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Re: [rant] Yet Another Frivolous Lawsuit
said by nixen  :Not to defend a baseless lawsuit, but what the iPhone does is a bit beyond simple caller ID. Perhaps what's spelled out in the patent (have you read the full text for comparison?) is sufficiently similar to what the iPhone does that there's actual merit? I mean, if this were simply "caller ID", these guys would have tried to cash in a while ago. Guess we'll see by how far this all goes. When it comes to CallerID and such, the iPhone doesn't do much more than any other cellphone. If the number isn't in the address book, you just see the number. If the number is in the address book, it shows the name you specified. Optionally, it may show a picture and play a custom ringtone.
Cellphones have been doing this trick for ages, even home phones do this as well. My first Nokia was able to show monochrome little pictures when certain people called, and was able to play a different ringtone based on caller groups. Again, this sort of functionality has been around for ages.
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