Microsoft Patents DVR for Game Consoles

[slabbo]

So who would Sony sue? Sue the patent office for giving patents on patents that already exist, or Microsoft for filing the patent?

 

[freggo]

Strange, I have a DVR from Comcast for years. How come M$ can get a patent on a 'DVR' feature? If anything they would have to PAY royalties to whoever made the first 'DVR' to begin with.

 

[dark_lord69]

[citation][nom]freggo[/nom]Strange, I have a DVR from Comcast for years. How come M$ can get a patent on a 'DVR' feature? If anything they would have to PAY royalties to whoever made the first 'DVR' to begin with.[/citation]
The patent says DVR's in CONSOLE VIDEO GAME SYSTEMS!!!
Even the headline says "DVR of Game Consoles".

 

[dark_lord69]

DVR huh?
it official, my next console will be an XBox 720

 

[slabbo]

So basically you can take 2 separate inventions put them together and patent it? so who patented wifi on phones, wifi on TV, wifi on a game console, wifi on a computer, peanut butter and jelly, antenna integrated into a TV...etc? I think i'm gonna patent sharks with laser beams strapped on to it, so I can collect $$$ from Doctor Evil.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

If someone has a patent on something that doesn't allow you to make/sell a product, can you sue them for having a monopoly? Because all this patent BS is lame.

 

[Guest]

This is an example of how stupid the US Patent Office and some companies can be. Multiple programs writing and reading from disk simultaneously is nothing new. Perhaps, I should seek a patent to read dental files and record music at the same time? Just because they are different applications does not mean that I have created new technology. I support the patent office and protecting intellectual rights (whereas China and Google do not), but this is not new technology.