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Originally Posted by HarryT
The specific area covered by the patent, if I'm reading it correctly, is soft keyboards that change dynamically according to the item selected. I don't believe that the actual "speaking" part of the thing is covered by the patent, just the method employed to select the word.
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So, does that mean if I click my mouse button whenever the cursor changes from an arrow to a finger, thus causing the entire screen to change dynamically to show me the desired view, that VBulletin (the software that powers MR) is in violation of the patent? Or the soft keyboard on my phone canges dynamically to upper case whenever I touch the shift button? Or maybe it's that it's a rectangular device with a screen for viewing on one side?
It boggles the mind what lawyers can come up with that ultimately costs me, the consumer both in terms of real money, and in terms of unrequited innovation!