29 мая этого года Американским патентным бюро был опубликован патент 20080122796, подписанный лично Стивом Джобсом.
В частности в патенте при описании девайса есть следующие строчки:
[0115]In some embodiments, the software components stored in memory 102 may include an operating system 126, a communication module (or set of instructions) 128, a contact/motion module (or set of instructions) 130, a graphics module (or set of instructions) 132, a text input module (or set of instructions) 134, a Global Positioning System (GPS) module (or set of instructions) 135, and applications (or set of instructions) 136.
[0121]The GPS module 135 determines the location of the device and provides this information for use in various applications (e.g., to telephone 138 for use in location-based dialing, to camera 143 and/or blogger 142 as picture/video metadata, and to applications that provide location-based services such as weather widgets, local yellow page widgets, and map/navigation widgets).
А это значит, что GPS модуль будет и его функции будут использоваться не только для навигации.
Что еще интересного было найдено в этом патенте:
– карты и связанные с ними данные теперь можно будет хранить на iPhone:
the map module 154 may be used to receive, display, modify, and store maps and data associated with maps (e.g., driving directions; data on stores and other points of interest at or near a particular location; and other location-based data);
– IM и MMS в одном флаконе:
to transmit a respective instant message (for example, using a Short Message Service (SMS) or Multimedia Message Service (MMS) protocol for telephony-based instant messages or using XMPP, SIMPLE, or IMPS for Internet-based instant messages), to receive instant messages and to view received instant messages;
– поддержка видеоконференций:
the videoconferencing module 139 may be used to initiate, conduct, and terminate a video conference between a user and one or more other participants. Embodiments of user interfaces and associated processes using videoconferencing module 139 are described further below;
– программа для блоггинга:
the blogging module 142 may be used to send text, still images, video, and/or other graphics to a blog (e.g., the user’s blog);
– словарь:
calculator widget 149-3, alarm clock widget 149-4, dictionary widget 149-5, and other widgets obtained by the user, as well as user-created widgets 149-6;
– программа для создания собственных виджетов и сами виджеты:
the widget modules 149 are mini-applications that may be downloaded and used by a user (e.g., weather widget 149-1, stocks widget 149-2, calculator widget 149-3, alarm clock widget 149-4, and dictionary widget 149-5) or created by the user (e.g., user-created widget 149-6).
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