MS has the patent for cross game invites from a friends list

http://www.google.com/patents?id=ky2hAAAAEBAJ&dq=gaming+invites

MS sure are a bunch of sneeky *******'s

http://www.google.com/patents?id=ky2hAAAAEBAJ&dq=gaming+invites

MS sure are a bunch of sneeky *******'s

doobie1975

brilliant

[QUOTE="doobie1975"]

http://www.google.com/patents?id=ky2hAAAAEBAJ&dq=gaming+invites

MS sure are a bunch of sneeky *******'s

chikenfriedrice

brilliant

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"][QUOTE="doobie1975"]

http://www.google.com/patents?id=ky2hAAAAEBAJ&dq=gaming+invites

MS sure are a bunch of sneeky *******'s

Lazy_Boy88

brilliant

both of you are correct. It is brilliant and stupid. Its stupid that the patenting office allows this type of abusive monopolistic patenting, and its brilliant on MS's part for exploiting it :D

LOL patent it how the hell do you patent that?Nolan16

well in US they amanged to patent some bacteria right? so this is not shocking at all.lol.

[QUOTE="Nolan16"]LOL patent it how the hell do you patent that?Great_Ragnarok

well in US they amanged to patent some bacteria right? so this is not shocking at all.lol.

lol, i guess Michael Crichton was onto sumthing in his book NEXT :P...better get your cells patented before sumone else does it!

First in game music and now this? sounds like the PS3 and 360 online experiences will continue to be very much different from each other.:) So much for all the guys saying the psn will be equal or even exceed the live online.vaderhater

[QUOTE="vaderhater"]First in game music and now this? sounds like the PS3 and 360 online experiences will continue to be very much different from each other.:) So much for all the guys saying the psn will be equal or even exceed the live online.waynehead895

cant you challenge Patents and say they are just to general and broad? Im sure there is a way to get a patent reviewed...or am i wrong ?

LOL patent it how the hell do you patent that?Nolan16

agreed

ownage

They should've patent Achievements too.

Benjamin Franklin most be rolling on his grave...loco145

in his grave*

:P

Well i would rather be the company who owns the blue raychad-warden

Well i would rather be the company who owns the blue raychad-warden

nearly 20 companys own bluray

Why are you guys bringing up these patents thinking that this is new? Look at the dates those patents were issued.. 2006 and 2007... Last time I checked we were halfway into 2008?mastarifla

it's being brought up now because questions are being asked as to why the delay for the ps3 update.

They should've patent Achievements too.

ReverseCycology

They did:

http://www.google.com/patents?id=1LGcAAAAEBAJ

E3 is coming up soon right? I think icrosoft knows that this patent won't stick. But there doing this to cause some trouble, just in case sony announces a big netowrk update with all this stuff in it. Maybe there trying to stop them from announcing it? no idea.4seal

E3 is coming up soon right? I think microsoft knows that this patent won't stick. But there doing this to cause some trouble, just in case sony announces a big netowrk update with all this stuff in it. Maybe there trying to stop them from announcing it? no idea.4seal

this was already made official nearly 3 years ago.

[QUOTE="mastarifla"][QUOTE="4seal"]E3 is coming up soon right? I think icrosoft knows that this patent won't stick. But there doing this to cause some trouble, just in case sony announces a big netowrk update with all this stuff in it. Maybe there trying to stop them from announcing it? no idea.4seal

hmmm, I guess there just stupid then.

microsoft is stupid? please explain.

[QUOTE="ReverseCycology"]

They should've patent Achievements too.

Zeliard9

They did:

http://www.google.com/patents?id=1LGcAAAAEBAJ

lol

[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="4seal"]

[QUOTE="mastarifla"][QUOTE="4seal"]E3 is coming up soon right? I think icrosoft knows that this patent won't stick. But there doing this to cause some trouble, just in case sony announces a big netowrk update with all this stuff in it. Maybe there trying to stop them from announcing it? no idea.4seal

Do I really need to?

if a company created a patent to prevent another from doing something years after the fact..yes..you would really need to explain to me how this move makes microsoft stupid. since when was it stupid to think ahead?

Guys stop acting so ignorant.

There are a million and one ways to get someone playing a game into a gaming session of another.

Microsoft patented one.

Other companies will find other ways.

This is really ridiculous, how can you patent something like that ?

This is really ridiculous, how can you patent something like that ?

Tykain

So who here even bothered to read the actual patent?

Anyone? Anyone? I didn't think so.

Or did you just read the paragraph-long executive summary?

There's technology and methodologies outlined in the actual patent. Sony can have cross game invites as long as they don't use the same technology or methods to do so.

Reading isn't that hard. You do it here on the forums already.

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"][QUOTE="doobie1975"]

http://www.google.com/patents?id=ky2hAAAAEBAJ&dq=gaming+invites

MS sure are a bunch of sneeky *******'s

Lazy_Boy88

brilliant

While you have a point that it *should not* be allowed. Companies are getting patents for all kinds of ideas. Judges dont' know so they just so OK. Then the company sues to enforce it. It may not hurt sony as they have $$$ to fight microsoft in court. If I did it though I'd be screwed.

WTF? This is so silly :lol:

WTF? This is so silly :lol:

HAZE-Unit

[QUOTE="Nolan16"]LOL patent it how the hell do you patent that?Great_Ragnarok

well in US they amanged to patent some bacteria right? so this is not shocking at all.lol.

I don't see what's so silly about that. A company created a new strain of bacteria with industrial uses and patented the resulting strain. Different species of genetically altered plants and animals are patented all the time and world wide. Genetics is a booming industry.

So who here even bothered to read the actual patent?

Anyone? Anyone? I didn't think so.

Or did you just read the paragraph-long executive summary?

There's technology and methodologies outlined in the actual patent. Sony can have cross game invites as long as they don't use the same technology or methods to do so.

Reading isn't that hard. You do it here on the forums already.

VoodooHak

It would have to. Patents need to be unique and non-obvious, so something that generic would never fly - or at least hold up in court.