Apple's recent work on iOS has been using as much references to "natural" elements as possible, making the digital as physical as possible. Doing how they do, they have been protecting their work pretty extensively. They have now managed to patent the turning of a page on a digital device. So now Apple owns the page turn. You know, as when you turn a page with your hand. An “interface” that has been around for hundreds of years in physical form.

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  • I am truly amazed by this. Two years ago Microsoft tried to patent a similar technique but didn't get the patent. http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-files-patent-for-virtual-page-turning-animation How is this one different?

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  • Here is the patent: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D670,713.PN.&OS=PN/D670,713&RS=PN/D670,713

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  • Where did you learn this? (reference?) I know some online webtools that use this feature. Are they illegal now? Or is it limited to use on tablets? Or only in the States?

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