2011-06-23 Newly Published Apple Patent Applications

	PUB. APP. NO.	Title
1	20110154394	User Interface With Menu Abstractions And Content Abstractions
2	20110154309	COMPILER WITH ENERGY CONSUMPTION PROFILING
3	20110154200	Enhancing Media Content with Content-Aware Resources
4	20110154198	MIXED SOURCE MEDIA PLAYBACK
5	20110154163	ACCESSING METADATA WITH AN EXTERNAL HOST
6	20110154084	EFFICIENT SERVICE ADVERTISEMENT AND DISCOVERY IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
7	20110153818	EFFICIENT SERVICE ADVERTISEMENT AND DISCOVERY IN MULTIPLE WIRELESS NETWORKS
8	20110153789	EFFICIENT SERVICE ADVERTISEMENT AND DISCOVERY IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT WITH DYNAMIC ADVERTISEMENT AND DISCOVERY PERIODS BASED ON OPERATING CONDITIONS
9	20110153773	EFFICIENT SERVICE ADVERTISEMENT AND DISCOVERY IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT WITH COOPERATIVE ADVERTISEMENT
10	20110153647	AUTO-POPULATION OF A TABLE
11	20110153044	DIRECTIONAL AUDIO INTERFACE FOR PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICE
12	20110151725	MALE PLUG CONNECTOR
13	20110151724	FEMALE RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR
14	20110149502	PORTABLE HARD DRIVE AND MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR SAME
15	20110149094	IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HAVING TILT AND/OR PERSPECTIVE CORRECTION
16	20110149087	Joint Bandwidth Detection Algorithm For Real-Time Communication
17	20110148936	Associating Media Content Items With Geographical Data
18	20110148912	DISPLAY COLOR CORRECTING SYSTEM

Of Note:

Tony Fadell is the first listed inventor on the male plug / female receptacle connector applications.

 

The four "efficient service advertisement" applications could be ones to watch:

 

20110154084 EFFICIENT SERVICE ADVERTISEMENT AND DISCOVERY IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

1. A machine-implemented method for advertising a service in a peer-to-peer networking environment, the method comprising:

• broadcasting, by a local device, a service advertisement in a wireless network, the service advertisement including one or more service identifiers (IDs) identifying one or more services being advertised and an availability schedule of the local device;
• listening, by the local device, in the wireless network according to the availability schedule of the local device; and
• in response to a service request received from a remote device during the availability window, transmitting a service response to the remote device, the service response having detailed information associated with one or more services identified by one or more service IDs in the service request.

 

20110153789 EFFICIENT SERVICE ADVERTISEMENT AND DISCOVERY IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT WITH DYNAMIC ADVERTISEMENT AND DISCOVERY PERIODS BASED ON OPERATING CONDITIONS

1. A machine-implemented method for advertising a service in a peer-to-peer networking environment, the method comprising:

• monitoring operating conditions of a local device coupled to a wireless network;
• dynamically adjusting an advertisement period based on the operating conditions of the local device; and
• broadcasting, by the local device, a service advertisement in the wireless network according to the adjusted advertisement period,
• the service advertisement including one or more service IDs for identifying one or more services to be advertised from the local device.