Authored by: jbb on Friday, May 24 2013 @ 12:08 AM EDT |
Apple --> Samsung
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Our job is to remind ourselves that there are more contexts
than the one we’re in now — the one that we think is reality.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 24 2013 @ 12:59 AM EDT |
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 24 2013 @ 01:53 AM EDT |
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 24 2013 @ 02:11 AM EDT |
Srsly PJ. You really got wound up on this. I havn't seen so many typos since
... since .... AAAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!![ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 24 2013 @ 02:44 AM EDT |
Creation of new accounts has been disabled. So I post anonymously.
1) You're awfully emotive in this writing. Would the article stand on its own
without you expressing your anger through effusive use of "stupid"?
You are
colouring the dialogue with your own opinion.
2) The patent about 'picking from a drop down list' is about predictive text,
where the predictions are based on the user's input in that type of input box in
the past. Was this technique used on IBM3270 terminals back in the mainframe
days? No. Nobody had considered predictive text back then. Someone invented
the idea. Is the predictive text (or type-ahead) used in Nokia phones the same
thing? No, the Nokia wasn't used for handling generic applications, it was
loaded
with the ability to make phone calls, send SMS and store a contact list.
3) The next patent you describe is about associating a number of phone
numbers with a particular contact then picking the appropriate phone number to
send an SMS to when the user has missed a call from one of that contact's phone
numbers: thus if Bob calls Alice from work, Alice can send an SMS to Bob's
mobile phone by simply using a guesture on the UI element representing the
missed call: there is no "open the missed caller's details, select the
mobile phone
number and compose a reply SMS". The idea is that the software takes some
of
the obvious steps for you: when you select "Send a message" the phone
will pick
the mobile number. When you select "call back" it will pick the number
that the
missed call came from.
4) Many things may seem obvious in retrospect, but the fact that they didn't
exist
until invented should indicate that they were not obvious at the time. Where's
the
rage and furore from Groklaw regarding Amazon's 1-click patent, which is
basically preventing everyone else in the world from using a user's details on
record to make purchases by clicking a "buy now" button? That's the
poster child
of software patents.
5) The slide-to-unlock patent specifically deals with moving an image around on
the screen to unlock the phone. This patent isn't about "a finger
guesture" it is
specifically about a specific guesture involving moving a specific image (the
tab
in the "slider") from one position to another. This is not a
"software patent" it is a
"design patent", it's in the same field as trademarks.
Now please correct your article removing all the emotive and inflammatory
wording, perhaps you'll gain a larger following amongst the people in the world
capable of thinking for themselves. It is insulting to your readers that you
prompt them what to think and feel about any particular topic.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 24 2013 @ 08:26 AM EDT |
No significant text here. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Dent on Friday, May 24 2013 @ 11:53 AM EDT |
Samsung has not sold 10 million S4s. They have shipped 10
million S4s. There is a difference between the way Apple and
Samsung report. When Apple announces sales, it's talking
about phones bought by customers. When Samsung talks about
shipments, it's phones that have left the factory. There is a
big difference in these numbers.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 25 2013 @ 01:02 PM EDT |
The latest fililngs, first, so you can follow along ==> I read this as
filings.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, May 26 2013 @ 07:35 PM EDT |
And only the patent office took it seriously....
(Christenson)[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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