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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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TV's future: the partnerships are forming now

In just the last few days, there were a few news announcements that, separately, were kind of ho-hum. But together, it appears that the stars are suddenly starting to align for the next generation of television, one that's more of an on-demand Internet-based experience, instead of a schedule-driven feed from...

Tags: Partnership, TiVo Inc., Programming, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Hands on with the Windows 7 Touch Pack

Hands on with the Windows 7 Touch PackMicrosoft touch support is poor overallTalk to any Viliv S5 owner who put a Windows 7 beta on their little tablet/umpc.1) There is poor digitizer support.2) If the digitizer isn't recognized during install, the tablet-oriented stuff is disabled.3) No easy way to enable...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 Touch Pack, Microsoft Corp., Hands-On, multi-touch, Apple Inc., PC, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

Best Legal Tips 1.0 (Mobile)

Best Legal Tips contains 1001 legal tips and tricks including intellectual property (patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, misappropriation, and unfair competition), contracts and general corporate governance, including tax tips, LLCs versus S Corps, and advice for creating new companies, family law, divorce, bankruptcy, child custody, marriage, and alimony, property, real...

Tags: Mobile, Tip, McApps, Taxes, Free Trade, Corporate Governance, Personal Finance, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Corporate Law, Financial Planning, Finance, Business Operations, Research & Development

Software downloads 2009-06-08

News to know: FTC vs. botnets; Microsoft; Apple WWDC; Twitter

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: FTC shuts down notorious botnet ISP. FTC statement Patch Tuesday heads-up: Critical Windows, IE fixes coming Typo'd Google domains in Top...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, WWDC, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., FTC, NEC Corp., Twitter, Darwin, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telephony, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Monitors & Displays, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Internet, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-05

News to know: Botnets; Adobe patch day; NetApp; Craigslist

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: Inside the botnets that never make the news - a gallery Images: Inside the botnets that never make the news right ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., NetApp Inc., Craigslist, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Robots, GPS, Document Management, Storage, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-21

News to know: Google; Facebook; HP battery recall

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Apple eliminates CanSecWest Pwn2Own flaws Larry Dignan: Cloudy day: Google falters; Packets lost in key cities Sam Diaz: Google outage...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Battery, Twitter, Engineering, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-05-15