Apple has recently filed a new patent, which may give insight into some of their plans for the future.  The first patent patent would allow an iPod to record tunes from thin air, transmit samples of the songs wirelessly to a server that identifies associated media, and enable users to purchase and download them.

It is also believed that Apple may be working on a deal with XM Satellite.  The patent filing also refers to documents covering MacXM, a program that allows Mac OS X to control an XM Satellite Radio device.

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