Filed under: Home Entertainment

No stranger to the odd patent filing, Apple has once again delved into the dark waters of the unknown with an application for an Apple TV-like device with iChat-esque functionality, amongst others. In the patent, the company suggests a number of uses for widget overlays during video, including those triggered by composition and timing, as well as widgets used for menus and navigation. The patent demonstrates how real-time widget updates may coincide with live broadcast television — such as a scorecard overlay for a sporting event — and plus

showcases a video chat operate which can be used simultaneously during the playback or broadcast of composition. Additionally, the filing shows a new remote which would have hot buttons for quick access to widgets, navigation, and the robotic milkshake mode (we might have wishfully made up that last one). certain it looks good, but we’d happily take the latest Apple TV update until that comes along.

 

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Original post by Joshua Topolsky