A Sad Day For Smiley Lovers Everywhere: Cingular Wireless Patenting the Emoticon
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01-27-2006, 09:42 AM,
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A Sad Day For Smiley Lovers Everywhere: Cingular Wireless Patenting the Emoticon
Quote:The USA based mobile operator, Cingular Wireless has managed to get a patent on the concept of using emoticon on mobile phones. While the aim of the patent is to enable the displaying of MSN style graphics on handsets, they also managed to patent the delivery of text based emoticon - so presumably sending via an SMS - if selected via a dedicated or softkey, would be a breach of the patent in future. full article: http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15792.php The patent application number is US 2006/0015812 A1 |
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01-27-2006, 02:02 PM,
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Re: A Sad Day For Smiley Lovers Everywhere: Cingular Wireless Patenting the Emoticon
I'm posting from my cell phone. Bite me Cingular!
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01-27-2006, 06:28 PM,
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Re: A Sad Day For Smiley Lovers Everywhere: Cingular Wireless Patenting the Emoticon
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