The others include multi-touch patent 7, 479, 949 (which was tentatively invalidated) along with two other patents (RE41, 922 and 7, 912, 501) relating to graphic display elements and audio hardware detection.

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In addition, TSS 3.0 works with Freescale's touch-sensing input (TSI) module, which is embedded into several hardware platforms, to provide better touch detection.

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The company provides hardware, software and services for connecting utilities with devices on a power grid, including advanced metering and faster detection of outages and tools to improve the reliability of electrical grids.

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