I would respond telling them to contact google. The app never presents the user with any interactive method for making a purchase.
>From the app level, we tell Android that a user has selected something that may be a product and Android checks if this something is a valid product. (There is no guarantee that Android will respond, this depends on each phone.) Only then, in a process outside of the app, does Android do the whole transfer of funds and telling the user what exactly that product is and how much it costs. The app knows NOTHING about the payment transfer, just the user might have potentially 'clicked' on a item. The app doesn't get any receipt, or any information about the user beyond: "it was a real product and was purchased, or not a valid product." The app NEVER initiates the purchase process, nor does it provide any way of interaction to purchase said product. The app NEVER stores any information about the purchase, Android simply tells us that at some point the user purchased a certain product. Furthermore, product purchases can be made outside of the phone device and because the app and the payment system are not bundled the app is able to detect the outside purchases. Thus, the app knows NOTHING about in-app payments. Nothing about handling user interaction when it comes to making the purchase, and stores NOTHING about said payment transaction. Google provides all of this information in a process completely outside of the app, and simply notifies the app that a transaction happened. It is google that keeps track of all these transactions and it is google that handles gathering payment information from a user. The app never links with any google application or code that has to with purchasing. On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Christopher Van Kirk <christopher.vank...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the lawyer that Mark Murphy posted makes a more compelling argument > for resistance. The Lodsys model depends on many businesses yielding without > a fight. If Lodsys faces an uphill battle with every single patent > assertion, they’ll make a loss on each one and we’ll be rid of them in no > time at all. > > > > From: android-developers@googlegroups.com > [mailto:android-developers@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of String > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:02 AM > To: android-developers@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [android-developers] Re: Patent Infringement notice by Lodsys. > > > > At the moment, Lodsys seems to be targeting any sort of a purchase mechanism > within an app. It started with in-app purchasing (via the API) on both iOS > and Android, but has now expanded to include upgrade links and buttons in > free apps that send the user back to the Market to buy a paid version. I see > no reason they wouldn't hit you for Paypal links, or any other purchase > mechanism. > > > > None of it is a valid claim on their patent, but that doesn't really matter > - it's the threat that counts. So there's no specific functionality to avoid > that will keep you out of the crosshairs; right now, it's purchase links, > but next time it'll be something else. > > > > String > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > ________________________________ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3734 - Release Date: 06/29/11 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- ~ Jeremiah:9:23-24 Android 2D MMORPG: http://solrpg.com/, http://www.youtube.com/user/revoltingx -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
