Patently Apple has uncovered a new patent application from Apple that might give us a glimpse of part of Apple’s future internet strategy. This approach looks beyond OS X and could bring apps like Pages to the PC and other platforms.
The patent talks about a new word processing platform that allows documents to be edited across all platforms. It also allows them to be formatted and shown exactly the same way on various devices. Similar to Google Docs and Microsoft’s 365, the system would work within a web browser. While the patent is centered on a word processor application, it isn’t limited to such documents and could be applied to any document presenting text on a screen.
Is this something you would use if Apple produced a device-independent word processor — or even a suite of apps that you could use on any platform? Let us know in the comments.
Patent shows concept for platform-independent word processor originally appeared on TUAW on Mon, 23 May 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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