Microsoft patents the double-click

[Kingdom Gone]

Microsoft patents the double-click
by Derek Sooman on Sun 11 Sep 2005, 03:19 PM


Microsoft has cause to celebrate, since it has been granted a patent on the double-click! Yes, just when you thought that these patents should not get any sillier, now Microsoft owns the rights to double clicking. Patent number 6,727,830 was granted to Microsoft on April 27.

An abstract of the application says: "A method and system are provided for extending the functionality of application buttons on a limited resource computing device. Alternative application functions are launched based on the length of time an application button is pressed. A default function for an application is launched if the button is pressed for a short, i.e., normal, period of time.

"An alternative function of the application is launched if the button is pressed for a long, (e.g., at least one second), period of time. Still another function can be launched if the application button is pressed multiple times within a short period of time, e.g., double click."

http://www.techspot.com/news/18678-micr ... click.html (http://www.techspot.com/news/18678-microsoft-patents-the-doubleclick.html)

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[Ghoul]

Anal Cunt - Microsoft patents the double-click.

[The_Fool]

Κινγκντομ, οι ειδησεογραφικές σου πηγές έχουν ένα σχετικά μικρό lag (όχι πολύ, κανά χρόνο και κάτι ψιλά (http://epatents.hellug.gr/archives/2004/06/02/ms-double-click/) μόνο :P).
BTW, νομίζω πως η συγκεκριμένη πατέντα αφορά handheld devices.

Τεσπα, ας ελπίσουμε πως μετά την "ήττα" τους στο ευρωκοινοβούλιο θα περιορίσουν τη μαλακία για λίγα χρόνια, αν και απ' ότι φαίνεται, όσον αφορά το hardware, η μαλακία καλά κρατεί:


http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/04/1827250&tid=17&tid=137[/url]]Blu-Ray To Punish Users for Modifying Hardware

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday September 04, @02:38PM
from the you-can-buy-it-but-it-isn't-yours dept.

datemenatalie writes "As reported on Engadget, consumers should expect punishment for tinkering with their Blu-ray players (http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000737057152/), as many have done with current DVD players, for instance to remove regional coding. The new, Internet-connected and secure players will report any "hack" and the device can be disabled remotely. As the article asks, "Are they talking about PVP-OPM techniques and rejected HDMI keys, or something else far more sinister? Because apparently "A hacked player is any player that is doing something it's not supposed to do," which open to a pretty fair amount of interpretation--most of which egregious.""


http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/04/1944210&tid=155&tid=194[/url]]Refilling Ink Cartridges Now a Crime?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday September 04, @04:32PM
from the this-will-fix-our-overcrowded-prisons dept.

Eric Smith writes "The Ninth Circuit has created box-wrap (http://www.corante.com/copyfight/archives/2005/09/02/the_latest_ip_crime_boxwrap_patent_infringement.php) patent licenses. Now the label on the box that says "single use only" is given force of law, and if you refill the cartridge you are liable for patent infringement."

[Antrikos]

Σε λίγο θα ενσωματώσουν και πούτσες στα ηλ. προϊόντα και θα μας γαμάνε και ΑΥΤΑ. :evil:

[Deggial]

Old news. Σε κάθε περίπτωση, τα διπλώματα ευρεσιτεχνίας είναι ιδιαίτερα προβληματικά και θα έπρεπε να αλλάξει η αντίστοιχη νομοθεσία, καθώς αφήνει περιθώρεια για ένα περίεργο μονοπώλιο της τεχνολογίας.

[Kingdom Gone]

οντως παλιά πληροφορία :oops:

ontopic, χεστήκαμε για το doubleclick εδώ λεμε να καταργήσουμε το click γενικά:
http://www.dontclick.it

[Ace]

http://www.dontclick.it

wraiooooo :O