Cingular claims emoticon patent
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Cingular claims emoticon patent
Posted Jan 26th 2006 3:21PM by Marc Perton
Filed under: Cellphones
The next time you try typing an emoticon on your cellphone, be prepared to pay Cingular a royalty. Well, probably not. But companies that develop software or hardware to display smileys (i.e., via dedicated keys or macros) may find themselves in Cingular's crosshairs now that the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company a patent for using a "mobile phone (or other device) to select a displayable icon, such as an emoticon, that indicates the mood or emotion of the user or conveys other information independent of text." We're not sure how Cingular pulled...
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Cingular claims emoticon patent
Posted Jan 26th 2006 3:21PM by Marc Perton
Filed under: Cellphones
The next time you try typing an emoticon on your cellphone, be prepared to pay Cingular a royalty. Well, probably not. But companies that develop software or hardware to display smileys (i.e., via dedicated keys or macros) may find themselves in Cingular's crosshairs now that the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company a patent for using a "mobile phone (or other device) to select a displayable icon, such as an emoticon, that indicates the mood or emotion of the user or conveys other information independent of text." We're not sure how Cingular pulled...
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Cingular Patenting the Emoticon âšī¸
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 đ via an SMS - if selected via a dedicated or softkey, would be a breach of the patent in future.
The method and system described in the patent allows a user of a mobile phone (or other device) to select a displayable icon, such as an emoticon, that indicates the mood or emotion of the user or conveys other information independent of text. In...
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Cingular Patenting the Emoticon âšī¸
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 đ via an SMS - if selected via a dedicated or softkey, would be a breach of the patent in future.
The method and system described in the patent allows a user of a mobile phone (or other device) to select a displayable icon, such as an emoticon, that indicates the mood or emotion of the user or conveys other information independent of text. In...
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so am i going to still have the ability to use the đ ot the đ on my se s710a and w600i? đ
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"The patent number is US 2006/0015812 A1"
That's not a patent. That's a published patent application. It hasn't even been examined, yet. Much ado about nothing.
That's not a patent. That's a published patent application. It hasn't even been examined, yet. Much ado about nothing.
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