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Apple Patents Using Apps During Calls

Posted by Soulskill on from the that-sounds-a-great-idea dept.

bizwriter writes "Apple has had quite a week in patents for the iPhone, and it's only Tuesday. First was the victory at the International Trade Commission over HTC. And now there's a shiny new patent on switching to an app during a live phone call (#8,082,523). There may be non-infringing ways of doing something similar, but they probably will be clumsy in comparison."

2 of 434 comments (clear)

  1. How do I patent????? by axlr8or · · Score: 5, Funny

    Taking a shit while using a phone? I wanna do that. You know, maybe if we just spread a little butter on these people, they will eat each other and their children. Sounds good to me.

  2. Re:Prior art by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's far older than the other obvious prior art: BlackBerry.

    You misspelled Palm.