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Apple Files Patent For New Proprietary Port

Posted by Soulskill on from the any-old-port-in-the-storm dept.

rwise2112 writes "Apple proposes a solution to multiple port requirements within limited space: the two in one port. The port is described as a 'Combined Input Port,' where two different interfaces could be in one port. The input port includes an outer wall defining a receiving aperture, a substrate positioned within the receiving aperture. One set of contacts is configured to communicate with a first connector and the second set of contacts is configured to communicate with a second connector. Looks like another addition to the special Apple cable lineup."

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  1. Speaking as a Mac owner by fyngyrz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, fuck.

    bad enough every video cable is an adaptor, now what, more? [groans]

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  2. Dongles by simonbp · · Score: 3, Funny

    What is it with Apple engineers and 1000 different connectors? Do they have a dongle fetish?

  3. Re:Prior art by Sarten-X · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're absolutely factually correct, but since this is a story about Apple, patents, and law, we Slashdotters will spend the rest of this discussion raging about prior art, litigation, and monopolies.

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  4. Re:Prior art by CanHasDIY · · Score: 3, Funny

    USB 3.0 cables are a marriage of two different connectors.

    Abomination!

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