A few patents have come Apple’s way, filed around the time of the original iPhone. They concern the “slide to unlock” screen and the way that characters on the keyboard jump up when you hit them. As ...
Apple has successfully patented two of the more basic interface aspects of iOS on the iPhone, the slide-to-unlock bar on the smartphone's lockscreen, and the pop-up characters that feature on its ...
In the fast-changing world of smartphone design, often the most valuable thing that a company can own is a patent for a specific feature they've invented. No matter how seemingly trivial the design ...