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me thinks either Xerox or Apple, if anyone, would be worthy of that patent. MS hasn't innovated a damn thing in their entire existance.
Hell, Amazon patented one click shopping.
Wtf.. apple had this waaay before softie. This is crap and it will get challenged.
they want to give their lawyers some exercise in the near future...
? One click shopping... thats pretty cheeky, I've shopped at amazon and while i hate preying on technicalities, there was more than one click involved. What do they mean by one click shopping?Quote:
Originally Posted by lithium
you have to activate it. Once activated, clicking on the "buy this" or whatever link automatically purchases it for you using the credit card and shipping info you have set up. All in one click. It got a lot of flack and media when debuted, surprised you've not heard of it.
RTFA
It has to do with a hardware button that has multiple functions, on a PDA - like, you click the button for one function, you hold it down for another, and you double click it for three. You people are almost as bad as Slashdot.
So what game system had a built-in hard drive and ethernet before the Xbox?Quote:
MS hasn't innovated a damn thing in their entire existance.
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Originally Posted by diffusionx
Oooh. wow :)
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Originally Posted by diffusionx
But, you're still right.
Couldn't a game controller already come into play for prior art on this one, though? There have been games where the amount of presses of a button or holding it down / not holding it down had different results. I'd also argue that a mouse button, which is hardware, would still count for this.