Who do I call about my ingenius idea that will change computing FOREVER???

[TommyLee]

I had a vision last night in which I saw the future of computing. It did not have a mouse, a keyboard or even a monitor. I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL CHANGE COMPUTING FOREVER! I would really hate for Microsoft to get to it first.

Who do I call about my futuristic computer vision?
Or do I just wait 15 years for them to figure it out, all along the way saying "I knew that was coming"?

[atlendor]

So what was it? ;)

[jhamerphoto]

A shrink.


:p

[TuffLuffJimmy]

Call up the patent office, get your idea patented, then fly down to cupertino and ask to speak with someone about your idea. Bring some mockups that you can give them, and email some pictures before you go.

[SpookTheHamster]

A patent lawyer

[iGary]

A spell-checker.

[QuantumLo0p]

How about...

"The ingenius thing that will change computing FOREVER!!!"

[andrewdale]

A spell-checker.

What's misspelled?

[Apple Ink]

The US Patents Office!

And make sure that you quote "Boy have I patented it" to every person you discuss it with!

[BoyBach]

Dragons Den?

135956

[PowerFullMac]

Get a patent then talk to Steve Wozniak! If there is anyone with experience in that sort of thing, its him! :)

[iJohnHenry]

A paper and pencil??

[scotthayes]

Send me all the details but they must be originals and don't keep any copies and I'll sort it all out for you :D

[pac-a-mac]

George Foreman at Americas Next Great Inventor?

[Apple Ink]

Get a patent then talk to Steve Wozniak! If there is anyone with experience in that sort of thing, its him! :)

I doubt woz'll be of any help! If he had any clue about this stuff...... he would've been the better half of Apple!

[Melrose]

Patent it.

Make a working prototype, with documentation of how it works and statistics showing it's success.

Sell it to the highest bidder: Get hold of Apple, M$, Google, Oracle, etc. and let the Moneybags bid against each other.

[PowerFullMac]

I doubt woz'll be of any help! If he had any clue about this stuff...... he would've been the better half of Apple!

He wont be that good at the business side but he will certainly help design it and build it... With half the chips! :D

[squeeks]

i think you're thinking of this (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/04/beyond-multi-touch-voice-gaze-facial-expression-recognition/)
and apple already thought of it

[iJohnHenry]

i think you're thinking of this (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/04/beyond-multi-touch-voice-gaze-facial-expression-recognition/)
and apple already thought of it

... or even a monitor.

Sorry. Fail. ;)

[Much Ado]

No mouse, keyboard or monitor?

"Computer, activate warp drive."

[iJohnHenry]

"Yes darling." http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g158/MouseMeat/Smilies/terical.gif

(For true fans of ST-TOS.)

[Dagless]

A pipe dream?

[toolbox]

A cure for retinitis pigmentosa?? - I wish!

[Gray-Wolf]

"Sorry Hans, wrong guess. Would you like to go for the double Jeopardy where the scores can really change?"

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g158/MouseMeat/Smilies/terical.gif

[Beric]

And make sure that you quote "Boy have I patented it" to every person you discuss it with!

LOL.

We all like SJ. :D

[donga]

to patent it, i think you need a minimum of $1000 just for the application fee plus a good lawyer. get it before someone steals it

[gregdrummeraz]

LOL.

We all like SJ. :D

I thought of wireless about 5-6 years ago.. May have already been patented but it is for sure now as Belkin has made them... To bad..

I would have bought shots and Ferraris for EVERYONE on that check. dah well right? :p


Seriously though I did, I even told my mom. She thought it was good. But I didn't have the mind to make a "model" of it to show the patent office, which we thought we'd need. COme to find all we need is the idea in legible writing. :o

[Phrasikleia]

I once heard a very rich entrepreneur say, "Successful people do the things that unsuccessful people don't want to do."

Like filing patents.

[Legolamb]

You can’t patent an idea.
You can patent an invention of a process, method or device. Invention means something that as new and potentially useful in some way. You submit the specifications for your invention with a clearly written “recipe” that includes potential “use-case” scenarios, a diagram, etc. IF you invention has not already invented, and is deemed useful by patent officers, you get a patent.

Before you submit a patent, you have to identify what “practice” this fits into, then you search international or US databases in this category to see if there is anything similar. Researching this, and writing up a patent in such a way that it specific enough to be a direct blueprint to “build” such a device, but general enough so that it’s design and use can be determined by you later on takes a lot of time and skill. I found it fun, but stopped short of submitting it because I wasn't ready to follow through.
You should also know that getting a patent makes your “formula” public. It's yours to claim. YOUR CLAIM THAT THE INVENTION IS YOURS IS ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LEGAL MEANS TO THWART OTHERS TO BACK OFF.

