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Patent: Dynamic Ornamental Appearance
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Roll with me here... cause, could be a little weird.
Tablet PC's... everyone hates them,... some people like them, arguable apple need to go there someday.
Think about a tablet PC sized peice of glass... think, glass, then white, then glass... ya know...
that the glass was the screen... and shazam.. wouldn't that be nice? - Two desktops.. the front & the back of the item...?!?!
/me whipps out his Photoshop skills and does a convincing prototype and throws a try-hard rumour on the web.
Anyway - just an idea.
Tablet PC's... everyone hates them,... some people like them, arguable apple need to go there someday.
Think about a tablet PC sized peice of glass... think, glass, then white, then glass... ya know...
that the glass was the screen... and shazam.. wouldn't that be nice? - Two desktops.. the front & the back of the item...?!?!
/me whipps out his Photoshop skills and does a convincing prototype and throws a try-hard rumour on the web.
Anyway - just an idea.
iphone
the device turns red when a call comes in, green for a short message, blue when talking or connecting to the internet.
In a time where electronic beeps and bells, especially the ones from cellphones, get very annoying. why not try light signals (when possible)
the device turns red when a call comes in, green for a short message, blue when talking or connecting to the internet.
In a time where electronic beeps and bells, especially the ones from cellphones, get very annoying. why not try light signals (when possible)
Dynamic Ornamental Appearance = DOA.
It's an AppleCare scam so that when a customer rings up saying:
"Hey! My iMac is DOA!"
Apple can say:
"Congratulations, you received a limited edition iMac SE Dynamic Ornamental Appearance."
D'ya think?
Actually, I'm probably wrong here!
It's an AppleCare scam so that when a customer rings up saying:
"Hey! My iMac is DOA!"
Apple can say:
"Congratulations, you received a limited edition iMac SE Dynamic Ornamental Appearance."
D'ya think?
Actually, I'm probably wrong here!
Party Thang
It's a small item about the size of the iSub that sits in the centre of the room and projects light patterns on the walls around you. Great for parties as can project the iTunes Visuals, but also for those tranqual moods can project a forest or desert or stary night etc... You want to go see the golden gate bridge, or the rainforest, great wall of china, blah blah, or just change the colour of your white walls to pink for your romantic evening, or maybe if you have a thing about flamingos. Make your room bigger by projecting wide open highway deserted, or a vast lake, or the same as the room itself.
Then the device is made of metal and shiny, so naturally reflects what surrounds it, so looks like whatever is projected on the walls.
It's a small item about the size of the iSub that sits in the centre of the room and projects light patterns on the walls around you. Great for parties as can project the iTunes Visuals, but also for those tranqual moods can project a forest or desert or stary night etc... You want to go see the golden gate bridge, or the rainforest, great wall of china, blah blah, or just change the colour of your white walls to pink for your romantic evening, or maybe if you have a thing about flamingos. Make your room bigger by projecting wide open highway deserted, or a vast lake, or the same as the room itself.
Then the device is made of metal and shiny, so naturally reflects what surrounds it, so looks like whatever is projected on the walls.
Originally posted by MacAficionado
Somebody at Apple MUST be smoking a lot of weed to come up with this!
This is way past weed, it's more like that LSB...
But seriously, if it's a fake, someone's gone to an awful lot of trouble. And what IS all the stuff about spaceships and asteroids? It seems very odd to go into all that detail.
On second thoughts, I think it's LSB 2.0!!
patent filings
Patent applications cover all possibilities and not necessarily just a single device. Cover your a** so to speak. It could be anything or it could never see the light of day. Anything from a backlit keyboard to a new kind of display screen.
Polaroid is soon to sell an iZone camera that changes color (the case) when you touch it. Remember the "Mood Rings"?
Patent applications cover all possibilities and not necessarily just a single device. Cover your a** so to speak. It could be anything or it could never see the light of day. Anything from a backlit keyboard to a new kind of display screen.
Polaroid is soon to sell an iZone camera that changes color (the case) when you touch it. Remember the "Mood Rings"?
Re: iphone
I'm with you there. I still feel like smackin' the phone right outta peoples' hands when they feel the need to play Beethoven's 5th every d*mn time their phone rings.
Bring on the lights...
I'm with you there. I still feel like smackin' the phone right outta peoples' hands when they feel the need to play Beethoven's 5th every d*mn time their phone rings.
Bring on the lights...
you're all insane
its clearly a pc-coverto-reformat-o-grator. simply aim the device at people on, say, the subway, the bus, at a baseball game - wherever - and it will change color based on their computing preference. if the subject is a PC user, the device will then emit a pleasing, hypnotic stream of fading, cross-disolving colors.
in this abstract visual wonder will be encoded a secret set of instructions.
eBay servers will grind to a halt as this device forces millions of PCs to go up for auction in one soothing, pulsating cascade of light. and then, the deluge will cripple the Apple Store Online's servers - but not so much that it doesn't keep working.
and bliss will be had by all.
its just toooooo obvious
its clearly a pc-coverto-reformat-o-grator. simply aim the device at people on, say, the subway, the bus, at a baseball game - wherever - and it will change color based on their computing preference. if the subject is a PC user, the device will then emit a pleasing, hypnotic stream of fading, cross-disolving colors.
in this abstract visual wonder will be encoded a secret set of instructions.
eBay servers will grind to a halt as this device forces millions of PCs to go up for auction in one soothing, pulsating cascade of light. and then, the deluge will cripple the Apple Store Online's servers - but not so much that it doesn't keep working.
and bliss will be had by all.
its just toooooo obvious
for the imac
I think this will be used for the half-sphere base of the imac. Remeber all those different colors on the first imacstangerine, bondi, etc.well here you could choose your own color or hardware-top pattern. It could also be part of the visualization for itunes.
