Apple seeks patent for its “Notification Center” in iOS
0. phoneArena posted on 04 Jan 2013, 03:15
We know what you are thinking, Android had this type of thing running years before it was even a twinkle in the eye of iOS...
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54. Nathan_ingx posted on 04 Jan 2013, 09:34 2 0
From what i analyse, patents is the new innovation...according to Mxyzptlk.
Oh, oh, so now i get it...this is why they've been screaming innovation at the sight new, new iPhones!!
Sad...
55. pookiewood posted on 04 Jan 2013, 09:49 0 0
Hmm maybe not sarcasm.
65. Cynipap999 (banned) posted on 04 Jan 2013, 13:22 1 0
Yes but Apple can get away with stealing what they do not innovate.
10. AmitMajumder posted on 04 Jan 2013, 03:25 37 0
From where do you see innovation in that? It's clear that apple just took the notification shade from android, added a weather and stock "widget" (so they call it) and put it in the iOS. Google could sue them, but didn't. It's clear stealling
23. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 04 Jan 2013, 03:55 23 0
Very dumb implementation, this means the notifications can't be listed in time order?
But still this must be stopped as it's a ripoff of Android's innovation.
28. zazori08 posted on 04 Jan 2013, 04:33 25 0
you sir are a certified troll among other iTrolls
30. PhenomFaz posted on 04 Jan 2013, 04:39 18 0
Please pull your head out of your butt-pucker or rather pull that Apple you have stuffed up in there! Its called highway robbery if they get awarded this patent...Apple is done mate!
I'll support Apple when Is ee true innovation come out...I give them credit where its due...the original iPhone, the iPhone 4/4s and the iPad 2...the list stops right there!
32. Droid_X_Doug posted on 04 Jan 2013, 04:42 14 0
It is called gaming the patent process. Even if Apple can convince an examiner to grant a patent, it won't stand up to an invalidity challenge. Google's notification center application pre-dates Apple's application by 3 years.
Adding widget-like processes to a notification center function is unique? Puhleeeease.
39. protozeloz posted on 04 Jan 2013, 06:32 11 0
The best part... Android has "ongoing" notifications that act just like widgets
56. nnaatthhaannx2 posted on 04 Jan 2013, 10:04 1 0
Yeah, Notification Toggle is a great example.
71. opensourceftw (banned) posted on 04 Jan 2013, 17:36 0 0
It did? AWESOME! :)
43. Bedz81 posted on 04 Jan 2013, 07:06 5 0
How you have been allowed to post this nonsense this long is beyond me..... you are a shock posting troll
60. drnggaj33 posted on 04 Jan 2013, 11:16 0 0
smh no innvation ...if your copy everyone ....they're just copy google again apple go to sleep
69. buccob posted on 04 Jan 2013, 15:01 0 0
Holy crap, you sir, are the biggest troll I have ever seen on the internet... how I wish Phonearena disable your account and future ones you would make...
No apple fan, even the blindest one would be such a moron like you are. And even if you were trying to sound funny, by posting "irony" or "sarcasm" it does not suit you...
Keep wasting your money...
18. You.Have.To.Read.This posted on 04 Jan 2013, 03:37 12 0
AGREE!!!
I really hope American will wake up and say enough is enough.
Punish Apple, stop buying their product until they understand they hurting competition
36. atsamman posted on 04 Jan 2013, 05:00 5 0
omg!!!!
the only thing left for apple to do is to claim inventing android"lol !!!
and the Judges might even give them a patent
this is becoming to be very annoying
iam really surprised why google didnt sue apple for this
53. g2a5b0e posted on 04 Jan 2013, 09:31 4 0
Your life is a joke, man. Seriously. You are the most pathetic troll on this website.
12. Berzerk000 posted on 04 Jan 2013, 03:27 17 0
Because it's NOT their idea. I thought Google already had this patent.
16. willard12 posted on 04 Jan 2013, 03:35 13 0
I don't think Mxy actually reads the articles before commenting.
24. zibbyzib2000 posted on 04 Jan 2013, 03:57 2 0
I'm pretty sure the old windows mobile phones had this also.
40. protozeloz posted on 04 Jan 2013, 06:33 6 0
Nope, I had devices with 6.x and they had popup
44. Bedz81 posted on 04 Jan 2013, 07:17 2 0
I remember on my 6.* devices you tapped the top bar and it popped down but not a full drag down. Apple's R & D live in another world.
58. protozeloz posted on 04 Jan 2013, 10:19 0 0
The only drop down was for multi task amd some settings on some HTC devices
67. Kal-el posted on 04 Jan 2013, 14:09 0 0
...u guys fall this fool who purposely says this just to get u guys going....he probably as an android ...beside i can deal with him... Kltpzyxm!.......Superman out
6. tiara6918 posted on 04 Jan 2013, 03:20 18 0
Apple and their lame excuses again, Google already had the patent for the pull down notification years even before apple
9. willard12 posted on 04 Jan 2013, 03:25 21 0
Good artists copy, steal, patent and sue. I thought they said Android was the stolen product. Maybe one day Apple will actually invent something rather than stealing others' creations.....just not today.
