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Apple patent application details simple "Grab and Go" sync
One such filing from last year describes a fascinating cloud-based, cross-platform sync service referred to as "Grab & Go." The filing showed up earlier this week and demonstrates how synchronization of data over multiple devices could be simplified. Grab & Go creates pre-defined data sets with categories like family, entertainment, or business that a user could literally "grab" and move to a device. The patent document shows how sharing files between devices (whether the device is a smartphone, computer, tablet, or even a game console) could be made easier.
The software is flexible enough to adapt to different connection types (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, to name a few) and can provide different levels of encryption and security. The filing even discusses a possible requirement of having two or more devices within a certain distance of each other in order for synchronization to begin.
If you're up for a long, but interesting read over the weekend, head on over to the US Patent & Trademark Office and check out the details of Grab & Go. It could be a foretaste of things to come, or just another long legal document.
[via AppleInsider and Engadget]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
DistortedLoop said 11:45AM on 11-07-2009
Wow, wireless sync on an iPhone. Didn't my Palm and Windows mobile devices have that back like 8-9 years ago...?
Seriously.
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DistortedLoop said 11:47AM on 11-07-2009
Which isn't to say that Apple's solution will no doubt be very elegant and easy to use, but c'mon, even a shameless fanboi like me has to admit Apple's a bit late to the non-tethered syncing game.
MC SE7EN said 3:35PM on 11-07-2009
hey, im just saying… ;)
ive noticed this on accessories as well… the icons would be laid out on the iphone in the pic on the front of the box like the ones above. :D
hmlong said 5:46PM on 11-07-2009
It's a sketch, not a screenshot.
MC SE7EN said 12:56PM on 11-07-2009
anyone else notice from the alignment of that icon that theres no way this is a vanilla iphone? that thing looks to have a few blank icons in the spaces before Grab and Go…just like..a jailbroken device…hmm...
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hmlong said 3:33PM on 11-07-2009
Anyone think they're reading more into concept artwork designed to illustrate a point that they really should?
MC SE7EN said 1:01PM on 11-07-2009
and how do i change my email addy for this account? i cant seem to find it! o.o
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iconz113 said 10:21PM on 11-07-2009
Steve jobs learned his lesson in 83 with gates, thats why he makes sure to get patents first lmao
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