Microsoft Patents Grouped Taskbar Buttons
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Microsoft Patents Group Taskbar Buttons
Microsoft Patents Group Taskbar Buttons
06/29/2004 12:11 PMtheodp writes
"What do you call it when three IE buttons on the Windows Taskbar
disappear and are replaced with a single 'group' IE button when you
open a fourth IE window? Annoying? Nope. The correct answer is U.S.
patent no. 6,756,999, granted to Microsoft Tuesday for a Method and system for clustering and grouping taskbar
buttons." Indeed, this is one of the very first things that I
make sure to turn off on any Windows box that I end up using.
Windows XP Tip: Ungroup Taskbar Buttons
Windows XP Tip: Ungroup Taskbar Buttons
08/10/2004 01:34 AMG4 Tech TV Aug 10 2004 5:15AM GMT
Change Your Default Image Viewer,
Ungroup Taskbar Buttons
Change Your Default Image Viewer,
Ungroup Taskbar Buttons
08/02/2004 12:53 AMG4 Tech TV Aug 2 2004 5:15AM GMT
Microsoft Patents Borg Technology June
23 - 9:06 PM ET Researchers at Microsoft
have devised a technique to as
Microsoft Patents Borg Technology June
23 - 9:06 PM ET Researchers at Microsoft
have devised a technique to as
06/23/2004 10:35 PMBetaNews Jun 24 2004 2:04AM GMT
Microsoft Wants More Patents
Microsoft Wants More Patents
07/29/2004 01:23 PMIt's unfortunate that companies still feel the need to equate patents
to "innovation" when the opposite is often true. These days,
unfortunately, many companies feel the need to get patents simply as a
defensive measure. Whether for defense or offense, it appears that
Bill Gates believes
Microsoft needs more patents. The company is ramping
up their efforts to file for more patents and plan to
extort license them to other businesses. So far,
they're off to a good start. Some recently noted Microsoft patents
include
savin
g the name of a game you're playing,
showing
that someone is "typing a message" in IM software,
threa
d based email,
writing
an application in HTML,
groupin
g programs together in the taskbar,
pronoun
s used in programming and
the
concept of giving "kudos" points for style and flair. Well, kudos
to Microsoft then, on the style and flair with which they've been
granted so many questionable patents.
More Microsoft Patents
More Microsoft Patents
09/05/2004 12:48 PMtaskbar 1.0.2
taskbar 1.0.2
12/10/2003 09:06 PMA small taskbar utility for X11 with advanced features.
taskbar 1.0.0
taskbar 1.0.0
12/02/2003 01:59 AMA small taskbar utility for X11 with advanced features.
taskbar 1.0.3
taskbar 1.0.3
12/23/2003 12:26 AMA small taskbar utility for X11 with advanced features.
taskbar
taskbar
12/10/2003 01:58 PMInitial release
taskbar 1.0.1
taskbar 1.0.1
12/04/2003 11:53 PMA small taskbar utility for X11 with advanced features.
Microsoft Snags TV, Tab Key Patents
Microsoft Snags TV, Tab Key Patents
09/02/2004 11:47 AMtheodp writes
"'We think--patent for patent--what we are doing is, if anything,
more important than what others are doing,' boasted Bill Gates recently. And on Tuesday,
Microsoft once again put rocket scientists and cancer researchers
alike to shame, receiving patents for Integrating Television Into Web Pages and Tabbing to Hyperlinks on Web Pages. "
Microsoft Patents The Body Bus
Microsoft Patents The Body Bus
06/23/2004 12:48 PMMicrosoft Patents Apple
Microsoft Patents Apple
05/04/2004 03:09 PMIn what's most likely to be the result of a screwup at the patent
office, it appears that
Microsoft has
patented Apple. Well, not exactly. A new patent has been issued
on a new type of apple, and for some unexplained reason, the patent
has been assigned to Microsoft. The patent makes no mention of
Microsoft, and the most likely explanation is that someone filled in
the assignee field incorrectly. However, it makes for an amusing
headline, sure to get plenty of attention.
Microsoft Patents sudo
Microsoft Patents sudo
08/20/2004 09:43 PMOther News: Microsoft XML Patents
Other News: Microsoft XML Patents
01/28/2004 11:25 AMDan Gillmor digs into the issue of Microsoft patenting XML technology
for Office documents.
Microsoft seeks patents
Microsoft seeks patents
01/23/2004 08:49 PMglobetechnology.com Jan 24 2004 1:17AM GMT
Microsoft patents an apple
Microsoft patents an apple
05/05/2004 05:30 AMZDNet UK May 5 2004 9:40AM GMT
Microsoft Patents Body-A
Microsoft Patents Body-A
06/26/2004 07:29 AMTechzonez Jun 26 2004 11:13AM GMT
Microsoft Patents IPv6
Microsoft Patents IPv6
03/26/2005 07:20 AMCorante Mar 26 2005 10:47AM GMT
Microsoft Patents PDA Clicks
Microsoft Patents PDA Clicks
06/05/2004 01:18 PMeWeek Jun 5 2004 5:18PM GMT
Microsoft Win On Patents Reversed
Microsoft Win On Patents Reversed
07/06/2004 04:42 PMGary Potter writes
"Seems that a federal court in California granted a Microsoft
motion to invalidate two patents for an ergonomic keyboard.
