Having read that patent I feel compelled to submit my latest idea to the US patent office.
"A turd on a stick" We claim: 1. It is a turd 2. It is a stick <insert evil laugh> On 25/01/2008, hank williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Today I blogged about a company that has a patent on what I would call the > essence of putting a GPS in a cell phone. > > I provided some details on the patent in my blog, but the essence of the > story is covered in this excerpt: > > "It appears that, in essence, the patents cover a phone providing current > location information to a remote database which returns to the phone a > collection of location centric information. According to the patent > application, this location centric information could include real estate > information, such as homes, condominiums, etc, but also parks, restaurant > menus, services offered, hotels, hotel availability, and on and on." > > This, it appears, is an incredibly broad patent with major implications. > > Hank > -- > ----------------------------------------- > whydoeseverythingsuck.com > _______________________________________________ > 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