Apple Applies For Image-Based Authentication Patent

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noob2222

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[citation][nom]neon neophyte[/nom]the issue is whether or not they are welcome to the patents on things they claimed they invented... but didnt.successfully marketing an item isnt grounds for patent. inventing it is.[/citation]
exactly, just like slide to unlock?

http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/25/slide-to-unlock-patented/

4:15 = first slide to unlock device

As for image based passwords ... yet another stolen idea. My first experience with image based passwords is form bank of america's website, about 7 years ago.

Apple is no longer an electronics company, they are turning into a patent lawsuit company. Stealing money for ideas they stole in the first place.
 

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@wemakeourfuture you keep saying Apple changed the market, and who cares about prior works if they weren't successful. Does changing the market mean they get to patent the idea and sue everyone claiming the whole idea was theirs to begin with? Shouldn't the original inventor have the patent regardless of success?

Patents are what people are talking about, not who was successful with various product lines. Who deserves to get the patent is the question. The image authentication patent in this article is already a widely used idea.

By your logic, If you invented something but didn't have billions to use for marketing resulting in low sales numbers, then had Apple use the idea for their new product, successfully make it "cool" with billions in marketing, you'd be OK with them patenting the idea and suing you for stealing it from them? Since THEY were successful with the product line, THEY deserve to patent and sue, even though YOU invented it?
 

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[citation][nom]beayn[/nom]@wemakeourfuture you keep saying Apple changed the market, and who cares about prior works if they weren't successful. Does changing the market mean they get to patent the idea and sue everyone claiming the whole idea was theirs to begin with? Shouldn't the original inventor have the patent regardless of success?Patents are what people are talking about, not who was successful with various product lines. Who deserves to get the patent is the question. The image authentication patent in this article is already a widely used idea. By your logic, If you invented something but didn't have billions to use for marketing resulting in low sales numbers, then had Apple use the idea for their new product, successfully make it "cool" with billions in marketing, you'd be OK with them patenting the idea and suing you for stealing it from them? Since THEY were successful with the product line, THEY deserve to patent and sue, even though YOU invented it?[/citation]

No it stemmed from a person saying Apple didn't have any original ideas except rounded corners on a rectangular device. If anyone seriously believes this they do not know tech history from the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s
 

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[citation][nom]geronimo8[/nom]Isn't that just captcha methods?[/citation]
my thoughts exactly. its captcha, but instead of writing down the name, you pick it out from a list. imo its very retarded way of unlocking your device. anyone close to you may know the answers, and if you have secret stuff or important stuff on the pc, then you might be screwed. i dont have to worry about this since I dont own any mac devices, but the people who do may be in trouble if they use it thinking its safe.
 

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[citation][nom]wemakeourfuture[/nom]You're right, it came out 1 month before the original iPhone.Too bad no one even knows this phone, it did not usher in the finger touch smartphone era, even though it was ~30 days to market before the iPhone.No one believes it was the LG Prada not the iPhone that causes the massive expansion of mobile apps. No one believes it was the LG Prade that made manufacturers like Samsung to overhaul their product lineup.You're right, Prada was announced in Dec. 2006, iPhone Jan 2007, Prada released May 2007, iPhone June 2007. The entire sector changed due to the iPhone not the Prada, the Prada is an obscure footnote. Even LG's attempt to sue Apple had no basis since Apple showed they had plans for their finger touch smartphone in 2004.Samsung's internal e-mails even showed they were fixated on making products similar to compete with the iPhone, even discusses the iPhone design and UI, the Prada and its 1 million sales in 6 quarters pales in comparison to the iPhone's.The iPhone set the market, set the trend, made competitors change their lineups.Even if the Prada came out 1 month before, my statement:And it was a fingertouch smarthpone and now every company has copied that idea since they became successful.Still holds true. No one cared to follow LG's footsteps, it was the success of Apple's iPhone that changed manufacturers to venture into touch smartphones.Even RIM with their crappy first touch smartphone came out due to the success of Apple's iPhone, not the LG Prada.Carriers fought to get the exclusive deals for the iPhone not the Prada. Google focused its efforts with Android to rival Apple's iOS not LG Prada's OS, not BB-OS, not Symbian, not Bada.Honestly, if you think all the manufacturers copied the LG Prada not the iPhone that's your prerogative.Apple changed the game with the iPhone and the iPad. No other cell phone manufacturer had as much impact in the market, consumers and society since.[/citation]
LG didn't attempted to sue anyone. There were rumors that they were suing Apple but they never came true. Not all companies are sue happy like Apple.

Also the iPhone prototypes you're referring were from August 2005, not 2004. The design of the Prada most likely began much earlier. This is perhaps the reason Apple is avoiding suing LG but is suing Samsung, HTC,...

Samsung already had touch smartphones before the original iPhone, so did HTC, Sony Ericsson, Nokia,... So your argument that they began making touch smartphones after Apple released the iPhone is ridiculous.
 
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