You are right, but an invention is nothing without a good implementation. Show me one device before the iPhone that had its class of multitouch capabilities? Just one. I'm waiting...
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USPTO Preliminarily Rejects Apple's 'Pinch-to-Zoom' Patent
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You are right, but an invention is nothing without a good implementation. Show me one device before the iPhone that had its class of multitouch capabilities? Just one. I'm waiting...
To all you people saying that this is natural on every device fail to realize that it was only obvious AFTER Apple implemented it on the iPhone. Hindsight is always clear after someone else has done it and I dare you to come up with something better.
I'm not defending Apple here but just pointing out something before it's said.
I'm not defending Apple here but just pointing out something before it's said.
Why do you click and comment (aka complain)? Just curious.
If I could just down vote I would.
What companies shipped consumer products that included pinch to zoom as a feature? Please, list links to these products, companies, and patents.
Thx.
Here, go to 33:40, and note the reaction of the viewers.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s72uTrA5EDY
Apple copying pinch to zoom from other companies doesn't give it a God given right to a patent for it.
exactly.
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You've got nothing but an opinion. Apple did something. They made something of value, and the lazy and entitled want it for nothing. Proof that it's the best solution out there.
These threads will stop when people stop accusing Apple of suing with invalid, frivolous patents.
Ah, the Internet.
They don't want it for nothing, and they're not stealing it from Apple after they supposedly spent billions of dollars in research figuring out the intricacies of pinch to zoom.
The gesture had been displayed long before Apple first showed it on the iPhone. The whole concept of multitouch and all the amazing things you could do with it has a long, storied history stretching back to at least the early 80's. The biggest problem here isn't other companies stealing from Apple, rather Apple getting credit for something they didn't invent themselves.
Irrelevant - it doesn't matter whether or not a patent has been commercialized to be valid or invalid.
Yes, so there would be a case of prior art. If Apple's implementation differs then Apple's patent would be valid.
Just because Apple users don't know much about computer research doesn't mean nothing else exists:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-touch
I first saw it for a demo for the Microsoft Surface (table, not tablet) back in 2006. They had a guy sorting through photos and zooming them in and out on their prototype touchscreen displays.
The 1st Microsoft Surface, not only had multi touch. But multi touch for multiple users at the same time
Multi Touch dates back to the early 80s
While I vaguely recall a couple that have been linked on here from smaller companies, it's irrelevant. This patent isn't for "a phone with a class of multitouch capabilities". Even translated into technical language, such a patent wouldn't hold up due to broadness. It's just back to the idea that commercial success should equate to ownership of the concept, which isn't really logical.
mmmm found your reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxk_WywMTzc
few years off. BUT in the good nature of debate, Yes it would take more than 2 years to duplicate the technology from *someone* no matter how frequent the offender offends... Never saw the pinch to zoom, did see some other cool effects that aren't out there yet.
few years off. BUT in the good nature of debate, Yes it would take more than 2 years to duplicate the technology from *someone* no matter how frequent the offender offends... Never saw the pinch to zoom, did see some other cool effects that aren't out there yet.
Again with the "Apple did it better than the guys before so Apple should be awarded their patent"
It is on MacRumors with the Armchair lawyers.
mmmm found your reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxk_WywMTzc
few years off. BUT in the good nature of debate, Yes it would take more than 2 years to duplicate the technology from *someone* no matter how frequent the offender offends... Never saw the pinch to zoom, did see some other cool effects that aren't out there yet.
While this isn't the one I was originally talking about, this video from May 30th, 2007 shows off some of the tech I mentioned earlier. It's a usual dry and kinda boring MS presentation, but skip ahead to around the 4 minute mark. You see a lady playing with a bunch of photos, and it includes a form of pinch to zoom.
Taking ownership of pinch-to-zoom or singing Happy Birthday publically is as ridiculous as patenting sit-to-poop.