for defining the range of operations that computer applications may or may not perform. Texas-based Information Protection and Authentication of Texas (IPAT), the owner of the patents, and Florida-based Global Innovation Technology Holdings (GITH), their exclusive licensee, jointly filed the 12-page formal complaint last Thursday in a south Florida district court. At issue is US patent No. 5,311,591 , titled "Computer system security method and apparatus for creating and using program ...

Patent Holding Company Sues Computer and Software Makers
Technologizer — Software patents are increasingly being used like lottery tickets: If you file enough of them, you’ll eventually have the winning number for litigation. Information Protection and Authentication of Texas (IPAT) has sued a dozen computer makers and some software developers for allegedly violating two security related patents that it holds. IPAT filed a formal complaint in a south Florida district court last Thursday. Some of the defendants are Apple, Dell, HP and Lenovo. It has also separately filed suit against software makers including Microsoft and Symantec in a Texas court. The patents, US patent No. 5,311,591, titled “Computer system security method and apparatus for creating and using program authorization information ...

Apple Hit with Permissions Law Suit
The Mac Observer — Apple Hit with Permissions Law Suit by on January 20th, 2009 at 8:07 AM Apple Inc is the target in yet another law suit, this time over accusations that it is infringing on patents relating to technology that manages software-based permissions. Protection and Authentication of Texas and Global Innovation Technology Holdings, the patent holder and licensee, named Apple along with several other companies in the suit. According to the suit, Acer, Alienware, American Future Technology, Apple, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, HP, Lenovo, Motion Computing and Panasonic are all using technology that limits who can modify files to administrators and file owners, but that none of the companies have licensed the rights either of the patent controllers. At ...

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