Microsoft argued their claims pre-dated those of TypeRight Keyboard
Corp. Then, in a twist of events, the US Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit in Washington DC said there was "genuine issue" with
the credibility of a Microsoft witness. Bottom line, the invalidity
judgment was improperly granted. Next step, trial and lots of
billable hours by lawyers." The article is pretty sketchy on
details, but it certainly appears to imply that someone fudged the
prior art proof.
Microsoft Patents XML Schemas
Microsoft Patents XML Schemas
02/13/2004 09:25 AM In response to my post about a Microsoft presentation at Emerging
Tech, Bob "Professor" Morris points us to a Microsoft page that
explains something important about its XML schema for Word, Excel,
etc.: Microsoft may have patents and/or patent applications that are
necessary for you to license in order to make, sell, or distribute
software programs that read or write files that comply with the
Microsoft specifications for the Office Schemas. So, Microsoft's
patents prevent me from writing a program that reads a Word XML file?
Wow, that's harsh. And besides, isn't "schema" already a plural?...
Microsoft patents the click
Microsoft patents the click
06/04/2004 12:27 PMOut-Law.com Jun 4 2004 3:42PM GMT
Microsoft patents Tab button use
Microsoft patents Tab button use
09/08/2004 02:36 PMA patent for which Microsoft applied on March 6, 1997, has been
granted: "Discoverability and navigation of hyperlinks via tabs." In
other words, when a computer user uses the Tab key to move the focus
from one hyperlink to another on a webpage opened in a browser, the
use of that function is now owned by Microsoft.
The Tab patent, number 6,785,865, was granted on August 31st, just one
among multiple patents granted to the software giant on that day.
Another interesting grant is number 6,784,354, with an application
date of March 13, 2003: "Generating a music snippet." Yes, you read
that right. Now dividing a music stream into portions is Microsoft's
domain.
Microsoft patents 'HTML applications'
Microsoft patents 'HTML applications'
12/10/2003 08:01 AMZDNet UK Dec 10 2003 7:37AM ET
Microsoft settles patents case
Microsoft settles patents case
04/12/2004 08:55 AMMicrosoft pays $440m to settle patents legal cases with InterTrust, a
California software firm dealing with digital media payments.
Microsoft Patents The Task List
Microsoft Patents The Task List
06/08/2004 08:07 PMMore on the Microsoft v. EU Decision on
Software Patents
More on the Microsoft v. EU Decision on
Software Patents
12/24/2004 12:35 PMMicrosoft FAT patents 'could be
re-opened'
Microsoft FAT patents 'could be
re-opened'
12/09/2003 06:08 PMThe validity challenge
Microsoft Collects a Pair of Patents
Microsoft Collects a Pair of Patents
12/31/2004 06:44 PMosOpinion Dec 31 2004 10:35PM GMT
Microsoft Patents Borg Technology
Microsoft Patents Borg Technology
06/23/2004 08:31 PMResearchers at Microsoft have devised a technique to assimilate the
human body as a conduit for consumer electronics. How did Microsoft
accomplish this feat? Electrodes attached to body use the skin as a
system bus to transmit data and as a conductive medium to distribute
power between devices. Microsoft's desired effect is to cut back on
the I/O redundancy that results from when multiple devices attempt to
communicate.
Microsoft Patents The Body Electric
Microsoft Patents The Body Electric
06/22/2004 10:20 PMtheodp writes
"While others may Sing the Body Electric, Microsoft has patented it. On
Tuesday, the USPTO awarded Microsoft a patent for its Method and apparatus for transmitting power and data using the human
body, which covers the use of the human body as a conductive
medium (bus) over which power, data and control signals may be
distributed."
Microsoft on the Issues: Patents Pending
Microsoft on the Issues: Patents Pending
05/20/2004 05:47 AMAmerica is a leader in developing today’s new technologies because
the nation’s founders provided for the protection of intellectual
property.
Microsoft Patents Body-As-Network
Microsoft Patents Body-As-Network
06/26/2004 07:29 AMTechzonez Jun 26 2004 11:13AM GMT
Microsoft to start licensing patents
Microsoft to start licensing patents
06/04/2004 03:54 PMBig News Network Jun 4 2004 8:36PM GMT
Microsoft Patents Uploading Data
Microsoft Patents Uploading Data
08/10/2004 12:33 PMtheodp writes
"Microsoft was granted a patent Tuesday for the Delayed Uploading of User Registration Data, which covers
storing information collected from a user locally and transmitting it
to a remote system once a connection is established." How is this
possibly non-obvious to anyone with at least a tenth of a brain?
Looks like
more of
the same where engineers are being pushed to patent anything, just
because that's what companies do these days.
Court Reverses Microsoft Win on Patents
Court Reverses Microsoft Win on Patents
07/06/2004 06:23 PMBizReport.com Jul 6 2004 11:16PM GMT
Microsoft to settle suit over patents
Microsoft to settle suit over patents
04/13/2004 03:05 AMBaltimore Sun Apr 13 2004 7:32AM GMT
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