Apple ikukumana ndi mlandu winanso wa patent, koma nthawi ino ndi nkhani yosowa. Mwamuna wina wa ku Florida akuyesera kutengera kampani ya Cook kukhoti chifukwa chokopera zojambula zake zojambulidwa ndi manja za zida zogwira ntchito kuyambira 1992. Iye akufuna chipukuta misozi cha $10 biliyoni (245 biliyoni akorona).
Zonse zinayamba mu 1992, pamene Thomas S. Ross adapanga ndi kujambula zojambula zitatu zamakono za chipangizochi ndikuchitcha "Electronic Reading Device", momasuka kumasuliridwa kuti "chipangizo chowerengera pakompyuta". Thupi lonselo linali lopangidwa ndi mapanelo athyathyathya okhala ndi makona ozungulira. Malingana ndi Ross - zaka 15 pamaso pa iPhone yoyamba - panalibe chinthu choterocho panthawiyo.
Lingaliro la "ERD" linali ndi ntchito zotere zomwe anthu masiku ano amadziwika nazo kwambiri. Panalinso kuthekera kowerenga ndi kulemba, komanso kuthekera kowonera zithunzi kapena kuwonera makanema. Kusuntha kulikonse kumasungidwa mkati (kapena kunja) kukumbukira. Chipangizocho chimathanso kuyimba foni. Ross ankafunanso kuthetsa mphamvu zamagetsi mogwira mtima - kuphatikizapo mabatire achikhalidwe, ankafunanso kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu za magetsi a dzuwa omwe chipangizocho chikanakhala nacho.
Mu October 1992, mwamuna wina wa ku Florida anafunsira chiphaso cha pulani yake, koma zaka zitatu pambuyo pake (April 1995), Ofesi ya Patent ya ku United States inathetsa mlanduwo chifukwa ndalama zofunika zinali zisanalipidwe.
Mu 2014, a Thomas S. Ross adatsitsimutsanso zojambula zake pamene adafunsira ku US Copyright Office kuti akhale ndi ufulu. Pamlandu, Ross tsopano akuti Apple idagwiritsa ntchito molakwika mapangidwe ake pama iPhones, iPads ndi iPod touches, chifukwa chake akufunafuna ndalama zosachepera $ 1,5 biliyoni pakuwonongeka ndi gawo la XNUMX peresenti pazogulitsa padziko lonse lapansi. Malinga ndi iye, Apple idamubweretsera "chiwonongeko chachikulu komanso chosasinthika chomwe sichingalipidwe mokwanira kapena kuyeza ndindalama." Nthawi iwonetsa momwe zingakhalire ku khothi.
Komabe, funso likadali chifukwa chake munthuyu adangoyang'ana pa Apple + osati pa opanga ena omwe amabweranso ndi mapangidwe ofanana pazida zawo.
Ndinganene kuti atha kuyimba mlandu amazon chifukwa cha kindle 3 :)
Ndizodziwikiratu kuti Apple sanapange lingaliro latsopano koma adangopanga angwiro (ngakhale mosakayikira) lingaliro la PDA, koma munthu uyu ndiopusitsidwa. akuyenera kumuika mujaketi molunjika ndikumupusitsa kuti ali ndi mphamvu zolemetsa khothi mwamwano komanso mopanda pake.
Chimene sindikumvetsa n’chakuti sananene poyamba kuti anakhala m’phanga kwa zaka 10 zapitazi?
Ndikuganiza kuti Apple ithawa nayo ngati phulusa lotentha lamwambi ... :-)