http://www.slashgear.com/htc-granted-face-unlock-patent-05221727/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Mon, 14 May 2012 15:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.slashgear.com/htc-granted-face-unlock-patent-05221727/#comment-200162 Andrewlh Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=221727#comment-200162 does the USPO even check patents anymore, or just pass anything they get?  biometrics, especially fingerprints, have been used for over a decade for unlocking “computing devices”.

]]> http://www.slashgear.com/htc-granted-face-unlock-patent-05221727/#comment-200151 salsero69 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:11:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=221727#comment-200151 These days it seems that every company that loses market share goes on the offensive and lately Samsung has been gaining a lot of it for Android at the expense of HTC, which hasn’t been trying very hard as of late.  So I can see HTC going after Samsung, and that would put Google in an awkward situation.

]]> http://www.slashgear.com/htc-granted-face-unlock-patent-05221727/#comment-200150 Alexandre Xavier Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:10:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=221727#comment-200150 flawed patent system exposed.
 

]]> http://www.slashgear.com/htc-granted-face-unlock-patent-05221727/#comment-200148 Chris Boots Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:03:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=221727#comment-200148 sounds like a good thing build up some ammunition against apple.

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