Apple applies for iOS 'Notification Center' patent years after Google's 'Notification Bar'

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  • Reply 41 of 62
    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,176member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Nailz View Post



    Before Android or iOS had a notification centre, a jailbreak on iOS had this functionality. Android surely wasn't first to implement the concept.

    Google should have kept their original Android concept: http://gizmodo.com/334909/google-android-prototype-in-the-wild?tag=gadgetsandroidhardwareinthewild

    Or is that a Blackberry?


    That's not correct. Someone somewhere made that claim apparently and it was accepted as true with bothering to confirm it.


     


    Google showed the feature in Nov. of 2007, months before the jailbreak community had anything remotely similar. Perhaps the "jailbreakers" were influenced by Android but really it doesn't matter. Google obviously could not have borrowed the Android feature from them.



     


    EDIT: Be sure to watch this video too for a look at the touchscreen smartphone running Android also shown in Nov/2007 (for the impatient, around the 3:20 mark), a month before Gizmondo's "Blackberry" article you linked. There were several Android proof-of-concept smartphones, with the Blackberry-like (or really more Microsoft-ish) version only one of those.


  • Reply 42 of 62

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    Originally Posted by jragosta View Post





    Not at all.

    It's really funny how all the Android shills have no concept of intellectual property. I guess that's why they think it's OK to steal IP so blatantly (look at the Tab which was so close to the iPad in appearance that even Samsung's attorneys couldn't tell the difference).

    Here's the way it works:

    A patent is not about an idea. Simply saying that two companies have notification devices patented tells you nothing at all about whether one stole from the other. Read the patent - in particular, the claims. The claims will spell out in detail what is being patented. If that patent is awarded, then no one else can practice what is disclosed in the claims of the patent.

    Now, Apple has a history of using good ideas. They do NOT, however, have a history of slimy companies like Samsung who infringe patents left and right - and seem to think that other companies' patents are their best source of R&D.

    If you have evidence that Apple has infringed a patent, turn it over to the patent owner. And, yes, Apple has lost a few cases like that. But trying to put Apple in the same category as Samsung and Google is absurd. Their entire business models seem to be built on taking others' IP.


     


     


    You both do not seem to understand patent law and the article (as  far as patent law we all have mandatory classes in Europe in tech universities so lawyers dfo not selll BS and do not charge for BS).


     


    1. Yes you can use patented invention and patent owner will charge license for it. patent does not prohibit using idea - iyt may not be free of charge, but patent holder CANNOT discrimante a company or it will be loser at court and paying fines for discrimative licensing.


     


    2. Samsung had a big R&D just in component department. They are not as good in consumer market and that's where they accept copying a lot from such powerful in ideas companies like Apple. I always sauy that Samsung should stay in what they are masters of - electronics components - and not to try to challenge market where they do not have clue (about the same as some hardware companies think they can be good at software and the other way around).


     


    3. The claim is that Samsung stole some inventions from Apple which I bet is true in many palces, but i would be carful in others. Apple is getting to greedy and many "inventions " like gestures have been alwasy big BS (no you should not be able to patent natural human gestures that we use in daily communications just to have them for device communications). That's why that carp was adjused to patent laws in Europe and many has been dropped.


     


    At last somehing getting resolved in twisted corporate place that happens to be USA. I love the place that live in, but I need to dissappoint many because it becomes a bit more civilized just now when someone noticed that inventions and small business gets killed by corporate BS (which I also work for, but not for more longer as soon as I sort out my own buisness with ideas that I could not build on for years).


     


    An arrogant Euro living two decades in the USA.

  • Reply 43 of 62
    Of course we all know it, but is this a good time to try to patent it when people are suing it.
  • Reply 44 of 62
    kr00kr00 Posts: 99member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Quadra 610 View Post


    Apple attempts to patent anything and everything they can get their hands on. Since Day 1. It's their policy, and it's very smart. 



    Not since day one, far from it. If you are aware of why they do this you would understand a little better. Microsoft ripped the code off the Macintosh OS, then a year later, they came out with windows. Apple sued but lost, because none of their work was patented and Apple pretty much just gave the OS to Microsoft, to write Word for the Mac. At this point Microsoft was primarily writing software for Apple, as their DOS OS was, well, crap. Microsoft made a deal with IBM, securing their future. The rest is history. "Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, shame on you". You, can, not, blame them.

  • Reply 45 of 62
    kr00kr00 Posts: 99member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Gatorguy View Post


    That's not correct. Someone somewhere made that claim apparently and it was accepted as true with bothering to confirm it.


     


    Google showed the feature in Nov. of 2007, months before the jailbreak community had anything remotely similar. Perhaps the "jailbreakers" were influenced by Android but really it doesn't matter. Google obviously could not have borrowed the Android feature from them.



