Apple was granted 37 patents today, notably receiving approval for AirPower’s primary selling point, “multi-device charging.” The company was also granted a patent related to an iPhone with a full-body display spanning the front through rear and sides.
The latter patent details having touch-sensitive input capabilities on the rear glass, with the patent specifying users could turn pages, scroll, and game while utilizing the rear input.
The same patent further covers detecting device tilt, with “scroll speed proportionate to tilt angle” when viewing content while “detect absence of tilt and halt scrolling” would offer when the device was steady.
Here’s how the patent describes tilting between pages:
Further, the patent describes how touch input from the rear would affect content displayed on the main display.
Last week, we detailed some of the security features Apple filed a patent application for regarding AirPower. Here’s how the security feature was described:
Finally, Apple won patents related to smart fabrics being integrated with remote controls. An excerpt describes the possibility below.
Moreover, the embodiments described herein can involve periodically refreshing the unique IDs of the computing devices to further-thwart any malicious activity that may be attempted.
Although Apple’s patents today spark some life into AirPower, patents aren’t a reliable indicator of product launch information in any way.
