Microsoft Patents a Way to Give Text-Typing Meeting Participants the Same On-Screen Spotlight as Speakers
When you type instead of speak in a video call, most platforms treat you like you're silent. A new Microsoft patent wants…
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Samsung Patents a System That Reads Your Screen to Control Connected Devices
Every object on your phone screen could become a remote control. Samsung has filed a patent for a system that watches what…
Microsoft Patent Reveals Temporary Folders That Automatically Organize Around Your Current Work
Microsoft has filed a patent for a system that watches what you're working on and automatically builds a temporary folder stocked with…
Adobe Patents a System for Generating Realistic Sparkle Effects on 3D Surfaces
Anyone who has tried to render the sparkle in glittery fabric or metallic car paint knows it can be painfully slow to…
Apple Patents Virtual Environments That Simulate Real Presentation Venues
Apple is patenting a way to wrap your presentation software in a virtual room that looks like a real-world venue, so the…
WhatsApp Patents a System That Moves Your Most-Used Stickers to the Front
WhatsApp is patenting a way to track how often each sticker or emoji gets used in a specific conversation thread and then…
Samsung Patent: Bookmarks That Remember Which Apps You Were Using at the Time
Every browser lets you save a webpage, but none of them remember why you saved it. Samsung is patenting a system that…
Apple Patents a Search Interface That Remembers Where You Left Off
Tapping a search result only to immediately dismiss it is a small but genuinely annoying experience on any phone. Apple has patented…
Microsoft Patents a Form Auto-Fill System That Loads Answers Before You Type
What if your device already had the right answers loaded before your fingers touched the keyboard? A new Microsoft patent describes exactly…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Build 3D Maps That Show How Places Will Change Over Time
Qualcomm has filed a patent for a system that can take a 3D map of a city block and predict what that…
Google Patents a Self-Adjusting Compression System That Shrinks Video Files Faster
Every time a video streams to your phone, a tiny probability model is working overtime to guess what comes next in the…
Google Patents Technology That Reconstructs Video by Layering Motion and Still-Image Estimates
Every time you watch a compressed video, your device is guessing what most of the picture looks like rather than storing every…
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