Apple Granted More Vague GUI Patents

[jpeyton]

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/07/apple-patent-gui-iphone/

Let the next round of lawsuits commence.

 

[Dulanic]

They are such cocky bastards arent they?

“From our point of view, it’s important that Apple not be the developer for the world. We can’t take all of our energy and all of our care and finish the painting, then have someone else put their name on it,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said at the D10 conference earlier this year.

So Apple... you created the SMS idea to have the sender aligned to one side and the other party on the other side of the window?

Or maybe you created the idea of a SMS log showing the name, time, and first line of the txt? That was your idea that others are trying to steal and you didn't steal it in the first place right?

Hmmm...

 

[mosco]

They are such cocky bastards arent they?



So Apple... you created the SMS idea to have the sender aligned to one side and the other party on the other side of the window?

Hmmm...

I don't think you are right. I don't think they are patenting individual "embodiments" but rather all of them combined. So they aren't patenting just a design where the the bubbles start from opposing sites, but the combination of all the things that make the UI the way it is.

They couldn't go after someone for having the conversation aligned on different sides.

 

[Anubis]

good thing the default android messaging ap looks nothing like that. actually it looks just like the old school one posted above

this is a better explnation of the patents
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...nother-major-iphone-ios-interface-patent.html

it really looks like they just patented how stuff is displayed on a screen that happens to be as small as a phone, because computer have been doing the same thing just without touch

 

[Dulanic]

I don't think you are right. I don't think they are patenting individual "embodiments" but rather all of them combined. So they aren't patenting just a design where the the bubbles start from opposing sites, but the combination of all the things that make the UI the way it is.

They couldn't go after someone for having the conversation aligned on different sides.

Oh I didn't research it... I was simply pointing out how vague the patents are now. By those pictures, that's kind of what it looks like no? The ridiculousness that someone can get a patent just by drawing something and penciling an idea.

All patents should require a working demo of exactly what is being patented and then a idea or shape shouldn't get a patent. This isn't the 50's... the patent office needs to get with the ages and require videos etc... showing exactly what is being patented.

 

[sm625]

Are they trying to patent voice bubbles now?

 

[Anubis]

Are they trying to patent voice bubbles now?

lol, TBH AOL should own all chat gui patents as texting is just a variation of AIM and AIM skins covered nearly every single conceviable style known to man. someone prob did it before AOL but AOL is all i can remember

 

[mosco]

Oh I didn't research it... I was simply pointing out how vague the patents are now. By those pictures, that's kind of what it looks like no? The ridiculousness that someone can get a patent just by drawing something and penciling an idea.

All patents should require a working demo of exactly what is being patented and then a idea or shape shouldn't get a patent. This isn't the 50's... the patent office needs to get with the ages and require videos etc... showing exactly what is being patented.

Basically, I think this patent looks like it's an attempt to stop things like this:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jb.gosms.theme.goiphone&hl=en

 

[Mopetar]

it really looks like they just patented how stuff is displayed on a screen that happens to be as small as a phone, because computer have been doing the same thing just without touch

Are they trying to patent voice bubbles now?

Actually, if you read through the patent, it would appear to be about their new scrolling method in iOS.

Here's a linke to the patent in question: 8223134

Unless there are other patents that you're discussing, I don't believe that this particular one has anything to do with voice bubbles, lists, etc.

 

[VashHT]

Actually, if you read through the patent, it would appear to be about their new scrolling method in iOS.

Here's a linke to the patent in question: 8223134

Unless there are other patents that you're discussing, I don't believe that this particular one has anything to do with voice bubbles, lists, etc.

They'll be taking some android manufacturer to court over this, the patent sounds like it's for the vertical bar that appears when you scroll through documents/web pages and the android browsers use those.

 

[Mopetar]

They'll be taking some android manufacturer to court over this, the patent sounds like it's for the vertical bar that appears when you scroll through documents/web pages and the android browsers use those.

If they used it before Apple applied for the patent, they're in the clear. Otherwise, yes they probably will end up in court over it.

 

[Dulanic]

If they used it before Apple applied for the patent, they're in the clear. Otherwise, yes they probably will end up in court over it.

They will end up in court either way.

 

[Mopetar]

They will end up in court either way.

I highly doubt that this patent will by the lynchpin in Apple's legal strategy. Also, like pretty much every other patent that they've used so far, it wouldn't be terribly hard to work around. All you would need to do is add a scroll bar. That's it. Apple's patent clearly states that their vertical bar is not a scroll bar. Talk about completely trivial to get around.