Supreme Court’s new rules on abstract patents hit Apple v. Samsung
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Re: Supreme Court’s new rules on abstract patents hit Apple v. Samsung
#2The swipe to unlock patent sure does sound like a simple slide door bolt with "do it on a computer" tacked on. Where's the invention here?
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3D...
Re: Supreme Court’s new rules on abstract patents hit Apple v. Samsung
#3The swipe to unlock patent sure does sound like a simple slide door bolt with "do it on a computer" tacked on. Where's the invention here? http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3D...
Apparently, if pro-patent advocates are to be believed, this arcane knowledge would be lost to the mists of time if we didn't grant Apple a twenty-year monopoly in return for their deigning to disclose it, Prometheus-like, to us poor mortals.
Re: Supreme Court’s new rules on abstract patents hit Apple v. Samsung
#4The swipe to unlock patent sure does sound like a simple slide door bolt with "do it on a computer" tacked on. Where's the invention here? http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3D...
The invention: a novel method that enables the enrichment of shareholders at the cost of the progress of mankind.
Re: Supreme Court’s new rules on abstract patents hit Apple v. Samsung
#5> [A] computer process that enables a single machine to distribute a single information identifier and provide that to multiple “rules of thumb” so that each “rule of thumb” can search different locations using different criteria designed for that location is a major innovation in computer science; it improves the speed and efficiency of the computer and generates more useful results. It is not an abstract idea.
Thanks to Apple, we now have the technology to pass a parameter to multiple functions implementing the same interface. Incredible!
Re: Supreme Court’s new rules on abstract patents hit Apple v. Samsung
#6Does this mean we'll be able to use the "stretch" behavior when finger-scrolling past the end of a list on a Galaxy, or will we be stuck with the inferior "glow" technique.
Re: Supreme Court’s new rules on abstract patents hit Apple v. Samsung
#7> [A] computer process that enables a single machine to distribute a single information identifier and provide that to multiple “rules of thumb” so that each “rule of thumb” can search different locations using different criteria designed for that location is a major innovation in computer science; it improves the speed and efficiency of the computer and generates more useful results. It is not an abstract idea. Than…
That's insane, I implemented something similar 12 years ago, a massive hack-up involving Excel, MS Access and PHP.
If a clueless (in hindsight; I thought I was God's gift back then, a super VBA ninja) kid can "invent" something, then it's the textbook definition of "obvious".
EDIT: their patent predates this. if someone somewhere is unlucky enough to still be using my fantastic invention, now might be a good time to find an alternative..
Re: Supreme Court’s new rules on abstract patents hit Apple v. Samsung
#8The swipe to unlock patent sure does sound like a simple slide door bolt with "do it on a computer" tacked on. Where's the invention here? http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3D...
Apparently, if pro-patent advocates are to be believed, this arcane knowledge would be lost to the mists of time if we didn't grant Apple a twenty-year monopoly in return for their deigning to disclose it, Prometheus-like, to us poor mortals.
As stupid the "slide to unlock" patent is. Copying it is even dumber. There are numerous equally user friendly ways to unlock a phone. What Samsung does to Android cheapens the user interface and generally makes it worse.
Regardless, they should NOT be sued for it.
Re: Supreme Court’s new rules on abstract patents hit Apple v. Samsung
#9> [A] computer process that enables a single machine to distribute a single information identifier and provide that to multiple “rules of thumb” so that each “rule of thumb” can search different locations using different criteria designed for that location is a major innovation in computer science; it improves the speed and efficiency of the computer and generates more useful results. It is not an abstract idea. Than…
My, isn't that a novel idea.
Re: Supreme Court’s new rules on abstract patents hit Apple v. Samsung
#10Does this mean we'll be able to use the "stretch" behavior when finger-scrolling past the end of a list on a Galaxy, or will we be stuck with the inferior "glow" technique.
Personally I like the "tilt" behavior in the Android 4.x better.