The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today published a patent granted to Apple, Inc. which broadly covers the iPod?s use of a touch-sensitive scrolling surface for accessing media in combination with on-screen and possibly audio scrolling cues. Titled ?Touch pad for handheld device? and originally filed in 2006, U.S. Patent 7,348,967 describes a handheld music player that ?includes a controller disposed inside the housing and?

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