Adobe Patents a Gesture-Driven Unified Color-Control Interface for Image Editing
Adobe is patenting a color-editing interface that lets you tweak multiple color parameters simultaneously with a single gesture — and the histogram…
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Sony Patents a Mid-Frame Cancellation System for Cloud Gaming Latency
Cloud gaming's dirtiest secret is that servers often finish rendering a frame your input already made obsolete. Sony's new patent tries to…
Sony Patents a Friend-Matching System Built Around When You Actually Play
Finding online friends who are actually online when you are is surprisingly hard. Sony's new patent tries to fix that by turning…
Salesforce Patents a Real-Time Sync System for Linked Virtual Workspaces
Salesforce is patenting a way to keep two separate virtual workspaces — think channels or rooms — automatically in sync, so a…
Samsung Patents a Priority-Based Display System for IoT Device Alerts
When a dozen smart home devices all trigger alerts at once, which one should your screen actually show? Samsung's new patent answers…
Red Hat Patents a Runtime-Built Alpha Network for Rule Engines
Rule engines typically lock in their decision-making structures at startup — Red Hat's new patent lets that structure build and reshape itself…
IBM Patents a System for Sending Different Screen Content to Different Video Call Participants
Imagine running a Zoom call where your sales team sees the CRM dashboard, your engineers see the terminal logs, and your exec…
Red Hat Patents a Nested Container System for Cross-Platform Workloads
Red Hat has patented a way to spin up a container inside another container — sharing the outer container's network identity —…
IBM Patents a Screenshot Format That Keeps Buttons Functional
A screenshot is usually a dead image — you can see the button, but you can't tap it. IBM wants to change…
Adobe Patents a System for Keeping Customer Identity Graphs from Collapsing
When you try to link too many customer identifiers together in a single graph, the whole thing can fall apart. Adobe's new…
Sony Patents a Method to Build 3D Head Meshes from a Single 2D Photo
Sony Interactive Entertainment has patented a way to generate a full 3D head mesh from a single 2D photo — without requiring…
Sony Files Patent for Tying Player Comments to Specific In-Game Play Units
Sony is patenting a way to attach player comments not just to a game session, but to a precise unit of gameplay…
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