I am proposing a patent on the enter key. The enter key is the most often used key on a computer keyboard and it is the next logical step in globalization. When a user depressed the enter key it would activate a program hidden away in the computer's operating system. The program would then add $0.05 to it's memory banks. If the user continued to depress the enter key, the program would keep adding $0.05 for each time. At the end of a month the program would dial a central server and upload the charges. The server would then send the charges to the billing department where the billing system would fill in a bill and send the completed bill to shipping and receiving. There the bill would be sent out by Federal Express and devlivered to the user's home. If the user failed to reimburse us for the use of the enter key we would send over a representative to confiscate the user's keyboard.
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I am proposing a patent on the enter key. The enter key is the most often used key on a computer keyboard and it is the next logical step in globalization. When a user depressed the enter key it would activate a program hidden away in the computer's operating system. The program would then add $0.05 to it's memory banks. If the user continued to depress the enter key, the program would keep adding $0.05 for each time. At the end of a month the program would dial a central server and upload the charges. The server would then send the charges to the billing department where the billing system would fill in a bill and send the completed bill to shipping and receiving. There the bill would be sent out by Federal Express and devlivered to the user's home. If the user failed to reimburse us for the use of the enter key we would send over a representative to confiscate the user's keyboard.