New Apple Patent for LBS Ads/Purchases
The patent application was filed in 2007 and made public March 5 and is titled: Graphical User Interface with Location-Specific Interface Elements
In short, per The Register, it proposes to patent a location-based interface that can display ads and facilitate purchases over your iPhone or iPod touch while in stores or malls. I didn’t get that level of detail from the abstract, but apparently, again per The Register, “the ones described in most detail in the filing would enable users of Apple’s WiFi-equipped handhelds and laptops to identify and purchase tunes, movies, videos, photos, and audiobooks while they are being played or displayed in a bricks-and-mortar store.”
by Adena Schutzberg on 03/11 at 06:00 AM |
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