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BlackBerry with slide-out keyboard described in new patent app: BlackBerry with slide-out keyboard described in new Patent appHybrid Blackberry Patent App not newsAside from the trackball, hasn't this been done already?RE: BlackBerry with slide-out keyboard described in new Patent appDid anyone notice the date this was originally filed - August 28, 2006??It appears this was only Published recently, but...; Tags: Keyboards, patent, RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., new Patent app, Patent App, keyboard; Discussion threads 2008-02-28
BlackBerry with slide-out keyboard described in new patent app: A new BlackBerry Patent app just published Thursday describes technology for a BlackBerry device with a slide-out keyboard. The Patent app is entitled, Hybrid Portrait-Landscape Handheld Device With Trackball Navigation and Qwerty Hideaway Keyboard. The Patent abstract, and the accompanying...; Tags: Orientation, Device, RIM BlackBerry, Patent App, Keyboards, E-mail, Hardware, Peripherals, Online Communications, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-28
New Apple patent app describes technology for personalized podcasts to iPhone, other devices: Technology described in a newly published Apple Patent application would let podcast viewers and listeners request personalized podcasts from podcast content creators whose podcasts they subscribe to. The Patent app is entitled, "Creation, Management and Delivery of Personalized Media Items." ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Processor, Apple Inc., Patent App, Media Item, Data Storage Device, Podcasts, Internet, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-21
Flippin' off Microsoft: patent app describes fingerflip-powered document navigation: Flippin' off Microsoft: Patent app describes fingerflip-powered document navigationwhat a load of bullIf this becomes a patent than bottom whipping should become a patent too!...Every time you go, M$ gets the 'royalty'.RE: Flippin' off Microsoft: Patent app describes fingerflip-powered documenThere's no way it will make it to a patent. ...; Tags: Keyboards, Mice, Mainframes, FLIPPIN, Microsoft Corp., Patent App, stylus, gesture; Discussion threads 2008-02-14
BlackBerry patent app addresses "battery slump" monitoring, management issues: A new BlackBerry patent application published just yesterday would improve the ability of BlackBerry devices to read voltage levels. The patent app is entitled System and Method for Managing Battery Slump. As we often do when discussing patents, let's read the Abstract...; Tags: ADC Telecommunications Inc., Signal, Battery, Monitoring, Trigger, RIM BlackBerry, Transmission, Patent App, Abstract, PA, Battery Voltage, ADC 600, Engineering, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-01-18

If you hate Microsoft you'll really hate this: patent app calls for "enforcing" ad playback within downloaded multimedia files: If you hate Microsoft you'll really hate this: Patent app calls for "enforcing" ad playback within downloaded multimedia filesRE: If you hate Microsoft you'll really hate this: Patent app calls forI agree. if i pay to download or if a down load is offered for free. it should be my...; Tags: Corporate communications, Microsoft Corp., advertisement, Patent App, video, income; Discussion threads 2007-12-20
Google Earth inner workings described in newly published Google patent app: I've just come across a very recently published U.S. Patent application by Google that appears to explain the inner workings of Google Earth. More specifically, the technology described in this Patent app deals with how mapping-related information within a database makes its way...; Tags: Geography, Google Inc., Database, Server, Google Earth, Information, Model, Object, Patent App, Keyhole Mark-up Language, Server 130, Servers, Hardware, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-12-13
Apple patent app describes "force detection" technology for iPhone touchscreens: A newly published Apple Patent application seems to describe how touchscreens in use in iPhones interpret touches from users into commands. The Patent app is entitled, Force and Location Sensitive Display. I have to be frank with you. Those of...; Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Substrate, Trace, Apple Inc., Patent App, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-10-11
New BlackBerry patent app describes puncutation-mark selector for text: A BlackBerry Patent application just published this morning describes how BlackBerrys could be enabled to pre-select the best punctuation mark for a block of text. The Patent app is entitled, Handheld electronic device including automatic preferred selection of a punctuation, and associated method....; Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Member, BlackBerry Patent App, Patent App, Patent Abstract, Handhelds, Hardware, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-09-27
