Samsung Patents a System for Browsing Remote Device Files with Live Thumbnails
Samsung is patenting a way for one device to request thumbnail previews of files stored on another device — letting you visually…
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Samsung Patents a UI Where Dragged Cards Pull the Whole Stack Behind Them
Imagine dragging the top card in a stack and watching every card beneath it peel off and follow your finger, one by…
Samsung Patents a Camera UI That Previews Image Effects by Scene Zone
Instead of scrolling through filters and hoping for the best, Samsung's new patent lets your camera automatically segment a scene — sky,…
Samsung Patents an Auto-Schema Health Data Analysis System
Samsung is patenting a system that automatically figures out how your health data is structured — and picks the right algorithm to…
Qualcomm's New Patent Wants Your Phone to Bundle Related Videos Before You Hit Send
Sharing a bunch of related clips from a night out usually means hunting through your camera roll and stitching things together manually.…
Salesforce Patents a Universal Adapter That Runs Any AI Model, Anywhere
Salesforce is patenting a middleware layer that lets companies deploy machine learning models built in any framework — TensorFlow, PyTorch, you name…
Sony Patents a Way to Stream 3D Scans at Any Detail Level from One File
Sony is working on a way to store 3D scans of real-world objects so that a weak device can load a low-detail…
Samsung Patents a Smarter Pop-Up Window System That Remembers Window Positions
Samsung is filing a patent for a pop-up window manager that doesn't just minimize — it remembers exactly where you left a…
Samsung Patents a System That Generates Personalized Thumbnail Images for Media Content
What if the thumbnail or description image you see for a movie or TV show was generated specifically for you, based on…
Samsung Patents a System for Setting Device Automations With Voice and Gestures
Imagine pointing at your TV and saying 'turn this off when I leave the room' — and having your phone just figure…
Samsung Patents a Pinch-to-Shrink Widget Layout System for Cover Displays
Samsung is patenting a way to let you pinch an active widget down to a smaller tile on a cover display —…
Samsung Patents a Cross-OS Screen Sharing System for Virtualized Apps
Samsung is patenting a way for an app running inside a virtualized guest OS to trigger a screen share of the entire…
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