Patent №
US 8,744,951
Granted
2014-06-03
Filed 2008
Owner
APPLE INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12105916
Among other disclosures, an operating system presents one or more advertisements to a user and disables one or more functions while the advertisement is being presented. At the end of the advertisement, the operating system again enables the function(s). The advertisement can be visual or audible. The presentation of the advertisement(s) can be made as part of an approach where the user obtains a good or service, such as the operating system, for free or at reduced cost.
AI classification
Ownership
APPLE INC.
assignment · 248810756
Assignors
JOBS, STEVEN, ANZURES, FREDDY A., MATAS, MIKE, CHRISTIE, GREGORY N., COFFMAN, PATRICK
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.