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Tuesday, January 6. 2009

Patent Watch: Has Apple Patented Touchscreen Mapping?

The patent filed with the World International Property Organization (WIPO) is titled: "Touch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Providing Maps, Directions, and Location-Based Information."

Unwired argues that "most of the features used in it’s [sic, Google] mobile navigation app" are owned by Apple, not Google.

MacNN also chimes in.

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Google, Patents, Apple at 07:21 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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What map navigating gestures are they patenting? I'd hope none in this prior art:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2pPeW4cUgU
#1 lurker on 2009-01-06 12:14 (Reply)
I doubt they will succeed. There are a few touch screen GPSr out there already. They are not the only one who have come up with this.
#2 doubting on 2009-01-08 08:18 (Reply)

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