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Apple and Microsoft are so obviously not in the wrong. The methods used as described in the patent are just way too normal to me. Why?
Obviously a finger's motions are to be detected as this is the key to touch-screen.The user’s finger motions are matched by a microcontroller within the device to a number of preset patterns, which in turn translate into a function or command.
Then, they are matched by a microcontroller into preset patterns. Well let's just look at this step as changing the motions into a pattern that can be read.
Then, it is translated into a command that enables the Zune/Ipod to understand the motion and act accordingly.
This seems like a very normal procedure that Microsoft or Apple probably would have done whether or not they knew about this method.