Apple Patents "Slide To Unlock" Feature, All Android Devices Now In Violation

[Thaedass]

The patent wars continue to rage, and during a stretch where Apple is kicking some serious tail, the Cupertino crew just scored a major coup by successfully patenting the slide-to-unlock feature--at least in the U.S.

Yes, that’s the same slide-to-unlock feature used on pretty much every touchscreen smartphone and tablet in existence. The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has made that small but important item Apple’s exclusive property. It remains to be seen what the company will do with this legal win, but we wager that Google personnel and Android device makers (and for that matter, the Windows Phone 7 folks) popped an antacid after their breakfasts today.



It’s also unclear how and if Apple’s competitors can get around this new patent. We’re not exactly patent law experts around here, but here’s the abstract from United States Patent 7657849--which, incidentally, was originally filed back in December of 2005.

Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image

A device with a touch-sensitive display may be unlocked via gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. The device is unlocked if contact with the display corresponds to a predefined gesture for unlocking the device. The device displays one or more unlock images with respect to which the predefined gesture is to be performed in order to unlock the device. The performance of the predefined gesture with respect to the unlock image may include moving the unlock image to a predefined location and/or moving the unlock image along a predefined path. The device may also display visual cues of the predefined gesture on the touch screen to remind a user of the gesture.

Does that mean that if that feature is called “swip to unlock” on Android devices, there’s no violation? Does it mean that any contact with the screen resulting in an unlocking of the device constitutes patent infringement? Does it mean that there’s no violation as long as there’s no “unlock image”?

We don’t know, but we’ll most likely hear about it from the courts in the coming months and years.

Izvor: Hothardware

Meni i dalje nije jasno ko je ovde ludji,advokati Apple-a ili ljudi koji odobravaju ove patente..

<- sa XS-a,nisam mogao da odolim

[DragonSlayer]

[Srlisone]

Brate mili, ala je njima dosadno. E baš zbog ovoga ne volem Apple. Ispadne da su oni prvi došli do svih mogućih tehničkih i tehnoloških dostignuća. Čudi me kako oni nisu izmislili i 21. vek. Bljuv na kvadrat (inače demotivator je zakon )

[galebns]

Samo da ne patentiraju brojeve

[ZoNi]

galebns kaže:

Samo da ne patentiraju brojeve

A šta ako patentiraju jabuke? Kako ću onda da jedem lenju pitu sa jabukama?

[Bokile]

ZoNi kaže:

A šta ako patentiraju jabuke? Kako ću onda da jedem lenju pitu sa jabukama?

Ako ukinu sundjer Boba, ja idem pravo pred skupstinu, pa nek vide gde ce onda.

[A M G]

Video sam ovu nebulozu na jednom stranom forumu, nisam bio mnogo iznenadjen, vise sam bio nekako besan na Apple i one koji im dozvoljavaju da patentiraju stvari koje ne bi trebale da se patentiraju!
Koja li je sledeca glupost koju ce Apple patentirati...?

[Bokile]

A M G kaže:

Koja li je sledeca glupost koju ce Apple patentirati...?

Front camera.

[JohnnyNT]

Sledeći je točak

[Thaedass]

A M G kaže:

Koja li je sledeca glupost koju ce Apple patentirati...?

Phone call via mobile device

[DeCoy]

Overpricing maybe?

[Beagle]

ZoNi kaže:

A šta ako patentiraju jabuke? Kako ću onda da jedem lenju pitu sa jabukama?

Jesces pitu od ajfona, sa kopirajt znacima i pretnjom smrcu ukoliko je repliciras - iPita.

[White Ripper]

Kad pomenu jelo podsjeti me na ovo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zocGL7AFzaY

[SirDuck]

Sutra patentiram pišanje stojeći pa ste ga nahebali svi.

[Bokile]

SirDuck kaže:

Sutra patentiram pišanje stojeći pa ste ga nahebali svi.

Ček malo, ako onda ja budem pišo, da li ću morati da ti plaćam po jednom pišanju ili po dužini spolovila?

[SirDuck]

Po oba

[Bokile]

SirDuck kaže:

Po oba

Mnogo je kume,mnogo je...

[filipos]

SirDuck kaže:

Sutra patentiram pišanje stojeći pa ste ga nahebali svi.

Dodaj patentu pisanje stojeci bos i u obuci E onda su nahebali

[jozvan_Kg]

@bokile
Pa ti manje unosi tečnosti pa ćeš i manje pišati i nećeš plaćati ništa

[Bokile]

jozvan_Kg kaže:

@bokile
Pa ti manje unosi tečnosti pa ćeš i manje pišati i nećeš plaćati ništa

Dnevno izgubim po litar znoja,tako da moram da se rehidriram nekako.