Here's one straight from the far left corner of left field. Microsoft has not only filed for, but actually received a patent that essentially amounts to Page Up / Page Down functionality. More specifically, the patent covers a "method and system for navigating paginated content in page-based increments," and it goes on to cite an example of "pressing a Page Down or Page Up keyboard key / button [that] allows a user to begin at any starting vertical location within a page, and navigate to that same location on the next or previous page." Brilliant, or just plain spiteful? [Via GigaOm]
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Subscribe to commentsBobSep 3rd 2008 9:26PM
It would be nice if you reported the patent number, or at least one or two of the claims, so we can see what the patent is really about. Unless you are a patent attorney or a patent examiner, I think you are probably not the person to judge the novelty of this.
George HeichelheimSep 4th 2008 1:21PM
From the Constitution of the United States of America, Article I, Section 8 - Powers of Congress "... To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; ...". First off, it seems to me that the issuance of this patent would be contra-promotional. Second, that, as I recall but am having trouble finding right now, that a patent is to be issued for 'non-intuitive' developments and inventions, and the page up and page down are fairly intuitive. My $0.02.