Apple Patents a Phone Screen for Controlling Your Car's Digital Key
Your phone can already unlock some cars, but Apple wants the experience to go further. A new patent describes a single screen…
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Samsung Patents a One-Tap Way to Swap What Your Home Screen Widgets Show
Changing what a home screen widget displays usually means digging into app settings. Samsung's new patent describes a faster path: one tap…
Apple Patents a Way to Toss Video Between Screens With a Live Animation
Point your iPhone at a screen showing a video, make a gesture, and watch the video animate its way to a different…
Sony Patents a System That Lets Your Devices Diagnose and Fix Themselves
Sony has filed a patent for a system that lets consumer electronics run their own health checks, talk to a server, and…
Apple Patents a Photos Interface That Surfaces Albums Based on What You're Doing Right Now
Apple is patenting a smarter way for your phone to decide which photos to show you, pulling up automatically organized albums that…
Samsung Patents an Alarm That Checks If You're Still Asleep Before Going Off
Most phone alarms go off whether you're dead asleep or already in the shower. Samsung has filed a patent for an alarm…
Sony Patents a Parental Control System That Uses Your Location to Filter Who Can Play With Your Kids Online
Sony has filed a patent for a system that lets parents draw an invisible boundary around their real-world home address, then use…
Sony Patents a System That Turns Your Body Gestures Into In-Game Controls
Sony is working on a way to let your physical movements, captured by a camera, directly control what happens inside a video…
Sony Patents a Way to Pre-Draw Game Frames While the Server Catches Up
Cloud gaming's worst enemy is the time it takes for a server to send you the next frame. Sony's new patent tries…
Sony Patents Touchscreen Game Controls That Change Behavior Mid-Play
Sony has filed a patent for touchscreen controls that don't stay fixed, where the same button on your screen can do entirely…
Sony Patents Technology to Break Down Game Visuals for Editing and Rebuild Them
Sony is exploring a system that lets a cloud server pluck a single visual element out of a running game, send just…
Samsung Patents a Clock Screen That Adjusts Your Medication Reminders Automatically
Samsung is filing a patent for a clock screen that knows when you take your medication and shifts the reminder alert to…
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