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As Apple turns the iPhone into one of the most popular gaming devices, the staff of Appletell--gamers and Apple fans alike--are here to help you get the most entertainment value out of your app store purchases.





Stand invention (US Patent D567800) does not offer a detailed explanation as to why this dock is much different than other docks on the market. Apple only provided a one sentence explanation in the patent filing: “The stand, which can be utilized as a dock, is used to support an electronic device, such as a media player, media storage device, cellular phone, PDA and/or the like.”
Method and Apparatus for Media Data Transmission invention (US Patent 7366788) relates to QuickTime’s processing of media data “transmitted in a data communication medium.” In other words, this invention provides ways of for allowing media data to be transmitted over a communication media, such as in a computer network. The invention is not necessarily limited to QuickTime, but also to audio formats such as AIFF, video formats such as AVI, and streaming formats such as RealMedia.
Method and Apparatus Measuring Bandwidth invention (US Patent 7366199) relates to a method of determining and measuring network bandwidth between two computers. According to Apple, “the method measures a first time interval between when one of the computers (1) sends a first data set to the other computer and (2) receives a first response,” in two intervals. The method then identifies the network bandwidth from the two measured time intervals.
Method and Apparatus for Allowing a Media Client to Obtain Media Data from a Media Server invention (US Patent 7366975) relates to a method that allows one application (”media client”) to have access to the media items of another application (”media server”) without having any knowledge of the media server’s implementation, such as its project file format and rendering engine.
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