New Apple patents have Steve Jobs credited as an inventor

Post by flyaway123 » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 9:40 AM UTC

probably_wrong wrote: post #4

jeroenhd wrote: post #3

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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.

Post by froh » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 10:02 AM UTC

shrubble wrote: post #10

mschuster91 wrote: post #6

> 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.

Post by saturn8601 » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 10:31 AM UTC

shrubble wrote: post #10

mschuster91 wrote: post #6

> 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.

Post by eternityforest » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 10:50 AM UTC

saturn8601 wrote: post #15

shrubble wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Yup! BMW 750iL In Tomorrow Never Dies(1997) [1]: https://youtu.be/gBcOBWq8J6w?t=36 On another note, I find that LCD screen and color pallet they used in the phone cooler looking than the dull flat design muck I am used to seeing everywhere. They basically took those old Green monochrome LCDs and acted as if those screens were naturally going to evolve into some sort of el type display as the next generation. They did…

Post by jeroenhd » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 10:59 AM UTC

probably_wrong wrote: post #4

jeroenhd wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.