I think consumers would go wild if, FOR NO EXTRA COST, you could customize the way the outside of your imac looked.
I can just imagine someone displaying a rotating globe on the outside of their new imac. Pretty cool.
I think this will be used for the half-sphere base of the imac. Remeber all those different colors on the first imacstangerine, bondi, etc.well here you could choose your own color or hardware-top pattern. It could also be part of the visualization for itunes.
I think consumers would go wild if, FOR NO EXTRA COST, you could customize the way the outside of your imac looked.
I can just imagine someone displaying a rotating globe on the outside of their new imac. Pretty cool.
Re: 1 more thing...
But, aren't they shooting themselves in the foot with Palladium and DRM? I agree I'd like Apple to topple the hardware issues but switching might not do you any good.
But, aren't they shooting themselves in the foot with Palladium and DRM? I agree I'd like Apple to topple the hardware issues but switching might not do you any good.
First of all, I don't think this would be able to make a screen out of a sheet of plastic. It wouldn't have the resolution. You'd need a ten foot wide screen for something like that.
I haven't seen the pictures, because the site is not working (at least not for me), so I'm not exactly sure what it looks like.
Secondly, the wording is probably so vague so that Apple lawyers can easily pounce on anyone who comes up with something remotely similar to what they're using. They basically make the patent wide and loosely constructed so that they can twist it to however they want it, depending on interpretation. I just hope Apple has good lawyers to back up this patent if the need arises...
I haven't seen the pictures, because the site is not working (at least not for me), so I'm not exactly sure what it looks like.
Secondly, the wording is probably so vague so that Apple lawyers can easily pounce on anyone who comes up with something remotely similar to what they're using. They basically make the patent wide and loosely constructed so that they can twist it to however they want it, depending on interpretation. I just hope Apple has good lawyers to back up this patent if the need arises...
I can't really figure out what would be the pupose of this "emotional" lighting system other than neat lighting effects.
Unless, we look at it a little deeper. What is the purpose of emotional communication from the computer via light? Computers are essentially dumb, they only respond to commands given to it. Maybe, just maybe, this is the first step of making a computer that is not "dumb"!! This is only spectulation, but Apple could be working on an intelligent computer. And the lights display the emotional status of the intelligent computer.
Ya maybe I have seen "2001 a Space Odyssey" one to many times. But I still think it would be neat.
Unless, we look at it a little deeper. What is the purpose of emotional communication from the computer via light? Computers are essentially dumb, they only respond to commands given to it. Maybe, just maybe, this is the first step of making a computer that is not "dumb"!! This is only spectulation, but Apple could be working on an intelligent computer. And the lights display the emotional status of the intelligent computer.
Ya maybe I have seen "2001 a Space Odyssey" one to many times. But I still think it would be neat.
What this is REALLY for...
I think what this would really be good for is augmenting the next DLD. Rumors say it may be an audio/visual device for the home theater. It would be greast if it was clear what n=mode each devise was in at any time. This is the leading cause of confusion for Hometheater users. It is frustrating to be trying to watch a movie, and have some other sound coming out. If the TV, DVD player and Receiver could all glow the same color when they are in the proper mode, this would help people find these mistakes.
Just a thought, but I think this would be more helpful than adding a display on a Mac cover. And Apple is all about the user experience.
I think what this would really be good for is augmenting the next DLD. Rumors say it may be an audio/visual device for the home theater. It would be greast if it was clear what n=mode each devise was in at any time. This is the leading cause of confusion for Hometheater users. It is frustrating to be trying to watch a movie, and have some other sound coming out. If the TV, DVD player and Receiver could all glow the same color when they are in the proper mode, this would help people find these mistakes.
Just a thought, but I think this would be more helpful than adding a display on a Mac cover. And Apple is all about the user experience.
The only recognizable picture in there is of an old-style iMac. And the keyboard, mouse and other peripherals are connected by WIRES!! That's SO 2002, man!! Some of these patents were even filed back in the 20th century...
how is anyone viewing this stuff?
chimera, mozilla, AND internet explorer fail to load anything...
a little help with viewing would be appreciated...i know others are having problems too
chimera, mozilla, AND internet explorer fail to load anything...
a little help with viewing would be appreciated...i know others are having problems too
Some of you guys are posting that it could be used to show if new e-mails have arrived or you're being called or whatever on the case of the device.
Let me tell you that this isn't anything new. Some Dutch student made a lava-lamp kinda thing that lights up in different colours when e-mail arrives. The more e-mails you receive the brighter the light, and when you get mail from a certain person the light will be a different colour...
Ah well, If Apple will hire the guy, we'll know what they're up to
Let me tell you that this isn't anything new. Some Dutch student made a lava-lamp kinda thing that lights up in different colours when e-mail arrives. The more e-mails you receive the brighter the light, and when you get mail from a certain person the light will be a different colour...
Ah well, If Apple will hire the guy, we'll know what they're up to
I just used IE on 10.2.3 and no probs. But you have to use the link at the top of the article, not the one below it, which gives me the time-out message too.
By the way, the date of the main filing appears to be December 19, 2002, not February.
This patent is invalid.
If the Patent Office grants this patent, it will just be the latest their stupidity at granting patents for obvious things with well-known prior art.
For example, I can recall reading about automobiles with color-changing paint at least 20 years ago.
If the Patent Office grants this patent, it will just be the latest their stupidity at granting patents for obvious things with well-known prior art.
For example, I can recall reading about automobiles with color-changing paint at least 20 years ago.
this description sounds so general...even the in-depth patent file is very general...and since i finally got the images to work, it sounds like a computer monitor to me...hmmmm