• iPhone Patents Promise to Automate Our Relationships at Last

    Unwired View uncovered three new iPhone patents that promise to turn everything from calling grandma on her birthday to turning off your phone in a movie theater into gloriously mindless activities.

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    By Mark Wilson
    Jul 2, 2009 9:10 AM 22,269
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    iPhone Patents Promise to Automate Our Relationships at Last


    Scheduled Communications
    "A communications device may be programmed to initiate a communications operation when a particular condition is met. The user may set any suitable condition, including for example a date and time, location, event, received or sent communications operation..."
    In other words, automatically email grandma on her birthday, or automatically send your wife a text message when you land in another state "I'm sorry honey, I'm seeing someone else...please pack up my clothing neatly and ship it to me."
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    http://gizmodo.com/5306167//gallery/gallery/1
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