{"id":82,"date":"2013-12-25T18:40:24","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T18:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.inkhive.com\/preus-plus\/?p=82"},"modified":"2013-12-28T19:40:58","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T19:40:58","slug":"apple-awarded-stocking-full-of-patents-including-heart-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.inkhive.com\/preus-plus\/2013\/12\/25\/apple-awarded-stocking-full-of-patents-including-heart-monitor\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple awarded stocking full of patents, including heart monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple 23 patents, including one for an embedded heart-rate monitor that might just be of interest to those on the watch for all things iWatch.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The most notable of the bunch &#8212; which range from Apple Store display stands to data storage management &#8212; is the\u00a0patent for a &#8220;seamlessly embedded heart rate monitor.&#8221;\u00a0That seems like something that would be used in the much-anticipated and so-called iWatch.<\/p>\n<p>In the patent, Apple points out that the heart rate monitor might be integrated into an accessory: &#8220;In some embodiments, an accessory coupled to the electronic device could be used to detect a user&#8217;s heart rate. For example, the leads could be located in one or more earbuds or in a headset, for example.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Related stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What we want in 2014: Break the mold, tech companies<\/li>\n<li>LG Display to get nod on Apple&#8217;s iWatch screen &#8212; report<\/li>\n<li>Apple and the emperor&#8217;s new wearable tech<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>We have to tip the (Santa&#8217;s) hat to Patently Apple for\u00a0noticing the patents on this Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n<p>Interest in wearable computers has swelled in recent months as reports trickled out that Apple was\u00a0creating a smartwatch\u00a0that would run on its iOS mobile operating system. Later reports suggested that Apple\u00a0went on a hiring spree\u00a0for its iWatch effort.<\/p>\n<p>And just Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook told employees in a memo that the company has &#8220;big plans that we think customers are going to love&#8221; in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re certainly\u00a0expecting lots of wearable gadgets\u00a0to debut next month in Las Vegas at\u00a0CES. Perhaps this patent is key to one in the distant future from Apple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple 23 patents, including one for an embedded heart-rate monitor that might just be of interest to those on the watch for all things iWatch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,40,39,13],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-apple","tag-heart-rate-monitor","tag-patents","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.inkhive.com\/preus-plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.inkhive.com\/preus-plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.inkhive.com\/preus-plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.inkhive.com\/preus-plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.inkhive.com\/preus-plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demo.inkhive.com\/preus-plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84,"href":"https:\/\/demo.inkhive.com\/preus-plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/84"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.inkhive.com\/preus-plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.inkhive.com\/preus-plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.inkhive.com\/preus-plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.inkhive.com\/preus-plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}