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[Jeremy Garchow] ” I do not understand this as saying you have to take the picture (or enter whatever data) and nothing else.”
Reading the rest of the filing, I get the opposite understanding. Of course it all falls into the realm of *could* not *would*.
Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
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PS: It’s quite possible that the implementation would be optional on the part of the user. For example, I may choose to lock up the system unless I enter BP data. The filing does imply that you would be locked out of the system or an app unless you enter the data. There doesn’t seem to be any provision to bypass it by clicking “close”. You are getting this from the image, not from the actual filing information. You could be right or that could be wishful thinking. Unknown right now. Again, as long as the set-up is optional, I’m fine with it.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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[Oliver Peters] “The filing does imply that you would be locked out of the system or an app unless you enter the data. “
It says “input data “. Input data could mean, hit the close button (or home button).
There are many apps that do this already. You can’t use the app until you sign in to an account, just for an example. This would be the same, except you couldn’t use the app until you get a blood pressure reading. My guess is that this would be some sort of health app that is connected to your doctors office, insurance company, or similar. I highly doubt it would lock down your entire phone, as why would any device manufacturer want that? But an app developer may want that, as the user input is required, for whatever reason, to continue to use the app. Without that information, the app may be rather useless.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “I highly doubt it would lock down your entire phone, as why would any device manufacturer want that? “
Remember we are talking about Apple here 😉 No one understand anything they do.
[Jeremy Garchow] “But an app developer may want that, as the user input is required, for whatever reason, to continue to use the app. Without that information, the app may be rather useless.”
Agreed. It does seem to focus on “application” in the description. It could be something you set-up for yourself as a self-monitoring reward system of sorts.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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[Oliver Peters] “It’s quite possible that the implementation would be optional on the part of the user.”
I’d say it’s a huge stretch to assume anything else… unless of course you simply wanted to. In which case…
Never mind that 99.x% of Apple’s patents never even see the light of day as an actual product, nor is a patent file some sort of source for reality even by the same stretch. As if one could even muster up the most obscure scenario where this could pose as some sort of GAIN for the iPhone, let alone Apple. I’d say “far fetched” doesn’t even begin to describe it.
– RK
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