Ngokutsho kwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi elinikwe iApple, iPhones, iPads kunye nezinye izixhobo ezinje ngeMacs okanye iiApple Watchs izixhobo zokubona umsi ukwazisa abasebenzisi ngemeko ezinokuba yingozi.
Ilungelo lomenzi le-Apple 9.123.221 biza "Izixhobo zonxibelelwano ngaphandle kwamacingo» okanye ngeSpanish «Iinethiwekhi ezingenazingcingo zezixhobo ezinokubonakalisa ukubonwa komsi«Ikhutshwe yi-United States Patent kunye neOfisi yoRhwebo. Ibonisa isisombululo esichazwe yiApple apho ibonelela ngothotho lwezibonelelo ngaphezulu koqwalaselo lwe indawo echanekileyo Namhlanje, izibonelelo ezinokubakho nge-iPhone, i-iPad, iApple kunye nezinye izixhobo ukuba bezinokuphatheka, kwaye ayinakulungiswa kwenye indawo.
Njengenxalenye yenkqubo yenethiwekhi, isixhobo se-iOS siya kuthi sixhotyiswe ngeseti ye Abenzi boluvo abanjengokubona umsi izinto ezisekwe ekukhanyeni okanye ezilinganayo ezifumaneka kwiivenkile zehardware, kodwa zinciphile ukuze zilungele ngaphakathi kwesixhobo. Amanye amalungu e-patent abiza iimvakalelo zesiko, ezinje nge ikhamera ye-iPhone.
Ukuziqhelanisa, umsi kuya kufuneka waziswe ngesixhobo 'sokujonga' ukuze ubhaqwe, ngoko ke iseti yeenjineli ezifakiweyo kufuneka zibekwe kufutshane isithethi port okanye omnye umngxunya omncinci. I-Apple ibandakanya izixhobo ezigubungelayo Imizila yeWi-Fi, MacBooks, PC kwaye Apple TV.
Xa inkqubo ibhaqa umsi okwisoftware yolawulo, iyasebenza ukwazisa umnini wesixhobo yenza inkqubo yokucinezela umlilo okanye wenze eminye imisebenzi. Yintoni egqithisile abasemagunyeni banokwaziswa ngemeko engxamisekileyo ngemiyalezo ethunyelwe kukunxibelelana kwesixhobo. Olu lwazi lunokudluliselwa kwifayile ye- idilesi yendlu, Uhlobo loyilo lokwakha, indawo yesixhobo nokunye okuninzi
Akukho zicwangciso zicacileyo ezivela kuApple zokubandakanya itekhnoloji yokufumanisa umsi kwisixhobo. Uhlobo lwe-iOS olulandelayo, nangona inkampani isiba ngumdlali onolunya ngakumbi kwisithuba se- ezenzekelayo ekhaya.