by Surur
9 months
Microsoft is being sued by a light switch company who claims to have invented the touch-less virtual interactions Microsoft uses with the HoloLens Mixed Reality headset. Connecticut-based HoloTouch makes a holographic light switch...
by Pradeep
11 months
Early this year, Microsoft announced the Azure IP Advantage program, a program through which Microsoft will use its patent portfolio to help protect their cloud customers from patent suits. If sued, eligible Azure customers can ac...
1 year
When Microsoft announced the Microsoft Band they promised the wearable would do a lot more than fitness tracking but would know your life inside and out and provide advice in even non-exercise related roles such as stress and slee...
by Pradeep
1 year
Microsoft today announced a patent licensing agreement with popular Japanese watchmaker Casio. This new agreement covers smartwatch technologies as well. Casio’s latest smartwatches like WSD-F10 and WSD-F20 Smart Outdoor Watch, ...
by Pradeep
1 year
Microsoft yesterday announced a new program for automakers to license its intellectual property (IP) for connected cars. Microsoft also announced that Japanese automaker Toyota has reached an agreement with them to license their...
by Pradeep
2 years
Microsoft today announced the new Azure IP Advantage program, a new program in which they use their patent portfolio to help protect their cloud customers from patent suits. If sued, eligible Azure customers can acquire one of 10,...
by Pradeep
2 years
A new patent applied by Microsoft went public today and it describes a foldable tablet supported by a flexible hinge. When an average consumer makes a decision to buy a device, a size of the device becomes a primary consideration....
by Pradeep
2 years
According to the data compiled by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services, Microsoft was awarded 2,398 patents in 2016 in the US. Microsoft was ranked No.8 in the list, an improvement of two ranks from the last year’s list. It is importa...
by Surur
2 years
The Stack reports that Apple has been granted a patent for a head-mounted virtual reality display which is designed to temporarily integrate a device such as the iPhone to act as the screen and processing power for the headset. Th...
by Surur
2 years
Microsoft’s next big phone has a lot of catching up to do, and it may mean that Microsoft plans to incorporate all the major features of the other high-profile smartphones from other companies, if their latest patent publica...
by Pradeep
2 years
A new Microsoft patent titled “Collapsible Shell Cover for Computing Device” got published yesterday in the US. In this patent, they are describing a new type of collapsible shell cover for tablets. Unlike the current ...