Impulse Technology sues for Kinect patent infringement
Ohio-based Impulse Technology Ltd. has sued Microsoft, and a number of third party publishers, for alleged patent infringement. According to the court filing, Impulse holds a number of patents that cover a "wide variety of games where the movement of a pl
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replyAndrew Yoon posted a new article, Impulse Technology sues for Kinect patent infringement.
Ohio-based Impulse Technology Ltd. has sued Microsoft, and a number of third party publishers, for alleged patent infringement. According to the court filing, Impulse holds a number of patents that cover a "wide variety of games where the movement of a pl-
Software patents, protecting innovation for everybody!
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Did you actually look any of the patents up before posting? Cause I did :)
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a computer operatively coupled to the tracking system for updating in real time a player virtual location in a virtual space corresponding to the physical location of the player in the physical space, for updating a view of the virtual space, and for providing at least one indicium of performance of the player moving in the physical space, wherein the at least one indicium is or is derived from a measure of a movement parameter of the player.
The tracking system is hardware, but it's tied to a computer that does everything in software.-
I really hate the way the patent system is currently setup. A company shouldn't be able to patent a general concept. Especially when they have no actual invention or design for accomplishing that.
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Of a pl, indeed.
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Once again class. If it doesn't make any money, we don't give a damn. If it does, it's ours. IT"S OURS!
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