Quickies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claim_(patent)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_application

Serious:
http://www.uspto.gov/main/patents.htm

[Phrasikleia]

You can’t patent an idea.
You can patent an invention of a process, method or device. Invention means something that as new and potentially useful in some way. You submit the specifications for your invention with a clearly written “recipe” that includes potential “use-case” scenarios, a diagram, etc. IF you invention has not already invented, and is deemed useful by patent officers, you get a patent.

Before you submit a patent, you have to identify what “practice” this fits into, then you search international or US databases in this category to see if there is anything similar. Researching this, and writing up a patent in such a way that it specific enough to be a direct blueprint to “build” such a device, but general enough so that it’s design and use can be determined by you later on takes a lot of time and skill. I found it fun, but stopped short of submitting it because I wasn't ready to follow through.
You should also know that getting a patent makes your “formula” public. It's yours to claim. YOUR CLAIM THAT THE INVENTION IS YOURS IS ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LEGAL MEANS TO THWART OTHERS TO BACK OFF.

Quickies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claim_(patent)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_application

Serious:
http://www.uspto.gov/main/patents.htm

All good advice. Perhaps his "idea" has more substance than he has expressed so far and he could work with someone to develop it into a patentable invention.

[dukebound85]

I thought of wireless about 5-6 years ago.. May have already been patented but it is for sure now as Belkin has made them... To bad..

I would have bought shots and Ferraris for EVERYONE on that check. dah well right? :p


Seriously though I did, I even told my mom. She thought it was good. But I didn't have the mind to make a "model" of it to show the patent office, which we thought we'd need. COme to find all we need is the idea in legible writing. :o

yet i remember there being wifi before 5-6 years ago haha

[localoid]

yet i remember there being wifi before 5-6 years ago haha

Very true. The first 802.11 protocol was released in 1997. WaveLAN, the precursor to Wi-Fi , was introduced some years earlier, in 1990.

[Don't panic]

I thought of wireless about 5-6 years ago.. May have already been patented but it is for sure now as Belkin has made them... To bad..

Seriously though I did, I even told my mom. She thought it was good. But I didn't have the mind to make a "model" of it to show the patent office, which we thought we'd need. COme to find all we need is the idea in legible writing. :o

I hear ya, most of us were just using wireless 5-6 years ago, but without much tought...

[richard.mac]

i have a patent. an iPhone-like device (or maybe the future iPhone?) that is so small that it is permanently attached in your ear. it sends information to your eyes where only you can interact with the UI and only you can hear it (invisible iPod?). it is controlled by your mind using neuro sensors and can also be controlled by voice.

[c073186]

But I really like my Apple aluminum keyboard and MX1000 - what if I don't want to change? ;)

[iJohnHenry]

You will be assimilated. http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g158/MouseMeat/Smilies/borg.jpg

[rpaloalto]

Hey Thats my invention. I thought of it first.:p

[c073186]

You will be assimilated. http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g158/MouseMeat/Smilies/borg.jpg

Does this invention involve a "collective", "drones", and "implants"? If so, I'm interested. :o

[Apple!Fre@k]

The Ghost Busters?

[calculus]

A spell-checker.

What's misspelled?

You are a genious!

[kgarner]

You can’t patent an idea.

I beg to differ I am listed as an inventor on two patents that were never prototyped or made out of anything other than ink on paper. It's pretty common practice for companies to think of ways that competitors could circumvent their actual inventions and then patent those ideas as well. Maybe someday my patents will be made into something real, but for now they are very much just ideas.

[jb60606]

I had a vision last night in which I saw the future of computing. It did not have a mouse, a keyboard or even a monitor. I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL CHANGE COMPUTING FOREVER! I would really hate for Microsoft to get to it first.

Who do I call about my futuristic computer vision?
Or do I just wait 15 years for them to figure it out, all along the way saying "I knew that was coming"?

it's not another virtual woman, is it?

[gregdrummeraz]

yet i remember there being wifi before 5-6 years ago haha

I meant a wireless USB hub. not wifi. My bad. Typo.

I thought of that awhile ago and just thought, man that could be sooo useful in school with the teacher being able to observe from the back of the room yet control a peripheral plugged in a computer in the front or WHATEVER. Possibility is endless. :p