"Well, let's see, gold was trading for around $350 an ounce not too long ago, and it's now well over $1,000 per ounce. Basically, that would have us living with what, 200% inflation? "
If you had an ounce of gold (or the equivalent in gold backed currency) "not too long ago," it bought 350 loaves of bread, now it would buy over 1000. You don't know what inflation is.
How does any of that differ from apps on a PC, which all have unlimited Internet access? Is there some reason a phone is more sensitive? I've got more personal/confidential info on my PC than I do on my phone.
Without knowing exactly what is being sent to these "unauthorized servers," this is just a red herring.
what exactly is an "unauthorized server?" Given that Android enforces constraints (permissions) when you install an app, are they claiming that there are apps which can get Internet access without explicitly being granted permissions by the user when installed?
You mean, other than the "by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries" part which you conveniently left out.
that this is Verizon, the RBOC, not Verizon Wireless. With VZW, you can view itemized billing on-line. Doesn't the landline company offer a similar capability?
" I'm also surprised there's no prior art; the only similar thing I could personally think of was Microsoft Smart Tags and they don't seem to have arrived before ~2000."
None of your pre-2000 email clients allowed you to click "reply" and automatically used the From: (or Reply-to:) header to determine who to reply to?
As others have pointed out, the patent isn't about phones.
But, do you mean to claim that if I take that patent, word-for-word, and just append "...on a phone." at the end, I'll have a new patent I can then hold over Apple?
5,946,647, every email MUA in existence does this - look for the From: (or Reply-to:) header, and let the user send an email to the address found there.
6,343,263 just describes creating a hardware abstraction layer, something else which has been done for a long, long time.
This illustrates one of the big problems with the patent system - inventor are supposed to get exclusive rights for a limited time in exchange for describing their inventions so the public can benefit from them. But, patents are written in language which deliberately obfuscates, often making it impossible to tell WTF the "invention" actually is, let alone duplicate it. They're not describing useful inventions, they're designed to be so vague and general as to describe wide ranges of utility in terms which make it sound like there's some new invention being described.
Gosh, if you follow through the claim ("a method for causing the computer to perform an action on a structure identified in computer data...enabling selection of the structure and a linked action; and executing the selected action linked to the selected structure"), every email MUA in existence does that. Receive an email, look for the From: (or Reply-to:) header, allow the user to reply to the address in the header...
6,343,263 is so broad and vague as to be meaningless. It's just talking about creating a hardware abstraction layer. Again, something which has been done for a long long time.
The question is, why would someone need that level of availability at home? At a business, if you have downtime, you lose money. At home, if you have downtime, you...have to watch TV instead?
What if someone works at home, and needs a reliable connection to the corporate network? I'll let the boss know I'll be watching TV whenever the net goes down.
'No state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports.' Article 1, 10, par. 2. This makes it clear that states may tax imports or exports (with congressional consent).
In Turpin v. Burgess, 117 U.S. 504, 507 (1886), it was found that " a general tax, laid on all property alike, and not levied on goods in course of exportation, nor because of their intended exportation, is not within the constitutional prohibition. [of Article 1, 9, par. 5]"
In Dooley v. United States, 183 U.S. 151, 154, it was found that "the word 'export' should be... applied only to goods exported to a foreign country."
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"Well, let's see, gold was trading for around $350 an ounce not too long ago, and it's now well over $1,000 per ounce. Basically, that would have us living with what, 200% inflation? "
If you had an ounce of gold (or the equivalent in gold backed currency) "not too long ago," it bought 350 loaves of bread, now it would buy over 1000. You don't know what inflation is.
How does any of that differ from apps on a PC, which all have unlimited Internet access? Is there some reason a phone is more sensitive? I've got more personal/confidential info on my PC than I do on my phone.
Without knowing exactly what is being sent to these "unauthorized servers," this is just a red herring.
what exactly is an "unauthorized server?" Given that Android enforces constraints (permissions) when you install an app, are they claiming that there are apps which can get Internet access without explicitly being granted permissions by the user when installed?
