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patft.uspto.gov - 1/27/2009

United States Patent: 7479949

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Apple’s multi-touch patent, which is currently at the forefront of hysterical (and unfounded) implications that Apple has “threatened” to sue Palm to the ground. They haven’t done any such thing. They patented the heuristics to make sense of multi-touch inputs, which doesn’t ...

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Apple Multitouch patent finally awarded: IP battle not over yet
SlashGear — Apple exec Tim Cook’s recent posturing over touchscreen and multitouch patents during the company’s financial conference call surprised many by how unexpected and direct it was.  Now, it looks like we might know why the COO was quite so forthright: what Cook knew - and at that point most of us didn’t - was that Apple had finally been granted their infamous “Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics” patent, number 7,479,949, which had been languishing in review at the patent office for more than two years. “A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a computing device with a touch screen display comprises: detecting one or more finger contacts ...

Apple awarded multi-touch patent- end game for everyone else?
jkOnTheRun — A sharp reader on jkOnTheRun points us to an article discussing the awarding of the multi-touch patent to Apple just a few days ago.  This is the patent they filed last year that covers how they have implemented multi-touch on the iPhone and the new MacBooks using the trackpad. The big question with this patent award is if this ends the multi-touch game for everyone else, including the upcoming Palm Pre smartphone.  Several netbooks also implement multi-touch using the touchpad and that seems to be in violation of this patent.  Apple could license this technology but it’s been their practice to keep it for themselves in the past and this could get pretty ugly very fast. The patent assignment covers all of the gestures used in the iPhone including window scrolling, both ...

Apple Gets Patent for Multi-Touch
I4U News — ... gestures for scrolling, zooming and more. Think pinching to zoom in and swiping a finger to move pages on an iPhone. This patent could have some major ramifications in the computer industry. There are lots of notebooks and netbooks coming to market that feature multi-touch track pads. Many of the latest netbooks from Asus do this. With the patent being granted on January 20, 2009 we could see Apple soon going after all other devices that use multi-touch and gesture control. Via USPTO Posted on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:37:06 CST | by Shane McGlaun ...

Apple Successfully Patents Multitouch, Palm Cringes
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — The other day Palm snarled back at Apple for suggesting they were ripping off iPhone IP, but now Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is armed with a big fat multitouch and swipe gestire patent which could smack Palm (NSDQ: PALM) right in the face. The new Palm Pre, announced at CES a few weeks ago, featured some very familiar looking pinching gestures which drew audible swooning from the crowds, but had plenty of folks glancing at their iPhone at the same time. Assuming Apple has an iron grip on the patent and it isn’t disputed or worked around, the best scenario is if Palm forks over licensing fees to Apple so their last ditch at survival isn’t totally snuffed out. To see the specifics of Apple’s patent, hit up the US Patent Office. [via World of ...

Apple Locks In Multi-Touch Patent
GEARFUSE — multitouch_patent26109 Palm and other smartphone manufacturers are super-fucked right now . “Why?” you ask? It’s quite simple, really. See, Steve Jobs and his crew at Apple designed and invented multi-touch gesturing on a device. Don’t believe me? Might want to check out United States Patent Number 7,479,949, which states:“Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics .” Yeah. Well. Shit. If I worked for Palm right now, I’d pretty much fucking quit . How you going to beat that shit? Huh? Resistance is futile . Take a bite of the Apple already, ’cause that iPhone sure is tasty. Link [ via ]

Thoughts on the Apple multi-touch patent- look out Microsoft
jkOnTheRun — The tech world is buzzing over Apple’s being awarded a patent covering the multi-touch gesturing.  We knew Apple had applied for a patent but reality sets in when one is awarded, thus giving Apple some teeth to go after those who dare to “infringe” on the technology. Discussions are already popping up trying to lay claims that others besides Apple have produced multi-touch technology first and thus negating the fact that Apple has the patent.  This is a moot point with the patent having been awarded to Apple and let’s be fair they did produce the iPhone with multi-touch, the first actual product to have the technology.  What remains to be seen is how Apple chooses to protect this technology from “abuse”. Many (myself ...

Apple patenta los gestos en pantallas multitáctiles
Gizmología — Ya es definitivo en EE.UU., la semana pasada, el 20 de Enero de 2009, Apple consiguió una de esas patentes que te dan miedo por privatizar algo tan aparentemente “universal”. En este caso no han patentado las pantallas multitáctiles, pero si algo muy relacionada con ellas. La patente número 7,479,949 se describe como: Dispositivo de pantalla táctil, método e interfaz gráfico para determinados comandos por aplicación heurística. (traducción libre) Esto quiere decir que en realidad han patentado la interpretación de gestos dentro de las pantallas táctiles, como por ejemplo el gesto que se hace en la pantalla para hacer scroll, este tipo de gestos que indican una acción o gestos con dos el uso de dos dedos. ...

Apple patents ‘multitouch methodology’
D' Technology Weblog — US Patent Office granted “Jobs, et al” a patent for multitouch techniques to Apple. The patent is entitled “Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics.” Heuristics is a commonly used term in computer science, and here refers to a set of loosely-defined parameters that can be applied to numerous situations, and the important thing to note here is that it’s not the commands themselves being patented, rather the device and its associated GUI and methods for recognizing those commands. Source:→ BetaNews ...

Apple está trabalhando em iPhone com videoconferência
MacMagazine — O assunto não é novidade e, evidentemente, é bem aguardado pelos consumidores. Porém, o InformationWeek dissecou hoje uma patente (de número 7.479.949) conquistada pela Apple que descreve tais capacidades. A probabilidade de elas já chegarem na próxima geração do iPhone são grandes. Além de citar gravação de vídeo (coisa que a câmera — ou melhor, o software — do iPhone não faz hoje, nativamente), o documento também explica capacidades de videoconferência que poderão chegar ao smartphone. ...