     


    EDIT: Be sure to watch this video too for a look at the touchscreen smartphone running Android also shown in Nov/2007 (for the impatient, around the 3:20 mark), a month before Gizmondo's "Blackberry" article you linked. There were several Android proof-of-concept smartphones, with the Blackberry-like (or really more Microsoft-ish) version only one of those.




    Then Growl would be the true owner of notifications, as they've been writing their notifications centre for the Mac since 2004. Or is that too obscure for you?

  • Reply 46 of 62
    kr00kr00 Posts: 99member

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    Originally Posted by MacRulez View Post


    Stealing is a specific legal allegation, so the court is quite relevant.  Moreover, the outcomes were similar in Apple v MS for similar reasons, because Apple licensed much of their OS to MS, just as Xerox had licensed much of their design to Apple.


     


    If you prefer a world where instead of actual definitions we just use whatever definition any of us prefer at a given moment, knock yourself out.



    Apple never licensed their Mac OS to Microsoft. They gave them some new Macs under testing, so MS could write their Word program for the Mac. Microsoft just took the code for Mac OS, wrote windows and became rich in one foul swoop. Apple sued but lost, as they had no licensing agreement and the software had no copyright or patent protection, as it wasn't on the market at the time. 


     


    Xerox didn't license anything to Apple. They had a shared arrangement. Apple stock in exchange for three visits to their PARC project and access to the engineers. Xerox discontinued the project before Apple released the Macintosh. Xerox sued, but lost.


     


    You seem to make a lot of things up. What you think and what is fact, seem to be two totally different things.

  • Reply 47 of 62
    gwydiongwydion Posts: 1,083member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Nailz View Post



    Before Android or iOS had a notification centre, a jailbreak on iOS had this functionality. Android surely wasn't first to implement the concept.

     


    Any source to back this? Because bigboss programs came in beta in August 2.008 according to him

  • Reply 48 of 62
    macrulezmacrulez Posts: 2,455member


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  • Reply 49 of 62
    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,176member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Nailz View Post



    Before Android or iOS had a notification centre, a jailbreak on iOS had this functionality. 


     


    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Gatorguy View Post


    That's not correct. Someone somewhere made that claim apparently and it was accepted as true with bothering to confirm it.


     


    Google showed the feature in Nov. of 2007, months before the jailbreak community had anything remotely similar. Perhaps the "jailbreakers" were influenced by Android but really it doesn't matter. Google obviously could not have borrowed the Android feature from them.




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    Originally Posted by Kr00 View Post


    Then Growl would be the true owner of notifications, as they've been writing their notifications centre for the Mac since 2004. Or is that too obscure for you?



     


    Kr00, I was going to avoid calling you out as a "someone, somewhere" who claimed the jail-breaker notification story to be true without bothering to check, but I've changed my mind. 


     


    I'm sure you remember writing:


    "Except NC existed on the iPhone long before samescum or google stole the idea. Lockinfo by David Ashman, late 2008, for JB iPhones. Who stole who's idea? Look it up.http://www.lockinfo.net/ version 1.1 was available for download through Cydia in January 2009. Google can't sue as prior art will kill any suit dead in its tracks."Google came up with it". The word is STOLE. Google don't create anything, like samescum, they just steal. Show me NC on android prior to 2008, please, I beg you!!!!! You can't."


    http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/155159/samsung-sues-apple-in-korea-over-ios-notification-center/40#post_2250401


     


    Then after I gave you the evidence to prove what you said couldn't be proven you went on to write in your next reply:


    "You really need to check your facts. My use of the app Cydia, was incorrect, it was the installer app, released in 2007. David Ashman had a hack in September of 2008, that required the user install using a .deb file via SSH (I should know, I did it myself), then a download was available via the installer app, January 2009. How on earth could android have this as it had no touch screen phones available until late 2009? Nice try, but you fail. Best stick to facts and not the dreams you seem to live off. Google stole the idea, as did samescum. You can't provide any evidence to the contrary."


    http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/155159/samsung-sues-apple-in-korea-over-ios-notification-center/40#post_2250599


     


    Of course I did provide evidence to the contrary. That you then preferred to move the goalposts rather than admit fault does not change the fact that I was 100% correct and you were 100% wrong on whether Google stole the idea of notifications from an iPhone jailbreaker.


     


    Too obscure?image

  • Reply 50 of 62


    "For us this ... has always been about something much more important than patents or money. It’s about values. We value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on earth. And we do this to delight our customers, not for competitors to flagrantly copy." - Tim Cook

  • Reply 51 of 62
    gwydiongwydion Posts: 1,083member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Gatorguy View Post


     


     


    Kr00, I was going to avoid calling you out as a "someone, somewhere" who claimed the jail-breaker notification story to be true without bothering to check, but I've changed my mind. 



     


    And even it is not a notification pull down, it is a lock screen info.