13. raghav.ak posted on 04 Jan 2013, 03:28 6 0
Now we all know how Apple has two thousand and odd patents.
17. groupsacc posted on 04 Jan 2013, 03:35 9 0
Wow. Just wow. What kind of sick company is this.
25. homersimpson posted on 04 Jan 2013, 04:04 3 0
Legitimate patents are one way a company can protect itself from other companies that blatently steal Hardware/Software designs and call them their own. However, Apple is trying to patent sometimg that Android has been doing generically for years. Steve Jobs is gone - wise up Tim Cook, and foster an environment of innovation within Apple - not one of constant litigation. Karma (or whatever you want to refer to it as) will come back to bite you (PUN intended)
27. amozhi posted on 04 Jan 2013, 04:08 4 0
WOW!!! What an innovation...Apple is truly innovative in implementing and patenting android features
So...Apple is ready to release iPhone 5S with new state of the art innovation...ifans have to queue up once again...
Important note: it is time to sue android / Samsung / Google to have such features implemented years ahead
31. Savage posted on 04 Jan 2013, 04:39 4 0
Pathetic. Shameless Apple as its usual best. They might as well patent Panorama and DND if the USPTO is actually dumb enough to grant this.
Anyone remembers that few months ago, taco50 had commented something like 'It'd be great if Apple patented Notification Center and went after Google' while replying to Sniggly? How accurate he was.
33. Lyngdoh posted on 04 Jan 2013, 04:46 1 0
Now a days when I heard the word 'apple' it does'nt remind me of a fruit anymore. It sound more like a patent-hungry company than an OEM.
35. rickywinataa posted on 04 Jan 2013, 04:53 7 0
apple has become too ridiculous, first they patented stylus technology, which was brought back to popular by samsung with Gnote. now they want to patent notification shade which was brought to a popular feature by android. widgets on a notification shade was used by samsung even from Galaxy S
37. rusticguy posted on 04 Jan 2013, 05:33 1 0
That's their only innovation --- steal | copy | patent (in USA) -- now as they are completely bereft of all originality and ideas. Android is moving too fast for Apple to really catchup. Apple is like Beetle and Harley D ... outdated stuff at premium price and if they don't correct this they will have progressively lower market share because it's very difficult to fol all the people all the time :)
48. remixfa posted on 04 Jan 2013, 08:50 1 0
according to SJ, Apple DID "invent" android, since android is a "direct copy" of iOS..
Its iOS 10 years in the future lol.
63. Droid_X_Doug posted on 04 Jan 2013, 13:07 0 0
Only 10 years in the future? First, it will take Apple 5 years to acknowledge they need to change iOS because it is the reason they are losing market share. Then, it will take another 5 years to design and code a JB clone. Then, the lawyers will get served a notice of infringement by Google on the eve of releasing iJB. IJB gets released anyway and Google gets a sales ban and iJB never sees the light of day because of all the patents (original patent plus follow-on Continuations) Google has on Android.
Of course, Apple could become an Android licensee, and they could have real Android running on the iToys in maybe 2 years time....
70. therealestmc posted on 04 Jan 2013, 15:57 0 0
Do you realize apple can use android if it wants? it does not have to steal anything.
41. protozeloz posted on 04 Jan 2013, 06:36 1 0
This is epic, I mean can you see the fail so hard? Honestly they have been piling up these kinds of parents here and there, now to get it declined! If I where Google I would be there already asking why my patent has yet to be approved and getting that request invalidated
50. remixfa posted on 04 Jan 2013, 08:52 1 0
yea, but we all expect Apple to continue to be the self richeous hippocrit patent troll they have been for years. Next they are gonna try to patent a green robot shaped mascot.. and the USTPO will probably give it to them. lol
42. dragonscourgex posted on 04 Jan 2013, 06:42 2 0
I can't speak for everyone that dislikes Apple, but, stuff like this is why I can't support them. I personally find their products very boring and don't have enough customization for me. But, I can understand why some people love their products. To each his own I guess. They should in no way be awarded a patent for this. I am keeping hope since the patent office invalidated a few of Apple useless patents, they are waking up and this will be rejected.
45. ronjr123 posted on 04 Jan 2013, 07:22 1 0
I wish there was a better way of protecting software other than patents. Wouldn't copy writing things be better? Do other software companies patent things or is it just the mobile industry? If so why don't we hear about companies like Norton and McAfee warring it out in court? Both of their anti virus software does the same thing.
I can understand using the patent system for hardware but using it for software just doesnt make sense to me. Anybody known why?
