And has the gull to request Android within their claim. Something that DOES infringe on Patents related to Android and the OHA team.
[APPLICATION] APPLICATION COMMUNICATION WITH EXTERNAL ACCESSORIES
US Pat. 12720446 - Filed Mar 9, 2010 - Apple Inc.
[APPLICATION] ACCESSORY AND MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE COMMUNICATION USING AN APPLICATION ...
US Pat. 12720349 - Filed Mar 9, 2010 - Apple Inc.
[APPLICATION] ACCESSORY INTERFACE TO PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICE USING SESSIONS
US Pat. 12720489 - Filed Mar 9, 2010 - Apple Inc
These should not be granted for many reasons. There are many car manufacturers that have already incorporated this tech, so prior art comes into play.
Regardless, there are over 1000 other applicants prior to Apple (Seiko among them) that have applied similar patents. Only Apple has the gull to claim Android.
Google HAS 34 patents, and has applied for hundreds more in this field, not to mention MS and Sync. But the key component that Apple will not be able to get away from is the fact that the Google also has innumerable patents regarding speech based interaction within the car, something that Apples three applications would lack or infringe upon.
On these merits alone Apple can't really control much here. But we will see what actually happens.
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