  • Reply 52 of 62


    It's my personal belief that Android developers did take inspiration from Growl. This is based on various sources indicating developers using OSX platforms to code, the popularity of Growl, and the fact that it has been open source in the public domain for nearly a decade now.


     


    I don't know where Growl's origins stem from and I didn't trace notification centers further back in time because I was merely trying to figure out this seemingly chicken < > egg conundrum.


     


    This information doesn't help me resolve who stole what from where or whom but simply was interesting as an exercise in tracing how good or merely popular ideas inspire developers and are subsequently recycled.

  • Reply 53 of 62
    kdarlingkdarling Posts: 1,640member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Kr00 View Post


    Xerox didn't license anything to Apple. 



     


    According to a 1990 lawsuit document, Xerox did license Apple in 1981 to create a joint Smalltalk project.  Shortly afterwards, Apple began developing the Lisa computer.  Apple's creation of the Mac was outside of that license.  


     


    Later in 1987, when Apple filed for copyright registration of the Mac Finder, the application described it as a derivative work based on Lisa instead of crediting Xerox for the GUI.  Thus Xerox felt that the Mac copyrights should be declared invalid.


     


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    They had a shared arrangement. Apple stock in exchange for three visits to their PARC project and access to the engineers. 




     


    Right, however Apple only offered Xerox the right to buy pre-IPO shares.   A while back, I took the time to actually track down what happened from there:


     


    Xerox paid $1.5 million for that 100,000 shares of Apple stock in August 1979. It split, and they sold 800,000 shares in Oct 1981 for $6,776,000, for a relatively meager profit of ~$5.2 million.  (Imagine if they'd held onto them!)


     


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    Xerox discontinued the project before Apple released the Macintosh. 




     


    Xerox was still selling and enhancing their Star when the Mac came out.


     


    Quote:


    Xerox sued, but lost.




     


    True, partly due to the court not finding a direct copyright violation, and partly because their lawyers failed to respond to some requests in time.

  • Reply 54 of 62
    kr00kr00 Posts: 99member
    macrulez wrote: »
    One of the two reasons Apple lost (the other being "obviousness", according to the court documents cited in the article I linked to) was that they had licensed portions of the Mac OS design to Microsoft. 

    Did you even read the article I linked to?  I even quoted it for you and put that portion in bold to save you a click.

    Not sure what more I can do for you, but here's one last try:

    3 million+ hits:
    https://www.google.com/search?q=Apple+licensed+portions+of+Mac+OS+to+Microsoft+Windows+1.0

    Nobody takes anything you say seriously. You exaggerate your comments with rubbish, then try and cover up by linking documents that prove you wrong. You just prove your irrelevancy.
  • Reply 55 of 62
    kr00kr00 Posts: 99member
    kdarling wrote: »
    According to a 1990 lawsuit document, Xerox did license Apple in 1981 to create a joint Smalltalk project.  Shortly afterwards, Apple began developing the Lisa computer.  Apple's creation of the Mac was outside of that license.  

    Later in 1987, when Apple filed for copyright registration of the Mac Finder, the application described it as a derivative work based on Lisa instead of crediting Xerox for the GUI.  Thus Xerox felt that the Mac copyrights should be declared invalid.


    Right, however Apple only offered Xerox the right to buy pre-IPO shares.   A while back, I took the time to actually track down what happened from there:

    Xerox paid $1.5 million for that 100,000 shares of Apple stock in August 1979. It split, and they sold 800,000 shares in Oct 1981 for $6,776,000, for a relatively meager profit of ~$5.2 million.  (Imagine if they'd held onto them!)


    Xerox was still selling and enhancing their Star when the Mac came out.


    True, partly due to the court not finding a direct copyright violation, and partly because their lawyers failed to respond to some requests in time.

    You seem to be splitting hairs here. There was no license agreement on the PARC computer GUI arrangement in which Apple acquired the GUI of the Macintosh.. Smalltalk was a completely different project, unrelated to the discussion. So I'm correct on the share arrangement, Xerox did get their Apple shares, right?

    The Xerox board had decided to end it's PARC (star) computer project, around the time Apple announced the Macintosh, that's why Apple got most of its computer engineers to work on the Mac GUI, they weren't happy about being ignored by Xerox. In the words of the Xerox chairman at the time, "we're in the copier business, not the computer business." The Star sold only 25,000 units and was far too expensive. Two ex engineers from Xerox then formed their own company that extended the Star computer concept, after Xerox scrapped it. The subsequent work and their company was sold to IBM. The Xerox board believed that nobody would use a mouse and that computers were only for big corporations, and dropped computers from their strategy. They felt they could never compete with IBM in that area. It only decided to take legal action after it saw how successful Apple had become using the acquired GUI.

