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Thursday, January 26, 2006
Cingular patents emoticons
Update: The patent hasn't been approved, it's only registered. My previous comment about prior knowledge still applies.
Sounds impossible, considering this is obvious prior knowledge, but according to this note it's a fact. Is this yet another sign that the US patent system doesn't work?
they also managed to patent the delivery of text based emoticon - so presumably sending :) via an SMS - if selected via a dedicated or softkey, would be a breach of the patent in future.
Cingular Patents the Emoticon :(
Sounds impossible, considering this is obvious prior knowledge, but according to this note it's a fact. Is this yet another sign that the US patent system doesn't work?
they also managed to patent the delivery of text based emoticon - so presumably sending :) via an SMS - if selected via a dedicated or softkey, would be a breach of the patent in future.
Cingular Patents the Emoticon :(