Every once in a while, you hit the number on roulette, too.
You mean, other than the "by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries" part which you conveniently left out.
"Method and device for obfuscation of intellectual property descriptive text."
Heck, the Egyptians had one-way message via couriers circa 2400 BCE.
that this is Verizon, the RBOC, not Verizon Wireless. With VZW, you can view itemized billing on-line. Doesn't the landline company offer a similar capability?
" I'm also surprised there's no prior art; the only similar thing I could personally think of was Microsoft Smart Tags and they don't seem to have arrived before ~2000."
None of your pre-2000 email clients allowed you to click "reply" and automatically used the From: (or Reply-to:) header to determine who to reply to?
As others have pointed out, the patent isn't about phones.
But, do you mean to claim that if I take that patent, word-for-word, and just append "...on a phone." at the end, I'll have a new patent I can then hold over Apple?
5,946,647, every email MUA in existence does this - look for the From: (or Reply-to:) header, and let the user send an email to the address found there.
6,343,263 just describes creating a hardware abstraction layer, something else which has been done for a long, long time.
This illustrates one of the big problems with the patent system - inventor are supposed to get exclusive rights for a limited time in exchange for describing their inventions so the public can benefit from them. But, patents are written in language which deliberately obfuscates, often making it impossible to tell WTF the "invention" actually is, let alone duplicate it. They're not describing useful inventions, they're designed to be so vague and general as to describe wide ranges of utility in terms which make it sound like there's some new invention being described.
Gosh, if you follow through the claim ("a method for causing the computer to perform an action on a structure identified in computer data...enabling selection of the structure and a linked action; and executing the selected action linked to the selected structure"), every email MUA in existence does that. Receive an email, look for the From: (or Reply-to:) header, allow the user to reply to the address in the header...
6,343,263 is so broad and vague as to be meaningless. It's just talking about creating a hardware abstraction layer. Again, something which has been done for a long long time.
it demonstrates obviousness.
Hardly a rant, and no, I don't. Very little good comes out of committees, especially international ones.
"If one were to be working from home, then that would qualify as "at a business.""
Not to the IRS, and there's a reason it's called "work at home," not "work at business" when you work from home. Duh.
The question is, why would someone need that level of availability at home? At a business, if you have downtime, you lose money. At home, if you have downtime, you...have to watch TV instead?
Only half the bitcoins are like that. The other half look like sticks.
What if someone works at home, and needs a reliable connection to the corporate network? I'll let the boss know I'll be watching TV whenever the net goes down.
WiFi is a registered trademark, used for marketing. 4G is a descriptive term, short for 4th generation. That you don't know the difference says a lot.
" every current implementation of 4G out (LTE included) is not in fact 4G. 4G has not been deployed commercially anywhere yet. "
BS. Your statement is true only if one accepts the definition of "4G" made by some committee which doesn't want 4G to mean what it actually means.
LTE is in fact a 4th generation technology:
1G: AMPS
2G: CDMA (IS-95) / TDMA (IS-136) / GSM
3G: CDMA2000 (1xRTT/EV-DO) / GPRS/UMTS
4G: LTE / WiMax
Sheep smell so they can find the tastiest grass to eat.
another way to breed resistant strains of dangerous pathogens.
'No state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports.' Article 1, 10, par. 2. This makes it clear that states may tax imports or exports (with congressional consent).
... applied only to goods exported to a foreign country."
In Turpin v. Burgess, 117 U.S. 504, 507 (1886), it was found that " a general tax, laid on all property alike, and not levied on goods in course of exportation, nor because of their intended exportation, is not within the constitutional prohibition. [of Article 1, 9, par. 5]"
In Dooley v. United States, 183 U.S. 151, 154, it was found that "the word 'export' should be
Actually, you should re-read the US Constitution. The clause you mention applies to the feds, not the states.
The tax ignores an item's state of origin. It is not an export tax, and therefore passes muster.
(assuming you're in California) Do you refuse to pay sales tax on Idaho potatoes when you buy them at the local grocery store?