Two More Interesting Apple Patents
Apple has been down at the patent office again, patenting up an iPhone storm. This week those crazy cats have conjured up two ways to make your mobiling life easier. The first system tracks how far away you are from a mobile phone mast and then warns you when your call is about to drop. Apple has said that this warning could take many forms e.g. vibratory, audible, visual, or someone grabbing you by the shoulders and shaking you vigorously. The second is, bizarrely, a Bluetooth-based system to track down Bluetooth-enabled lost objects such as a Bluetooth headset. Apple could also release a tiny Bluetooth device, which could be attached to anything that you regularly lose, from a set of keys to your self-respect.
Many Apple patents never see the light of day, so is this illusion or reality? Hopefully we’ll eventually see the two ideas feature in a handset.
Source: Apple Insider
