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New Apple patents have Steve Jobs credited as an inventor

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Re: New Apple patents have Steve Jobs credited as an inventor

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Although this is informative article, I felt a little bad while reading the advertisement being shoved on.

The sad part is the website doesn't work on mobile properly. And each link redirects to their internal website instead of original patent url.

There is a patent ID and it is cool!

Re: New Apple patents have Steve Jobs credited as an inventor

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Although this is informative article, I felt a little bad while reading the advertisement being shoved on. The sad part is the website doesn't work on mobile properly. And each link redirects to their internal website instead of original patent url. There is a patent ID and it is cool!

I don't have any problems with this website on my phone (Android, Firefox, not usually a combination that's tested), maybe there's some kind of extension or setting that's breaking your experience?

Re: New Apple patents have Steve Jobs credited as an inventor

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post #3

Although this is informative article, I felt a little bad while reading the advertisement being shoved on. The sad part is the website doesn't work on mobile properly. And each link redirects to their internal website instead of original patent url. There is a patent ID and it is cool!

I don't have any problems with this website on my phone (Android, Firefox, not usually a combination that's tested), maybe there's some kind of extension or setting that's breaking your experience?

I'm using Android + Firefox in Private Mode and I get the same issue - links redirect to stuff like https://tryslate.greyb.com/engage/USD712067S1, but then all I get is a white page.

I have a similar issue with imgur in Europe, but I don't care enough about either website to delve deeper.

Re: New Apple patents have Steve Jobs credited as an inventor

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It’s an interesting article, but I feel two ways about it, as it’s quite clearly an ad for the company.

However, I respect that they don’t hide that.

A lot of articles are really “stealth ads,” masquerading as “news,” so it’s refreshing to see these folks just come out and say it.

It is also genuinely interesting and original subject matter, not just reflected text from another site.

Re: New Apple patents have Steve Jobs credited as an inventor

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> Savant Systems, a Massachusetts-based home automation company, worked with Apple to create a mechanism for remotely controlling the motion of a vehicle using a wireless mobile device. They filed the patent application in 2014, which was granted in 2016. They submitted an updated patent in 2016, which was granted in 2019. Steve Jobs’s name was among the inventors in both these patents.

How the fuck is this patent worthy? The patent describes nothing more than using a smartphone to remotely control a ship's various control methods backed by a data link that's monitored for link quality.

Re: New Apple patents have Steve Jobs credited as an inventor

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> Savant Systems, a Massachusetts-based home automation company, worked with Apple to create a mechanism for remotely controlling the motion of a vehicle using a wireless mobile device. They filed the patent application in 2014, which was granted in 2016. They submitted an updated patent in 2016, which was granted in 2019. Steve Jobs’s name was among the inventors in both these patents. How the fuck is this patent wo…

In the blues brothers 2000 (1998) elwood drove the bluesmobile with a remote. I think that's prior art.

Re: New Apple patents have Steve Jobs credited as an inventor

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> Savant Systems, a Massachusetts-based home automation company, worked with Apple to create a mechanism for remotely controlling the motion of a vehicle using a wireless mobile device. They filed the patent application in 2014, which was granted in 2016. They submitted an updated patent in 2016, which was granted in 2019. Steve Jobs’s name was among the inventors in both these patents. How the fuck is this patent wo…

The US patent system is a joke. Patents are basically granted for anything, and are expected to be resolved in courts.

Re: New Apple patents have Steve Jobs credited as an inventor

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> Savant Systems, a Massachusetts-based home automation company, worked with Apple to create a mechanism for remotely controlling the motion of a vehicle using a wireless mobile device. They filed the patent application in 2014, which was granted in 2016. They submitted an updated patent in 2016, which was granted in 2019. Steve Jobs’s name was among the inventors in both these patents. How the fuck is this patent wo…

Wasn't this idea used by Pierce Brosnan in one of the James Bond films? He was using a cell phone sized device to drive the Q-customized BMW, I think.
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