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You mean like this one filed in 2004? https://patents.google.com/patent/US20060026535A1/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US20060026535A1/en (Spoiler: Appl
by bdcravens 3y ago
You mean like this one filed in 2004?
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20060026535A1/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US20060026535A1/en
(Spoiler: Apple's patent for touch UI years before iPhone came to market, and the illustration indicates more of a iPad-like device)
Many more similar, also years before the products came to market:
https://patents.google.com/?assignee=apple https://patents.google.com/?assignee=apple
- deckar01 3y agoPatenting a UI layout is even more rediculous. These companies are retracing the arbitrary decisions made to solve a problem, then widening the parameters to cover all possible solutions in a vague patent to use as a legal landmine for any competition that might wander into the same sector.
- cma 3y agoLooks pretty bogus, almost all claims are dependent on claim 1, which wasn't novel: > 1) A user interface method, comprising: detecting a touch; determining a user interface mode when a touch is detected; displaying one or more GUI elements based on the user interface mode; and enabling the functionality of the GUI element.