patent app would trigger Zune downloads based on user's musical preferences: Patent App would trigger Zune downloads based on user's musical preferencesIf they could just find a wayIf they could just fine a way to push a Zune out to users, they might actually be on to something! ;)I came across a friend last month who actually BOUGHT a Zune! ...; Tags: Microsoft Zune, Patent App; Discussion threads 2007-09-20
EXCLUSIVE: Apple patent app describes way for users to resize icons: A newly published Apple Patent application describes technology that would let users adjust the size of their icons. The Patent app is entitled, Graphical user interface for computers having variable size icons. What's significant about this application is- unlike the...; Tags: Characteristic, Apple Inc., Size, Icon, User, Value, Patent App, FIG, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-09-06
EXCLUSIVE: Google Phone Interface platform described in patent app: EXCLUSIVE: Google Phone Interface platform described in Patent appAnd the Innovation Here Is?Talk about obvious "inventions." About the only "new" "feature" is the touch screen that lets you be bombarded by advertisements. Just what everyone wants.This is why patents need reform... NTNTExactly...Totally agree with the comment about the...; Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, patent, Patent App, Google Phone, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-05-03
Exclusive: SBC files patent app for VoIP call management tool: Exclusive: SBC files patent app for VoIP call management toolI can't believe there isn't prior art here...Our patent system at it's best.A fly just landed on my desk. Please excuse me while I go patent:"Landing Zone, Fly. A location where a Fly stops for a breather. May...; Tags: Telephony, patent, SBC, patent app, VoIP; Discussion threads 2005-07-07
Exclusive: SBC files patent app for VoIP call management tool: I've just found "System and method for collaborative call management," an interesting SBC Communications patent application for a Graphical User Interface that, according to the patent app, could be used to list the status of participants in VoIP calls.This patent app (20050149876) was published today on the U.S. Patent and...; Tags: graphical user interface element, patent app, GUI; Blog posts 2005-07-07

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Medical companies celebrate death of patent reform: Medical device makers and drug companies are celebrating the apparent death of the 2008 Patent Reform Act. (For the other side of this debate, visit my open source blog.) Why were AdvaMed, PHRMA, and the rest of the industry so dead-against an end to...; Tags: Patent, Industry, Patent Approval, Drugs, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Patent reform dead for 2008: The death of the Patent Reform Act in the Senate spells hard times for open source. That's because one of the act's main aims was to end "forum shopping," the practice of filing lawsuits in, say, the Eastern District of Texas, which never saw a patent plaintiff...; Tags: Patent, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-15
A stick and personal care for those who can afford it: Lorne Stitsky has a dream. It's the comfortable life internists enjoyed generations ago. A small number of patients, whom he can know intimately and who will depend on him as families did way back when. You can almost hear Randy Newman's Dayton Ohio 1903 playing in the...; Tags: Patient, Dr., Lorne Stitsky, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-15
WWDC08: Tickets sold out: According to Macworld Apple today confirmed that its Worldwide Developer Conference WWDC, held 9-13 June 2008 in San Francisco, has sold out for the first time in the history of the event. "Response to this year's WWDC has been off the charts and we are delighted with the show...; Tags: Apple iPhone, SDK, Conference, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Business PCs are going nowhere fast: "Everything that can be invented has been invented." If Charles Duell, in 1888 the Commissioner for the U.S. patent office, actually said that, then he would, of course, have been wrong; but I think the claim may have some applicability to the business PC in 2008....; Tags: PC, Business PC, Unix, Desktops, Hardware, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Microsoft: Office '08 sales skyrocket, SP1 released, VBA coming back to Mac: According to CNet Microsoft is selling copies of Office 2008 for Mac at a clip three times higher than the former 2004 version. "The company wouldn't disclose sales numbers, but said the sales are the highest in the 19-year history of the unit. That continues a trend that has been...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Corp., Sales, Mac BU, Desktops, Microsoft Office, Hardware, Office Suites, Software, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-13