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Apple awarded patent to filter text messages

article published on 14 October, 2010

Filed in 2008 and granted by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office this week, Apple has been awarded a patent for filtering text message content. The patent is titled "Text-based communication control for personal communication device." It is unclear whether the patent will ever find its way into an iOS product but it seems Apple's intention is to cut down on "offensive" texts sent from ... [ read the full article ]

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14. October 2010 @ 15:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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14. October 2010 @ 15:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Heil, mein Führer. Sieg Heil, All hail Steve Jobs!!!

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doesnt bother me.its not likely i will ever own an apple product.not dissing them,just not interested.
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14. October 2010 @ 16:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Oh I'm all for dissing them...Fanboys unite! LOL

Is it just me or does this place seem to be a fount of neverending Apple reports? I mean does anybody really care that much about what every twist and turn Apple takes? Seriously?


Just my $0.02,

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This is pretty cool. Clearly it's something that we'll be able to disable or enable much like every other parental control in settings.
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14. October 2010 @ 17:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If 'pretty good' is Swahili for 'pretty shit' then yeah, I guess you're right. Who the hell are the to tell an iPhone user (assuming that this has made it into iOS, which it will) what they can and cannot text even if you can turn it off? It's bang out of order. Next they will be patenting software which bleeps out swears on the telephone, the t-*BLEEP*s.



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14. October 2010 @ 18:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Next they will be patenting software which bleeps out swears on the telephone, the t-*BLEEP*s.
That could be entertaining under the right drug.
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14. October 2010 @ 20:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
edited by ddp off apple.

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14. October 2010 @ 20:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by aldan:
doesnt bother me.its not likely i will ever own an apple product.not dissing them,just not interested.

Heard that!
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14. October 2010 @ 22:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Im from the Philippines where English is a second language. When sending text messages, many use non-dictionary words such as l8r which means later, so that they can fit their message into a 160 character text message. Although this saves money for the consumer, it has actually created a problem since some kids learn these misspelled words and has integrated them into their school assignments. Its called text speak. Whats irritating is that some people use this language in forums. They are actually using these abreviations when using a laptop keyboard.

Telcos will love this since text messages will be longer and will result in sending 2 texts instead of just 1. More cash.
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16. October 2010 @ 18:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Nice! Give teeny boppers another reason to keep their eyes off of the road for longer periods of time...let's see how accidents go up trying to text "laugh out loud" vs lol.

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17. October 2010 @ 18:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by adre02:
Nice! Give teeny boppers another reason to keep their eyes off of the road for longer periods of time...let's see how accidents go up trying to text "laugh out loud" vs lol.
The world needs fewer idiots anyway. We need more Darwin Award contestants. ;-)
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17. October 2010 @ 21:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What about the person in the other car? Could be you getting hit.

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I've never heard anything so ridiculously authoritarian in my life. I'm fully expecting an App to force me to clean my teeth and put my seatbelt on in the near future...

Want to be a free person? Sorry, we've got no app for that. F**k you, apple.
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i just noticed a problem
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Apple's patent would disallow the use of non-dictionary words.
which dictionary are they gonna use???

it should be up to us to decide what we want to text/write not them anyway.

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