Apple patents iTMS transaction service via mobile phone

Post by **complacent** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:06 pm

linky Looks like one will be able to buy direct from teh iTMS afterall...

eeeeenteeresting, no?

Post by **Sabre** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:17 pm

I wonder if they are patenting this not only for purchasing of iTunes and such... but also everything else. Europeans have been able to buy soda's and such for a long time like this.

Post by **complacent** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:19 pm

Wouldn't surprise me... They've been pushing a few ideas on Americans over the years:

The mouse.

USB

Firewire

etc, etc...

avriette · Post by **avriette** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:22 pm

complacent wrote:linky Looks like one will be able to buy direct from teh iTMS afterall...

eeeeenteeresting, no?

I'd wait to see how difficult they make it to move those files around. If I buy a track on my iBook now, and want to store it in my Mini when I get home, Apple makes it pretty difficult (thankfully, I can just use tar in the shell). I can't imagine they'll make it any easier to do with a phone (that I can't shell into!!)

avriette · Post by **avriette** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:24 pm

complacent wrote:linky

Whats eeeeenteeresting is they seem to have used Visio in the diagram.

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Apple patents iTMS transaction service via mobile phone

Apple patents iTMS transaction service via mobile phone

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