http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/Feb 2nd 2007 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/Feb 1st 2007 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/Feb 2nd 2007 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/Feb 1st 2007 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/(Jobs loves his patents).

Someone should patent the process of looking both ways when you cross the road :P

Actually, it's pretty common practice to patent this kind of thing and as I recall there is a reason for it...
It's certainly stupid, though, especially when you consider that the only people who have the time / energy to do it are ginormous corporations like Apple.

Anyhow, looks retarded to me. Why can't the iPhone just do this directly?
Heck, I can directly download / listen to music on a Nintendo DS in the middle of nowhere, and that thing is a lot less powerful than an iPhone!]]>Feb 1st 2007 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/]]>Feb 3rd 2007 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/Feb 1st 2007 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/Feb 1st 2007 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/
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I think we all agree but as long as patent laws stay as they are, smart companies are going to have to continue patenting everything they can think of in order to protect themselves from expensive lawsuits.]]>Feb 2nd 2007 6:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/Feb 1st 2007 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/
I must say though, there doesn't appear to be anything new or revolutionary about this patent application. This (at a really high level) is exactly how any content is downloaded to a mobile device -- from ringtones upwards.]]>Feb 2nd 2007 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/Feb 1st 2007 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/Feb 2nd 2007 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/Feb 2nd 2007 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/apple-patents-itms-transaction-service-for-iphone/Feb 2nd 2007 9:52AM