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   Valued customer, Apr 27th, 2004 @ 3:33pm

   
   

   I hear that they also have a patent pending on the right index finger. I guess that means that they will also be able to collect royalties if you pick your nose.

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   Cigamit, Apr 27th, 2004 @ 3:47pm

   
   

   Even your digital watch requires different types of presses in order to change the time/date or alarm.

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   Fazookus, Apr 27th, 2004 @ 7:46pm

   
   

   
   MORSE CODE!!!!!!!!
   I think I win this competition!
   Faz

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   PS 2???

   

   Erik, Apr 28th, 2004 @ 12:50am

   
   

   My Playstation 2 requires a short tap on the power button to reset and a press to shut it down.
   (Not as good as the Morse code example but implemented by a competitor in the Video Games arena)

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   Re: No Subject Given

   

   Matt, Apr 28th, 2004 @ 5:56am

   
   

   er...which application does that open?

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   NOBODY, Apr 28th, 2004 @ 9:29am

   
   

   The good one.

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   Re: PS 2???

   

   Anonymous Coward, Apr 28th, 2004 @ 1:19pm

   
   

   Yes, but unlike the Xbox, your PS2 isn't a "limited power computing device" :-)

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   Anonymous Coward, Apr 28th, 2004 @ 1:32pm

   
   

   They don't have a patent on my middle finger.

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   trolling

   

   Rahyl, Apr 28th, 2004 @ 2:00pm

   
   

   They're trolling guys, plain and simple. They know this kind of thing enrages a lot of people so they drop some money out of petty cash for a quick laugh at your expense.

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    prior art: Nextstep

    

    Andreas Mueller, Apr 28th, 2004 @ 2:24pm

    
    

    The Nextstep Workspace manager back in 1990 featured
    timed actions. A short click on a directory would display the contents, a long press would update the
    directory. A double click would open it in a new window.

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    Re: No Subject Given

    

    ozeleslie, Apr 28th, 2004 @ 2:28pm

    
    

    yes you did

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    Timing the button click

    

    David Boarman, Apr 28th, 2004 @ 3:01pm

    
    

    This is stupid, useless and does nothing but end up causing consumers and taxpayers to pay for silly litigation on who designed the process in the first place.
    Gates...get a life and just make your products work right from the get-go. Enough is enough!!!
    David Boarman

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    Re: PS 2???

    

    Flo, Apr 28th, 2004 @ 4:42pm

    
    

    Every mobile phone I've owned has had this "invention" now that is a limited power computing device

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    Possum, Apr 28th, 2004 @ 7:37pm

    
    

    Without doubt, you have given the best example of Prior Art.

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    Re: PS 2???

    

    tih, Apr 28th, 2004 @ 11:37pm

    
    

    My old HP 41C calculator, purchased back in 1983, has this feature, needed because its keys are programmable. Press-and-release runs what's bound to the key, press-and-hold shows (in the display) what the key will do on release, and if you then keep holding it down a bit longer, the keypress is canceled.

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    Patent on Pressing a Button, Prior Art

    

    Adrian O'Connor, Apr 29th, 2004 @ 2:26am

    
    

    The 'soft' power button on my PC knows that one quick press means 'ask the O/S to do something, normally go to standby' and a 4 second long press means 'tell the PSU to shut off'.
    
    That must be a very good case of prior art since it's been around since the inception of ATX PSU's.

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    Anonymous Coward, Apr 29th, 2004 @ 2:44am

    
    

    I'm left handed.....

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    Re: Patent on Pressing a Button, Prior Art

    

    Dominic, Apr 29th, 2004 @ 3:35am

    
    

    Windows has had "hold down the shift key for a while to activate settings for disabilities" for longer than we've had ATX cases I think.
    The calculator example above looks good though.

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    Already exists!

    

    John Andersen, Apr 29th, 2004 @ 4:11am

    
    

    The mobile phone, Alcatel 310, already has this feature. If you press short you get the number/character, if you hold it longer you get the next number/character in the sequence for that button.
    Enjoy :)

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    One-Button Mouse

    

    Adam Ashwell, Apr 29th, 2004 @ 9:44pm

    
    

    The one-button mouse on Macs does NOT have a right click by holding down the button. Hold down control and THEN click, and, bingo, right click. But I myself don't use a one-button mouse, I got a third party two button mouse with one of them scroll wheels and some buttons and stuff. Logitech. Well, this isn't a thread about mice, so I'll stop now.

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    surf win prize

    

    brijesh, Dec 25th, 2008 @ 9:59pm

    
    

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