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Apple Tries To Patent A Way to Avoid Long Lines

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Rasti
Posted by Rasti 7 months 26 days ago; via forbes.com/technology/200...

Apple wants to patent a process that will save customers the hassle of waiting to order a cup of coffee at a local Starbucks or a fresh burger at the nearest fast food restaurant. Even better: The technology would let you jump the line of those ordering in person.

In an application with the U.S. Patent Office filed on Dec. 20, the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer and gadget company described a wireless system that would allow customers to place an order at a store using a wireless device such as a media player, a wireless personal digital...

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Apple pays $100m to Creative in patent lawsuit settlement

Tags: iPod + Creative + Patent + Lawsuit

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Posted by lupus 1 year 12 months ago; via macminute.com/2006/08/23/...

Remember all that talk of Creative beating Apple to the punch with patenting various elements of the iPod's UI? Today these talks came to an end, with Apple whipping out the checkbook, and Creative (I'm assuming) throwing a party. That's right: Apple has shelled out USD $100 million to Creative for "a paid-up license to use Creative's recently awarded patent in all Apple products." Fortunately, Apple might be able to get some of that cash back if Creative is successful in suing their way to profitability licensing their patents to anyone else.

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