Microsoft Patents clicking

what the hell.........
i suppose Micrisoft will be patenting walking or breathing next..... :confused:
does this mean that other pcoketpc/pda OS makers will have to ask for or pay for permission to have "Microsoft Patented Double Click Technology XP SP7" to be able to click on things?
Madness! :mad:
 
They didn't patent clicking !

They patented a principle that by varying the click duration you vary the application reaction. This targets PDA and other iPods that do not have complex input devices (like a keyboard or a 2 buttons mouse). Off course the double click is also mentioned in the patent, which does not mean that this can be defended.
 
chevy said:
They didn't patent clicking !

They patented a principle that by varying the click duration you vary the application reaction. This targets PDA and other iPods that do not have complex input devices (like a keyboard or a 2 buttons mouse). Off course the double click is also mentioned in the patent, which does not mean that this can be defended.
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So they patented E.G
1 second click = select
3 second click = open
click and hold = copy
that sort if thing?
 
It's more like on the menu of the PDA, a short click would select the document, a long click would open it and a double click would print it.

Like our Finder:
short click -> select document
long click -> get context dependent pop-up menu
double click -> open document with default application
 
chevy said:
It's more like on the menu of the PDA, a short click would select the document, a long click would open it and a double click would print it.

Like our Finder:
short click -> select document
long click -> get context dependent pop-up menu
double click -> open document with default application
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AAH. Thanks for clearing that up! Trust me to get the wrong end of the stick! ::ha:: :)
 
The short-long click patent is US 6,727,830

This one is not bad neither: menu bar on top of screen... patent US 6,727,917

Go to http://patft.uspto.gov to see the original text.
 
I'm suprised that some car company hasn't patent the steering wheel being inside the car. Patent law can be sickening to those that want to change the world and a godsend to those that think they are going to change the world why they wait for someone stupid enough to pay them. If you can't come up with a working prototype you don't desrve a patent and if you or your company don't build the final product and sell at least x number the patent should be revoked...like mr. stereobeltman.

So, today I am going to patent teleporatation of biological and inert materials...create a prototype(that need not be working to recieve the patent)and sit on it for 20 years.
Then I am going to create a tablet size prototype of a digital ink pad that doesn't use any electricity, can be written on with a stylus like device... which i call the "nkpen" (this pen has nothing to do with the internet that is why there is no "i" in front of it.)
 
It's true, in my thread title I did oversimplify a bit. It's not QUITE as bad as patenting just plain 'clicking' but it still seems a bit outrageous to me...
 
brianleahy said:
It's true, in my thread title I did oversimplify a bit. It's not QUITE as bad as patenting just plain 'clicking' but it still seems a bit outrageous to me...
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you have me thinking now.....
<applies for a writing with left hand patent> :rolleyes:
 
They have the patent, which does not mean that they can use it to sue anybody. Having a patent does not mean that this patent is valid. It's probably much more of a protection against someone who could sue them...
 
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