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Microsoft Applies For Page-Turn Animation Patent
eldavojohn writes "Ever seeking to out innovate their competition, Microsoft has applied for a patent on animating page flips in devices like the Nook or Kindle. The application summary reads, 'One or more pages are displayed on a touch display. A page-turning gesture directed to a displayed page is recognized. Responsive to such recognition, a virtual page turn is displayed on the touch display. The virtual page turn actively follows the page-turning gesture. The virtual page turn curls a lifted portion of the page to progressively reveal a back side of the page while progressively revealing a front side of a subsequent page. A lifted portion of the page is given an increased transparency that allows the back side of the page to be viewed through the front side of the page. A page-flipping gesture quickly flips two or more pages.' Maybe you've seen this before?"
1. An icon indicating that users must cease forward movement for a designated period of time comprising a large octagonal metal plate with white letters spelling the word "STOP" on a red background with a thin white border.
2. The icon in claim 1 mounted on a wooden post.
3. The icon in claim 2 mounted on a post or surface of any solid material.
4. The icon in claim 1 represented as a graphic painted or otherwise depicted on any flat surface.
5. The icon in claim 4 depicted on a surface of any shape or size.
6. The icon in claim 4 represented in digital or any other electronic form.
7. The icon in claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 in which the word "STOP" appears in any human language.
8. The icon in claim 7 in which any shape, color scheme, or graphic layout is used for the icon or its text.
9. The icon in claim 8 with any sort of movement indication in addition to or separate from "STOP," including but not limited to "YIELD," "GO," "SLOW," etc.
10. The icon in claim 9 with any cautionary or supplemental information relevant to physical movement including but not limited to "SCHOOL," "SPEED LIMIT," "DEER CROSSING," "CAUTION," etc.
11. The icon in claim 10 including any kind of numeric or non-numeric complementary metric, including but not limited to "SPEED LIMIT 35 MPH," "CONSTRUCTION ZONE NEXT 5 MILES," etc.
This isn't insightful because iBooks did this word for word. Go to an Apple store and play with iBooks on an iPad.
Wow, I didn't know that system had a touch screen display. Oh, wait, it didn't.
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.
Please list the prior art in question and demonstrate how it applies to this patent with references to the patent.
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.
Apparently you didn't even bother to read the summary on slashdot, never mind the actual patent application.
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An AC thinks it's a good idea to make a company immune to patent lawsuits as long as said company "actually makes stuff". As if there are no valid patent lawsuits? As if valid patent lawsuits aren't against someone using an idea to make something? We do this, we might as well get rid of patent lawsuits. At which point you might as well get rid of patents. Well, yeah, that is indeed one way of killing trolls. But this gets +4 Insightful? How about -5 lame?