With so many apps to be used in the iPhones lately, one may wonder if there is something else that Apple could possibly come with for in the end to see that there are indeed new and interesting things to come up with. As it is the case with the new filing that covers an application for identification that helps the user to identify objects that are in his surroundings. For instance, a user can take a photo from some art gallery without having detailed information regarding the picture or he can snap pictures of some items such as famous buildings or statues but not being able to identify them.
The solution that Apple offers in this matter is introducing the ID app that can determine the user to locate the environment through a selection from a list of detection devices such as RFID reader, camera, or IR image capture. In this way the iPhone will be able to adjust parameters that are used for searching a collection of databases. Some embodiments present an electronic device that can recognize the location of the user helping him to identify an object, for example if the user is in a certain city and the unit is set on “Restaurant†mode, then the device is able to limit the search of the ID database to restaurants located in that city.
Based on GPS or other location services, and the direction in which users are pointing their iPhones, the ID app helps automatically identify the objects in the open spaces. While being in the dark, ID app activates an IR image capture device in order to detect objects that are in the darkness.Another application that has been filed is the one related to access to voicemails that have been previously sent to the recipients and not only those which are registered as incoming voicemails. In this case Apple comes with a solution that enables recording and playing back the outgoing voice mail messages that are linked to contact information related to the recipient. In this way the user can access the audio file by playing it back in order to remind him of the voicemail that might have not even listened to by the recipient.
Other applications include the feature called “pre-populated†iPhone which present the device with wanted pre-select media items and apps at the time when user is purchasing the device. The improvement that is brought to iPhone’s text messaging implies a parental control that filters out contents transmitted to the child, contents that are not approved by the parents. The “partially transparent sheet†is described as a sheet that can be maneuvered as a reply to user input, and can include for instance lyrics or text related to an audio file that is currently performing on the media player.
All these applications show Apple as being the entire time one step ahead of the customers’ needs, delivering techniques that turn the invention into what one dreams overnight to happen over the day.
