Comments on: Om, That’s Actually "You Gotta Be Fucking Kidding Me"

By: rlevine

rlevine — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:55 +0000

It's also arguably a patent on a UI bug. Jumping to the middle of the next page is not a particularly useful behavior. Might be a setup for an "implemented as patented" prank?

By: todd_vernon84

todd_vernon84 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:55 +0000

You are dead on.. When i read the abstract I said to myself, let them have the patent. Its a patent to make sure page-down is broken sufficiently so as not to be useful. I have seen this behavior in some app but i just tried it in word and acrobat and both those apps seem to agree, who the hell wants to do it this way! Classic.

By: Jim W

Jim W — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:55 +0000

They also patented the double-click a while back:

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2004/06/6...

By: steve_bergs2127

steve_bergs2127 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:55 +0000

Well, Brad, you I remain open to the possibility that someone will, someday, come up with an innovation in software that is both novel and non-obvious. This is clearly not such an example.

How can anyone possibly think that this passes those two hurdles?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:55 +0000

If you think that's bad, check this out:

Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeroes
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29130

By: Om

Om — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:55 +0000

Brad, you know I wanted to say that in my headline but my mom-reads the blog….:-)

By: Bill Mosby

Bill Mosby — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:55 +0000

Sounds like something you'd get if you automated both the patent application generation and patent examination/issuance parts of the process. Maybe one could patent that kind of process. Maybe someone already has…