This Apple patent lists Steve Jobs as an inventor and is directed towards content abstraction presentation along a multidimensional path. Mr. Jobs was awarded U.S. Patent 7747968 entitled “Content abstraction presentation along a multidimensional path” on June 29, 2010. The utility patent has been cited 66 times by other U.S. patents in the field of computer technology and in other fields.

Content abstractions are emerged in to an ingress terminus of a multidimensional path and depth transitioned through the multidimensional path to an egress terminus. The content abstractions are eliminated at the egress terminus. Link: U.S. Patent 7747968

Apple filed this utility patent on September 11, 2006 giving it a processing time of 1387 days (compared to an average processing time of 1842 in the field). They have a total number of 15027 patents. The first named inventor is Steve P. Jobs of Palo Alto, CA. The patent was allowed by assistant examiner Enrique W Iturralde and primary examiner Ba Huynh.

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