Sony Files Patent That Rethinks How Users Resize Touchscreen Windows
Resizing a window with your finger on a touchscreen is awkward enough that most people avoid it. Sony has filed a patent…
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Adobe Patents a System That Turns UI Designs Into Reusable Code Automatically
Every time a designer finishes a screen in a tool like Figma, a developer has to manually translate it into code. Adobe's…
Apple Patents a System That Suggests Photos to Share Mid-Conversation
Apple is working on a version of Messages that watches your conversation as it unfolds and automatically surfaces photos you might want…
Microsoft Patents a Code Editor That Hides Irrelevant Lines as You Work
Every developer knows the pain of scrolling through thousands of lines to find the one function that matters. Microsoft's new patent describes…
Microsoft Patents a Coding Tool That Hides the Parts of Your Code You Don't Need Right Now
Microsoft has filed a patent for a coding environment that automatically figures out which parts of a file are relevant to what…
Google Patents a Search System That Keeps Billion-Item Results Instantly Current
Google has filed a patent for a split storage system that separates freshly added data from older data, letting search engines return…
Adobe Patents a System That Maps Every Screen a User Taps Through in an App
Adobe has filed a patent for a tool that watches how real users move through an app and then draws a map…
Microsoft Patents a Private Countdown Timer for Secret Subgroups in Video Calls
Imagine a negotiating team that can see a countdown ticking down while the other side of the call has no idea the…
Samsung Patents a Way to Scroll Two Similar Pages at Once
Samsung has filed a patent for a split-screen feature that watches what you have open in two windows and, when the content…
Apple Patents a Camera Effects Mode Built Directly Into iMessage
Apple has filed a patent that would let you flip on face avatars, stickers, and screen effects without ever leaving a text…
Samsung Patents a Wallpaper System That Figures Out Where to Place Your Subject
Samsung has filed a patent for a phone that builds its own wallpaper by cutting out a subject from a photo, splitting…
Adobe Patents Technology to Turn Transparent Images Into Infinitely Resizable Files
Converting a pixel-based image to a scalable vector file is already tricky. Doing it without losing glass effects, soft shadows, or translucent…
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