Really? I've got a Lumia 920, I can put someone on hold and send whatever to them (or anyone else for that matter) by MMS. Thinking about it, I'm fairly sure my old N95 could do it too... There's absolutely no innovative step here so far as I can see...
This is something you setup before hand. Then when you put someone on hold the phone does this automatically. It's not something you do actively, as your saying.
So it's a shortcut, not an "innovation"? Does the US patent system not require an innovative step for granting patents?
nothing new...samsung could do that and plus share pictures or music by having two phones touch each other.
It's an automation, really. You don't do anything other than put the call on hold... After that, your phone shares things that you have designated as "shareable".
I'm not saying whether it should or shouldn't be patented... Just clarifying what it does.
Why is this "patent" awarded?
The USPTO is basically a joke nowadays, filled with little nerds who couldn't get a high paying job out of school, so they try to curry favors by approving such nonsense in the hope that after a few of these approvals they can make the jump to a corporation like Apple.
And yes, "patents" like this (many would actually fail in court) are stifling innovation and Apple has become one of the worst patent trolls.
Oh my god, patents are the most stupid thing on earth. I don't know how you can breath easily in US - there is no patent for TAKING A BREATH? You're not paying, so you can't use that feature...
I get what you're saying and not disagreeing with you, just saying essentially what you said- it just does what you can already do manually...
You know what else works. Having patience until the party can resume the call. Or call back.
Also I've heard that iMessage, WhatsApp, Email and other such apps can send pictures, video, audio, etc while you're not only on hold - but during the call as well. AMAZING!
Precisely.
The key is that you typically put someone on hold because you have something else pressing. Not because you want to share photos...
You know what else works? Not having a cell phone or smart phone. Having patience to go home and use a landline. Or a map instead of GPS. A library instead of Wikipedia. What's wrong with progress and new features? Are you anti-technology?
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You go into an elevator to go up and down. Not because you want to listen to the music. But it's there because it's since feature. What's wrong with having features? Don't use it if you don't like. I actually have things that can entertain others and would love to share.
Oh goody.
Hope it makes it into iOS 7
You might find it hard to believe, but something similar was just recently litigated in England in SAS v WPL.
Really? I've got a Lumia 920, I can put someone on hold and send whatever to them (or anyone else for that matter) by MMS. Thinking about it, I'm fairly sure my old N95 could do it too... There's absolutely no innovative step here so far as I can see...
Really? I've got a Lumia 920, I can put someone on hold and send whatever to them (or anyone else for that matter) by MMS. Thinking about it, I'm fairly sure my old N95 could do it too... There's absolutely no innovative step here so far as I can see...
nothing new...samsung could do that and plus share pictures or music by having two phones touch each other.
You know what else works? Not having a cell phone or smart phone. Having patience to go home and use a landline. Or a map instead of GPS. A library instead of Wikipedia.
Let me add: patent law was supposed to balance the benefits of rewarding innovation vs. the risks of creating a monopoly. Capitalism basically works on the principle that it's impossible to regulate everything, so let market forces - competition - do the police work. If a company builds a fortress around itself with patents, there is no competition to drive innovation. For example, what if MS were still using a command line and the best we had was Word Perfect under MS DOS? As it is, there only seem to be three "competitors" in the traditional desktop/laptop world - MS, Apple, Linux. That's not a lot! And MS really dominates business software. In the tablet world what do we have? Apple and Android. Once again not much. I'm sure MS had to dance very artfully between the patent lines to come out with its Surface series.
I think the market place should reward innovation, not the patent office. So what if the basic ideas are the same? Let the elegance of the implementation and reliability (lack of bugs) and service carry the day, not the fact that you can't have a menu bounce back when you slide down on a screen....
1. Patent Examiners are well paid.Why is this "patent" awarded?
The USPTO is basically a joke nowadays, filled with little nerds who couldn't get a high paying job out of school, so they try to curry favors by approving such nonsense in the hope that after a few of these approvals they can make the jump to a corporation like Apple.
And yes, "patents" like this (many would actually fail in court) are stifling innovation and Apple has become one of the worst patent trolls.
Stupidest* Breathe* And you clearly don't understand what a patent is, nor have read the patent in the article.Oh my god, patents are the most stupid thing on earth. I don't know how you can breath easily in US - there is no patent for TAKING A BREATH? You're not paying, so you can't use that feature...
The escalator should have never been patented because it just automatically did what you do manually. Seriously. Does anyone actually understand what utility means?I get what you're saying and not disagreeing with you, just saying essentially what you said- it just does what you can already do manually...
The escalator should have never been patented because it just automatically did what you do manually. Seriously. Does anyone actually understand what utility means?