1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks - All Patented
from the click-to-pay dept
theodp writes "Not to be outdone by Amazon's 1-Click patent, Microsoft snagged a patent from the USPTO Tuesday for a Time based hardware button for application launch, which covers causing different actions to occur depending upon whether a button is pressed for a short period of time, a long period of time, or multiple times within a short period of time. So does pressing car radio buttons for different periods of time to change or set stations constitute patent infringement?" What about double-clicking? Seems like a fair amount of prior art. I know my caller ID box requires a "double-click" to delete phone numbers. Also, I may not remember correctly, but I was under the impression that Apple's famous "one-button" mouse allows you to fake a right mouse click if you hold down the button.
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MORSE CODE!!!!!!!!
I think I win this competition!
Faz
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PS 2???
(Not as good as the Morse code example but implemented by a competitor in the Video Games arena)
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trolling
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prior art: Nextstep
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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Timing the button click
Gates...get a life and just make your products work right from the get-go. Enough is enough!!!
David Boarman
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Patent on Pressing a Button, Prior Art
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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The calculator example above looks good though.
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Already exists!
Enjoy :)
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One-Button Mouse
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surf win prize
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