Apple Patents Illuminated Hardware Cases

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So in other words, it's exactly the same idea as having an LED on a smartphone change colors based on text/email/voicemail or Philips Ambilight tv's....


Groundbreaking.


Sounds like they're gearing up for another 10 years of patent trolling other companies.
 
...or we could strap on some LEDs and call it a day, instead of paying exorbitant prices for a picture of an apple and some approval from other hipsters.

Or better yet, why don't we just use a lamp? Much better for ocular health and has the added benefit of illuminating THE WHOLE DESK instead of just the case and half of the monitor.
 
It's not even "Apple" it's everyone. The whole patent system needs to be torn down at this point for sheer silliness. Patents can mostly work when they protect a very specific process to go about implementing something. Allowing patents on general concepts is beyond silly.
 
Another case of WTF is the patent office smoking.

Case lights for Power, hard drive activity, network activity have done this for 20+ years.
AIO computers (LED display is illuminable portion inside the housing) have been doing this for well over 5 years.
 
That's it. My case infringes that patent 😀 Go sue CM, Corsair, NZXT, Antec and others, stupid crApple... I hope all your lawyers drown in a toilet or something soon; I'm sick of this BS.

[citation][nom]shiboe[/nom]It's not even "Apple" it's everyone. The whole patent system needs to be torn down at this point for sheer silliness. Patents can mostly work when they protect a very specific process to go about implementing something. Allowing patents on general concepts is beyond silly.[/citation]

+1

[citation][nom]yzfr1guy[/nom]FFS Crapple do you want to patent my toilet handle mechanism too so I have to pay royalties each time I flush?[/citation]

They'd love to, I assure you.

[citation][nom]tsnorquist[/nom]So in other words, it's exactly the same idea as having an LED on a smartphone change colors based on text/email/voicemail or Philips Ambilight tv's....Groundbreaking.Sounds like they're gearing up for another 10 years of patent trolling other companies.[/citation]

In that case, Siemens should sue them - they had it on their phones since like what, 2002? 😀
 
An LED on the Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z is configurable with at least 4 different settings, one of them being cpu activity. There's another LED on the board to show activity on the SATA controller. It's only visible on the board but it would be simple enough to position some optical cable over it, and run the other end to a monitor's bezel or some other more visible area of the case. I don't fully understand the patent because I'm an illiterate bastard, but is that it basically?
 
Next thing you know, someone is going to try and patent nuts and bolts we have in every home...

So, here’s my idea how to solve this whole patent mess. Any company can use any patent and technology available without prior authorization. But if they do, they agree to turn over 30% of their revenue generated by the product they created to the patenting agency.

The patenting agency will make a public announcement regarding the new products and the fact that it received the funds. The patent holders will line up and get the appropriate portion of their money correlating with how crucial and important their patent was.

The important thing to note is that the company that created the product should be given immunity from any law suits unless they falsify the numbers and pay less than 30%. All the disputes should be taken up in court with the patenting agency, thus effectively removing the burden from the patent using company.

This new policy would promote innovation and cut down on the number of ridiculous patents like the one above. All this while people who patent something really amazing will still be rewarded for their inventions.
 
Mainboards have LEDs
During boot up they send signals which illuminate the case.
 
Oh crap! I have lights inside my case that indicate when the computer is turned on! With recent changes in patent law that grant patents based on time of filing and not time of conception, I may have to remove them. I wonder if I can sue Apple for causing me undue stress in that I have to reconfigure my entire computer system because of their patent placing restrictions on my preexisting configuration?
 
What
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I have heard some crappy patents but this one takes the biscuit, I recently passed some very respectful comments about Steve Jobs regarding his tragic passing away but I think it was not his battle with pancreatic cancer, he must have seen this item on the weekly report of patent submissions and just straight out died of SHAME.
 
"the light source [is] configured to illuminate the reduced thickness portion in order to form an indicator image at an outer surface of the inner bezel" and that the "shape of the recess [produces] an..."
If it's noted in the patent, thn why do you have to fill in missing words?
 
This just in. Apple sues God for patent infringement of the apple shape. More news at 11.
 


He died of shame, but it was because of iPhone 4S reveal 😀
 
ARe they serious, I have led indicator lights in my case right now!!!!! Audi, illuminates, it's entire care in teh A8 with 1 led light source, it's actually pretty amazing.

The patent people should be shot. The new patent laws should be independent experts in each field not judges or even the patent office.
 
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