Apple recently applied for a patent for “movement-based interfaces for personal media devices,” which means a more advanced accelerometer and movement gestures for the iPhone, basically. Apple has enjoyed applying for patents recently.

Following in the footsteps of Sony Ericsson, Apple doesn’t seem to be satisfied with just the ability to switch between landscape and portrait orientations or simple screen-tilting in games. Just to name a couple of examples, with more gesture controls, you could switch between different webpages with a slight tilt, or change songs by shaking the gadget.

This basically allows Apple to corner the market as far as certain gesture controls built into a device, which further strengthens their dominance with smartphones and the iPhone.