Re:Ask HN: Apple filed to patent an app concept that I relea...
by allwein on Thursday March 29, 2012 @09:13AM
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You're incorrect about several things in your claim. The only overlap that Apple's filing and your app are that they share a teleprompter element.
If I read the description on your app correctly, you use it for teleprompting while video recording the person doing the talking. You mention several use cases such as perfecting a speech, or recording a good version of yourself giving a speech.
The Apple patent filing however, is for a completely different use case. It details specifically the use of doing voice-over audio recording of a previously recorded video.
So just because you both support a teleprompter element, doesn't mean you're covered by this patent filing OR that Apple "stole" from you. Patents are taken as a whole, and not all their individual parts that go into it.
If I read the description on your app correctly, you use it for teleprompting while video recording the person doing the talking. You mention several use cases such as perfecting a speech, or recording a good version of yourself giving a speech.
The Apple patent filing however, is for a completely different use case. It details specifically the use of doing voice-over audio recording of a previously recorded video.
So just because you both support a teleprompter element, doesn't mean you're covered by this patent filing OR that Apple "stole" from you. Patents are taken as a whole, and not all their individual parts that go into it.