Microsoft Patents Automatic OS Shutdown

[JMcEntegart]

Microsoft has successfully patented a procedure for shutting down Windows.

Microsoft Patents Automatic OS Shutdown : Read more

 

[mgoblue3296]

That is one sick flowchart

 

[dannyboy3210]

My train of thought normally goes:
Time to shut down for the night...
Yes, I want to close the blasted program...
OMGWT*BBQ, why won't you turn off already??

*Power button held down*

-silence-

Thank you...

 

[nforce4max]

[citation][nom]mgoblue3296[/nom]That is one sick flowchart[/citation]

If you want to see "sick" flowchart then look up budgeting of congress and how billions are wasted on miscellaneous spending.

 

[NeeKo]

I am going to patent sitting down, running and sneezing!

Anything is possible right?

 

[igot1forya]

shutdown -f -s -t 0

 

[mrmez]

Whats the big deal in getting your pc to shut off quicker?
Its not like the old days where i have to wait for everything to end and the disks to park so i can turn it off manually? You just click 'shutdown' and walk away.

As for saving open documents etc... i don't know if i want them automatically saved. Why?
Firstly, its likely to put a whole range of docs in the wrong folders, meaning i have to troll through folders and put files in the right places. Secondly, likely to save docs i didn't want saved, creating a whole new level of junk to manually delete.

Again, we have yet to see this implemented and i could be wrong, but it just looks like more fluff to add to the sales brochure to help sell OS's.

 

[Guest]

Sorta like GM trying to patent the ignition switch.... These software patents are getting ridiculous. Wonder when they'll try to patent toilet paper???

 

[captaincharisma]

Didn't they have this back in windows ME. oh wait it was just restarting from it getting the BSOD too much lol

 

[webbwbb]

Dang Jane, you're on a roll tonight (or should I say this morning?)! In just a few hours you seem to have single handedly posted more articles than the site generally gets in a day.

 

[orionantares]

[citation][nom]mgoblue3296[/nom]That is one sick flowchart[/citation]

If you want to see a sick flow chart, look up the WoW feral DPS flow chart: http://s276.photobucket.com/albums/kk21/Mortbringsli/?action=view&current=KittyDPSRotationFIX.jpg

Or the simplified flow chart: http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e388/vertidog/catdps.jpg

 

[rambo117]

How about instead of a faster shutdown sequence, maybe they could work on a faster startup...? That matters to me more than shutting down (thats what hybernate is for *cough*)

 

[brendano257]

That's funny...they seem to have already implemented it. Some of us might refer to it as a BSOD

 

[tayb]

Normally I find patents like this absolutely ridiculous but I can't see Microsoft suing anyone for using this patent. No, they are probably patenting everything they do to protect itself from patent trolls. I can't see a problem with that. In essence, every silly thing that Microsoft, Apple, IBM, etc patents is one less thing some d-bag patent troll can try to sue the world for.

So I say continue patenting useless nonsense MS. I'd rather the patent be in your hands than in a trolls hands.

 

[micr0be]

its times like these that i'm proud to have a linux OS.

 

[randomizer]

I'm not sure what the point is.

1. Click "shutdown"
2. Walk away
3. ???
4. Profit!

Who cares if the PC shuts down in 3 seconds or 3 minutes once you've finished with it? I suppose the only time it matters is when restarting, but Microsoft should redesign their OS model so that you don't need to reboot every time there's a patch for MS Word.

 

[dbwalsh]

Shutdown -h now

 

[Guest]

Umm..

change WaitToKillServiceTimeout to 1000ms
change WaitToKillAppTimeout to 1000ms
change HungAppTimeout to 1000ms

I can haz PATENT??

 

[soundping]

Going down... going down now... going down....

 

[kelemvor4]

Now apple will have to remove the shutdown feature from macs or license it from Microshaft.

 

[NotYetRated]

I am not quite understanding the point to this patent.... I suppose just another notch on the belt.

 

[qwed88]

I tend to be more concerned with the start up, rather than the shut down.

 

[bebangs]

>> an example of a flawed patent system
Yes. definitely.

Chances of Microsoft filing a patent infringement on every phone/os company that uses autoshutdown gui feature? very likely.

 

[husker]

What's the big deal with with the flow chart? Hear's a freebie Microsoft, feel free to patent this, I don't care.
husker's shut down flowchart:

User clicks shutdown -> Computer freakin' shut's down

You're welcome.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

im going to file a patent for the fastest way to use my fingers to press ctr+alt+del. Then file a patent for the procedure to make a cup of coffee. This is getting F**ing rediculous.