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Re:Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in seriou... by Spines11 on Monday July 18, 2011 @03:08PM (#2777672)
"Yeah, I don't buy that this is an invention in the 21st century, with no prior art."

Maybe not in the 21st century, but it might be in the 20th century which is when the patent was filed (1996).

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sec...

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Re:Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in seriou... by mirkules on Monday July 18, 2011 @03:21PM (#2777741)
Fair enough, but I've read research papers on pattern recognition that predate even 1996 (the field was pretty hot in the 80s before computing power caught up with theory)
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