I . ▁He ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁secure ▁fund ing ▁to ▁renew ▁the ▁US $ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁world wide ▁pat ent , ▁so ▁it ▁la ps ed ▁and ▁K ram er ▁never ▁prof ited ▁from ▁his ▁idea . ▁ ▁The ▁name ▁i Pod ▁was ▁proposed ▁by ▁V inn ie ▁Ch ie co , ▁a ▁fre el ance ▁copy writer , ▁who ▁( with ▁others ) ▁was ▁called ▁by ▁Apple ▁to ▁figure ▁out ▁how ▁to ▁introduce ▁the ▁new ▁player ▁to ▁the ▁public . ▁After ▁Ch ie co ▁saw ▁a ▁prototype , ▁he ▁thought ▁of ▁the ▁movie ▁ 2 0 0 1 : ▁A ▁Space ▁Od ys sey ▁and ▁the ▁phrase ▁" Open ▁the ▁pod ▁bay ▁doors , ▁Hal ", ▁which ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁white ▁E VA ▁Pod s ▁of ▁the ▁Disc overy ▁One ▁spaces hip . ▁Ch ie co ▁saw ▁an ▁anal ogy ▁to ▁the ▁relationship ▁between ▁the ▁spaces hip ▁and ▁the ▁smaller ▁independent ▁pod s ▁in ▁the ▁relationship ▁between ▁a ▁personal ▁computer ▁and ▁the ▁music ▁player . ▁Apple ▁research ed ▁the ▁tra dem ark ▁and ▁found ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁already ▁in ▁use . ▁Joseph ▁N . ▁Gr asso ▁of ▁New ▁Jersey ▁had ▁originally ▁listed ▁an ▁" i Pod " ▁tra dem ark ▁with ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Pat ent ▁and ▁Tra dem ark ▁Office ▁( US P TO ) ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁for ▁Internet ▁k ios ks . ▁The ▁first ▁i Pod ▁k ios ks ▁had ▁been ▁demonstrated ▁to ▁the ▁public ▁in ▁New ▁Jersey