Nope sorry - doesn't work that way. It's been publicly disclosed now.
Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of GWMobile Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 2:34 AM To: List for OpenMoko community discussion Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: need someone to develop this.... I don't think discussing this here would be considered an open disclosure. Talking on a finite list or limited membership with moderation and thus controlled membership is not necessarily open disclosure and not the same as a public printing therefore I think it would still be patentable. On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 2:33 pm, Dean Collins wrote: > This is too perfect. What a cool idea - seriously unfortunately now > that you've published here is no longer able to be but was worthy of a > patenting. > > Not only could the method of shaking but the timing of shaking could > have been the key. > > Eg hold two devices next to each other and shake them up and down - > because of the semi-physical connection they would have the same > accelerometer readings this couldn't be replicated unless you had > someone 'watching' you move them up and down and was copying the > movements within the tolerance errors. > > > Regards, > Dean Collins > Cognation Pty Ltd > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +1-212-203-4357 > +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael > Shiloh > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 3:35 PM > To: List for OpenMoko community discussion > Subject: Re: need someone to develop this.... >> If Bob (or Alice) hands his (or her) phone to the other, then if both >> phones are shaken in the same hand, the acceleration pattern might >> provide an extremely unique yet similar signature, not unlike >> exchanging >> an encryption key. >> >> So if you want to establish a trusted relationship with another Neo >> user, the two phones are shaken together until the software indicates >> that you have generated a complex enough pattern that has been >> recognized on the other. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Darwin > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 4:35 PM > To: List for OpenMoko community discussion > Subject: Re: need someone to develop this.... > Michael, this is (I think) brilliant! > > We could call it... "the handshake" (OK, anyone who doesn't know why > that's funny, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handshaking). > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community www.GlobalBoiling.com for daily images about hurricanes, globalwarming and the melting poles. www.ElectricQuakes.com daily solar and earthquake images. _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community