Carl Tyler's Blog

1 - If you actually read the patent, it seems that what they are actually patenting is a particular way of responding to Page Up and Page Down keys. Instead of going to the next screen full, or going to the top of the next printable page, it goes to the same relative position on the next printable page as you were positioned to on the current page.

2 - It still smacks of trying to patent the rising of the sun or the tidal effect of the moon on the oceans.

Years ago I discovered at one time that at one time NCR had a patent on gravity. When will the Patent Office (particularly the US Petent Office) learn that some ideas should not be granted patents.

3 - Maybe this all has its roots in the Goon Show, a BBC radio comedy from the 1950s. See Series 8, Episode 4 (broadcast 21 Oct 1957) where Neddie Seagoon tries to patent the word "Help"... { Link }

4 - "I hope to have the action of smacking myself on the head everytime the patent office approve something crazy patent application approved shortly."

I already hold that one Carl, sorry.

Hey by the way, I tried to get in touch with you. I'm moving to Norwich, England and wanted to tell you about it/get the inside scoop. I think you have my e-mail...

5 - patent can be beat page up and page down are codes and these codes were being used by machines before microsoft
<br />Lest we forget Mr gates did not invent the DOS operating system He obtained it from a lady who didnt know any better and sold it for a pittance .
<br />Mr gates then sold the idea to IBM whos engineers were working on the same thing mainly to allow themselve to play computer games needing more memory on mini computers in their lunch break.
<br />Oh yes we had fun with computer in the 1970 but we didnt know how to capitilise with them and Mr gates did hence Microsoft
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6 - Tim Paterson wrote the DOS os.
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