    Xerox primarily failed in its law suit against Apple, because they waited years after the event to sue, leaving them outside the statute of limitations.

    One thing is clear from that time. There were some pretty shady deals going on, not documented or notorised in contract, so it's hard to know what the truth really was.

    Perhaps you should read some books that state in detail what was happening around that time. The Steve Jobs biography and the Pirates of Silicon Valley.

    Seeing as I was in university at the time these events took place, I only took a passing interest, until I bought my first Macintosh back in 1986. Since then, I have had a keen interest on the happenings, especially when Microsoft released windows. A lot of things written about that time aren't correct, but when the players talk about it, you'll find the truth buried in there somewhere. If only Bill Gates would come clean and reveal the truth about windows, only then will we know for sure.
  • Reply 56 of 62
    kdarlingkdarling Posts: 1,640member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Kr00 View Post



    You seem to be splitting hairs here. Why? Pedantic maybe? There was no license agreement on the PARC computer project. Smalltalk was a completely different project a decade before so why include it in your argument? WTF? So I'm right on the share arrangement, but that's not good enough. Huh?


     


    Wow.  I'm not sure what you're acting so upset about.  I was actually upholding most of what you said, while filling in details that are obviously not well known.


     




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    Instead of running to Wikipedia to make an argument, perhaps you should read some books that state in detail what was happening. Did you read the Steve Jobs biography? Or the Pirates of Silicon Valley? Your timelines and projects are all over the shop. Best research the details first perhaps? And stop using wiki as your source. It's not that precise.





     


    You're not only rude (looking at your past posts to others, it's a habit), you're also wrong.  Especially considering how many Wikipedia myths you repeated.


     


    Although I've written articles for it (including the first accurate version of the iPhone entry in 2007), I don't use Wikipedia as a source, and I don't need books to tell me the history.  I lived through that time, was friends with many insiders, and was part of a couple of early home computer startups and peripheral makers.


     


    My timelines are better than anything you'll read on Wikipedia, and I"m probably one of the few (only?) people to track down the Apple-Xerox stock money  and lawsuit details.

  • Reply 57 of 62
    kr00kr00 Posts: 99member
    kdarling wrote: »
    Wow.  I'm not sure what you're acting so upset about.  I was actually upholding most of what you said, while filling in details that are obviously not well known.


    You're not only rude (looking at your past posts to others, it's a habit), you're also wrong.  Especially considering how many Wikipedia myths you repeated.

    Although I've written articles for it (including the first accurate version of the iPhone entry in 2007), I don't use Wikipedia as a source, and I don't need books to tell me the history.  I lived through that time, was friends with many insiders, and was part of a couple of early home computer startups and peripheral makers.

    My timelines are better than anything you'll read on Wikipedia, and I"m probably one of the few (only?) people to track down the Apple-Xerox stock money  and lawsuit details.

    You may like to read my edit, prior to your reply.

    I did however find it funny how a lot of your comments seem to mirror Wikipedia almost to a word.

    Unless you were there in the room to witness these things, then the only way anyone can know is if they read about them. Hardly any of those events were covered in detail in the newspapers at the time. Even those two books I mentioned embellished the truth somewhat. Does anybody really know?
  • Reply 58 of 62
    So much stupidity in the comments section... I can't believe people are actually defending apple for STEALING android's notification design and trying to patent it as their own idea..... stupid stupid stupid people...
  • Reply 59 of 62
    macrulezmacrulez Posts: 2,455member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Kr00 View Post





    Nobody takes anything you say seriously.


    You needn't take my word for anything; you may instead prefer to read the court documents I linked to which you suggest don't exist.


     


    Better still, don't.


     


    The only disappointment with your posts is that there are so few of them, only 56 angry little mini-rants.  We enjoy the disparity between your world view and how the world actually works.  Don't go changing.  We love you just the way you are.


     


    Please post more frequently, and with more anger please.


     


    Thanks in advance for the extra lulz.

  • Reply 60 of 62
    kr00kr00 Posts: 99member
    macrulez wrote: »
    You needn't take my word for anything; you may instead prefer to read the court documents I linked to which you suggest don't exist.

    Better still, don't.

    The only disappointment with your posts is that there are so few of them, only 56 angry little mini-rants.  We enjoy the disparity between your world view and how the world actually works.  Don't go changing.  We love you just the way you are.

    Please post more frequently, and with more anger please.

    Thanks in advance for the extra lulz.

    At least I don't have to visit sites and troll to feel like a big man. Only a truly inadequate person feels the need to do so. Little man syndrome perhaps? I'm sorry for you. Your life must be such a disappointment. I hope you feel better after a few more anti Apple rants. What is it you're trying to prove anyway, and to whom? On second thoughts, don't bother, I really don't give a flying f*#k. As I said, you're an irrelevancy. Up the dose, it isn't working.
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