http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/ 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/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/
$50 a year for Xbox live
$80 a month for FIOS
$78 a month for con edison
$60 per game X the 23 games I own for 360

Someone's getting rich off of me.]]>Jan 2nd 2009 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/
Now you know why they sell those consoles at a loss. (wii excluded)]]>Jan 2nd 2009 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 3rd 2009 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_FlexGo

]]>Jan 3rd 2009 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Mo ha ha ha ha ha ha !!!!... Said the Penguin to the Leopard.]]>Jan 3rd 2009 5:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/I know the PS3 sells at a loss, but how the hell can a 360 be selling at a loss? The highend one is the price of a PS3, and the specs come nowhere close (bluray, wifi..)]]>Jan 3rd 2009 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 3rd 2009 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/]]>Jan 2nd 2009 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/
That was only 20 years too late. Now go back and scrub all the software patents again.]]>Jan 2nd 2009 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/]]>Jan 2nd 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/
I think they already did:

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/24/1713259&from=rss]]>Jan 2nd 2009 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/
Less see if they use this reasoning when it's time to stamp REJECT on Apple's iPhone gloves.]]>Jan 2nd 2009 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/
[1] Wikipedia]]>Jan 3rd 2009 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/
I'm just the sort of person who owns anything he wants or needs and doesnt like other people dictating what he can and cannot do with something ^^]]>Jan 2nd 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/
It makes sense, just like cloud computing makes sense. In order for a computer to be useful to me it has to be able to do some really fast number crunching (solidworks, matlab, max/msp) a few times a month, more if i'm working on a project. the rest of the time it's just sitting there doing nothing (web browsing, playing music or at most a movie)

If it were still able to do all the computer-ish things i do now, and i could pay for a huge beast of a machine when i have use for one and a netbook when i don't, i'd be happy.

A computer i build now would be built for peak capacity, and would cost me a fair amount, if it were priced competitively it would make sense for a lot of people.]]>Jan 2nd 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/
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Also, I would note that rejections of the type noted in this post are EXTREMELY common. In fact, at this stage in the patent process, it would arguably be newsworthy if Microsoft were to actually get the patent allowed during the first round of examination. Patent applications are typically rejected one or more times before they issue as patents. In my own experience (yes, I'm a patent lawyer), I can probably count the number of times a patent application is allowed on the first round of examination on one hand.

I would really not read too much into the USPTO's rejection of the patent claims at this point; it's par for the course.]]>Jan 2nd 2009 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 3rd 2009 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/

The Patent Office Rejected Something ???]]>Jan 2nd 2009 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/
Here's the bullet point version:

- MS filed the application in 2007
- The application has received a first office action from the Patent Office, just like probably 99% of all applications.
- MS now gets to amend their claims to narrow them and avoid the prior art

So, this sort of thing happens with almost every application and it's a long way from the end of the road for this patent. A single issued patent may go through the process 3 or more times before the patent office allows it. So this post is about as exciting as "Man eats peanut butter and jelly sandwich".
]]>Jan 2nd 2009 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/Jan 2nd 2009 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-pay-as-you-go-patent-application-rejected/
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