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IBM Patents Checking a Box

Posted by kdawson on from the science-and-the-useful-arts dept.

theodp writes "What do you call it when you drag a pointer over a checkbox to select or deselect it depending on its original state? Answer: US Patent 7,278,116. On Tuesday, the USPTO awarded IBM a patent for Mode Switching for Ad Hoc Checkbox Selection, aka Making an 'X'. Isn't this essentially the same concept as the older Lotus Notes selection model that IBM was recently asked to reintroduce?"

3 of 186 comments (clear)

  1. Re:If someone patents something stupid, do we care by nozzo · · Score: -1, Redundant

    LOL! 'drug your finger'! surely 'dragged your finger'?

  2. Re:If someone patents something stupid, do we care by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Nice try, but I have already patented that Latin phrase.

  3. You FTai7 It by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

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