Apple Patent Reveals Plans for User-Created Widgets?

An Apple Patent unveiled yesterday reveals that the company is working on user-created widgets, according to RazorianFly.

The patent originally received a lot of media publicity because of the trouble it could cause other smartphone makers who implement multi-touch web browsing; however, another tidbit of interest was found in an image attached to the filing.

As noted by reader Isaac, there was something else in the patent — something which was hidden in plain sight. As seen above, Apple specifically mentions "User-Created Widget(s)" as well as something called the "Widget Creator Module". Third-party widget creation with iOS 5, (in its current form), is simply not possible. Users are required to remove restrictions by way of jailbreaking before this functionality becomes available.


Apple did not mention the possibility of user created widgets in its iOS 5 announcement; however, the operating system is not scheduled to ship until fall.

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