Samsung Patent Reveals Digital Prescriptions That Automatically Configure Your Smart Devices
What if your doctor could send a prescription that didn't just tell you what to do, but actually told your devices to…
351 filings · category
Software patents
Every Big Tech patent in the software category, in plain English. Updated weekly from USPTO.
Recent filings
351 total
Salesforce Patents a System That Keeps App Screens Current When Outside Data Sources Change
When an outside service updates its API and changes its version numbering, apps that rely on it can silently break. Salesforce is…
Salesforce Patents a System That Flags Rule Violations Across Linked Database Records
When related records in a database break a business rule, someone usually finds out too late. Salesforce's new patent describes a system…
Microsoft Patents a Tool That Pulls Scattered File Content Into One Meeting View
Imagine grabbing a chart from one spreadsheet, a paragraph from a Word doc, and a bullet list from a slide deck, then…
Apple Patents On-Screen UI Elements That Squash and Stretch Based on How You Swipe
Apple is patenting on-screen buttons and interface objects that behave like soft physical materials, stretching in the direction you push and compressing…
Adobe Patents a Digital Brush That Simulates How Paint Drips With Gravity
When you tip a real canvas sideways, paint drips. Digital brushes have never really cared about that, Adobe wants to change it.
Apple Patent Unifies Shared Photos and Library Results in a Single Search
Ever searched your photo library and couldn't find a picture because someone sent it to you in Messages instead of saving it?…
Samsung Patents a TV That Automatically Blurs Spoilers in Search Results
You search for a show on your Samsung TV and the results pop up, but any spoilers, plot reveals, or outcome images…
Salesforce Patents a Faster Way to Build Custom Versions of Its Apps
Every time a business wants a tweaked version of a Salesforce app, someone has to rebuild it from scratch. This patent describes…
IBM Patents a System That Watches Your App Habits and Warns You When They Turn Unhealthy
IBM wants your phone to notice when you've fallen into a bad scrolling spiral and tell you about it. The patent describes…
Sony Patents a System That Announces When VIPs Enter a Virtual World
Imagine walking into a virtual world and everyone in the room gets a notification that you just arrived. Sony is patenting exactly…
Apple Patents a Developer Dashboard That Benchmarks App Performance Against the Competition
Apple wants to tell app developers how their app stacks up against the competition without giving away anyone's exact numbers. It's a…
Get the weekly Patentlyze email
We read every patent application Big Tech publishes and send you the ones worth knowing. Plain English, free, every week.
See the newest Big Tech patents from every company we track.