Apple + new patent = iPhone speculation
Apple Computer Inc. won a patent for a speech-recognition technology earlier this week, fueling speculation that the iPod-maker is laying the groundwork for a future “iPhone.” The patent, approved Tuesday by the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office, allows Apple to assign “meanings to spoken utterances in a speech recognition system.”
he Apple-focused blog Mac News Network, which first reported the news, suggested that the patent, which was first filed in February of 2004, could be used for a future “iPhone.” “We believe in six months the halo effect will expand beyond a simple iPod-to-Mac correlation into a four-way relationship with iPod, Mac, iPhone, and iTV benefiting from each other’s success,” Munster said in a note to clients, Reuters reported.
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