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Originally Posted by Kevin8or
There's nothing new about the idea, is there? Apple may have been the first to add it to smart phones, but a similar kind of data recongnition must have a prior history in various computer applications.
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Since the patent dates from 1996, you can be sure that Apple originally had it for computer applications too, not just phone apps. (iPhone arrived over a decade later, in 2007.)
Of course, if you can find someone who did it before 1996, then you have prior art, and parts or all of the patent will be invalid.