[relug] Microsoft Receives Patent For Double-Click
- From: Luca Bigliardi - shammash <shammash@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: relug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 18:40:14 +0200
rigiro da /. :
Microsoft Receives Patent For Double-Click
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/02/2222258
kaluta writes "The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that [0]Microsoft
was granted a patent for double-clicking on April 27. The patent in
question is [1]6,727,830 and says, amongst other stuff: 'A default
function for an application is launched if the button is pressed for a
short, i.e., normal, period of time. An alternative function of the
application is launched if the button is pressed for a long, (e.g., at
least one second), period of time. Still another function can be
launched if the application button is pressed multiple times within a
short period of time, e.g., double click'. So this is what we have to
look foward to in the E.U. now?"
Links
0. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/02/1086058889577.html
1.
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,727,830.WKU.&OS=PN/6,727,830&RS=PN/6,727,830
ciao
Luca
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