Intel has a large patent portfolio which has only been getting stronger in recent years. In 2013, the company was the recipient of 1,730 patents from the USPTO, a 34.4 % increase in U.S. patents issued to them over 2012. Worldwide, the corporation ranked 16th among all entities filing for U.S. patent grants. In recent months, the company has made acquisitions to expand its holdings in telecommunications infrastructure, evidenced by their September purchase of more than 1,400 patents and patent applications in that sector developed by Powerwave Technologies, which had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
In a recent review of Intel patents, we saw a wave of augmented and virtual-reality technologies. Augmented-reality programs implemented on mobile platforms are the focus of U.S. Patent No. 8913085, which is titled Object Mapping Techniques for Mobile Augmented Reality Applications. The patent claims a method of identifying an object in one or more images, accessing a stored profile database to select a profile for the object once identified; the profile contains information on whether an object should be altered or interacted with and processing an alteration for a display. The technology is intended to improve the use of mobile augmented-reality (MAR) programs which implement a plurality of devices for multiplayer game play, for instance.
From U.S. Patent No. 8913085, which is titled “Object Mapping Techniques for Mobile Augmented Reality Applications.”
Gesture recognition is another major area of virtual reality development in which Intel has strengthened its position through the issue of U.S. Patent No. 8914894, which is titled Enhanced Privacy for Provision of Computer Vision. The technology at the center of this patent is designed to make it impossible for malicious software to capture images used in gesture-recognition systems for unauthorized image transmission, a topic of concern that has grown with the use of gesture-recognition systems. The patent protects a computing apparatus with one or more physical privacy indicators which visually indicate the privacy conditions of the computing apparatus in association with the provision of computer vision, as well as a privacy engine coupled with the physical privacy indicators which pre-processes images from an image source to increase privacy for a user.
Data security is another area where we noted some intriguing Intel patents. Enhanced licensing techniques that authenticate clients for software programs are disclosed and protected by U.S. Patent No. 8909777, entitled Systems and Methods for Dynamic Access to Program Features. The client system claimed by this patent utilizes a non-transitory storage medium containing instructions for receiving a user selection indicating a first additional feature of a client program and transmitting the selection to a server system which has feature access information for determining whether a feature should be made available to a user. By sending the feature access information to the client, this invention helps to reduce delays caused by multiple users contacting a single server for access authorization or various security protections implemented when storing user information on a license file stored at the client device. Better systems for network security are also the focus of U.S. Patent No. 8886929, issued under the title Generating a Chain of Trust for a Virtual Endpoint. The method protected by this patent utilizes a processor-based system generating a chain of trust for a virtual endpoint which is associated with a layered architecture comprised of a physical layer, a virtual machine monitor layer, an operating system layer and an application layer, and measuring a code image of a process at each of the layers before the process is loaded. This system is better capable of identifying issues with viruses existing within various endpoints of a virtual environment.
We’ll wrap up our survey of Intel’s recent patented technologies with a look at a couple of patents issued in the past few weeks to protect developments in wireless mobile devices. Theft protection for smartphones, laptops and more should be enhanced thanks to the technology protected by U.S. Patent No. 8897831, entitled Wireless Device Content Information Theft Protection System. This invention is intended to provide extra security for confidential information stored on a wireless device that has been stolen. The patent claims a method of receiving a first code from a user of a wireless communication device and transmitting that code to a service provider who then sends a two-part kill code to the wireless communication device, disabling its operation.
From U.S. Patent No. 8890628, which is titled “Ultra Slim RF Package for Ultrabooks and Smart Phones.”
A technology that enables the construction of ultrathin portable computing devices is the focus of U.S. Patent No. 8890628, which is titled Ultra Slim RF Package for Ultrabooks and Smart Phones. The patent protects a package comprised of a substrate having a core layer with multiple core surfaces, a metal layer covering both core surfaces and a buildup layer disposed separately on both core surfaces, each of which includes an insulating layer, a plurality of conductive vias and a plurality of conductive lines. The resulting innovation enables the fabrication of a semiconductor device package with a reduced form factor in the x, y and z dimensions, which is made possible by embedding an active die within an electromagnetically shielded cavity in the core layer of a package substrate.
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