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Apple Applies for a Touchscreen Gesture Patent

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the wild-speculation-for-discussion dept.

SuperMog2002 writes "According to an article in PC Magazine, Apple has submitted an application for a patent on "several methods of applying gestures to touch-sensitive input devices." Could there be a new form of tablet PC or PDA in Apple's future?"

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  1. Re:Scratches? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Has the tablet market come up with a way to deal with screen scratches?

    If anyone can figure out a way to prevent unsightly scratches on a portable device screen, I'm sure it will be Apple.

  2. Re:Enough already. by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're not impressing anybody.

    Except the USPTO.

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  3. Re:Prior Art by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Uhh dude... i don't think anyone wants to know what you are doing with your palm right now..

  4. Wonder if... by musonica · · Score: 5, Funny

    one of the new patents will include "navigating interface via tongue", cause we all know apples aqua UI is sooo good you want to lick it?
    *runs away and hides*

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  5. Re:Prior Art Example... by dr.badass · · Score: 5, Funny

    The touch screen reacts the same whether I use one finger or two.

    That's because it's a single-point screen. Multiple-point touch screens (i.e. the only kind referenced by the patent application) behave differently.

    The patent is vague

    You've already demonstrated that you haven't read any of it. The very first claim specifies "touch sensitive device having a multipoint capability".

    Besides, what's Apple going to do then? Sue the priest...

    Now you're demonstrating that you are being willfully stupid.

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