New Google Patent Lets One App Cast Any Streaming Service to Your TV
Flipping between Netflix, Max, and Disney+ to find something to watch is a small daily annoyance. Google is patenting a way to…
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New Google Patent Uses Your Browsing History to Answer Search Queries
What if Google Search already knew you'd researched something and surfaced those exact pages the next time you asked? A new Google…
Apple Patents a Gesture System for Flipping Through Open Apps on a Touchscreen
Apple is patenting a more expressive way to juggle open apps on a touchscreen, where the direction and type of your gesture…
Adobe Patents a System That Catches When Co-Editors Fall Out of Sync
When two designers edit the same file at the same time, how does anyone know they're actually looking at the same thing?…
Adobe Patents a System to Keep Shared Documents Identical Across Multiple Editors
When multiple people edit the same document at once, keeping everyone's version consistent is surprisingly hard. Adobe's new patent describes a fingerprinting…
Salesforce Patents a System That Keeps Product Info in Sync Across Every Platform
If you've ever seen a product listed at different prices or with different descriptions on two different websites, you've felt the problem…
Patent Lets Video Files Update Themselves After Publishing
Imagine publishing a video and later realizing a stat you cited is wrong. Microsoft's new patent describes a video format where you…
Streaming Patent Adjusts Quality Based on Viewer Attention
Sony wants its streaming system to notice when you look away from the screen and drop the video quality to save bandwidth,…
Apple Files Patent for Paying for Parking Reservations Through Your Car's Screen
Apple wants your car's dashboard screen to be a checkout counter. A newly published patent describes a system where you tap your…
Google Patent Automates Navigation to Specific Content Across Different Apps
Every time you tap a link that's supposed to open inside an app and end up staring at the app's home screen…
Microsoft Patent Enables Interactive 3D Objects to Be Embedded Inside Ordinary Videos
Imagine watching a product video and being able to spin the item around yourself, without leaving the video player. Microsoft's new patent…
Sony Patents a System for Jumping to Any Point in a 3D Video File Without Losing Quality
Skipping to a specific moment in a compressed 3D video file is harder than it sounds. Sony's new patent describes a way…
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