Apple ’s wholesale “ twist to gadget Location Awareness”patentcovers a mickle of priming coat , not the least of which are a hint at iPhonevideo conferencingand the power to locate whoever ’s on the receiving terminal of your call .
harmonize to the applied science proposed in the patent , a caller ’s phone would ping the fluid equipment it ’s communicating with to quest placement point . The 2d gimmick fix its location and sends the selective information back to the originating mobile phone , where it ’s automatically displayed on the screen . It looks like an opt - in service , so all you Sneaky Petes wo n’t have to share your location if you do n’t require to .
One intriguing section of the patent also suggests a video conferencing hereafter for the iPhone :
“ Note that the address to ‘ vocalisation call ’ here is not limited to a conventional , sound - only conversation . It may also admit video of the two user , synchronize with their sound recording . ”
It may indeed ! And while the patent was only made public today , it was primitively filed manner back in the fall of 2008 .
A full crack-up of the unsportsmanlike item can be found atPatently Apple . In the meantime , all you video call - loving stalkers should be drool right now . [ USPTOviaPatently Apple ]
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