Yup, its true. I cant tell how you many furious comments I read back when Apple introduced their all new and revolutionary Notification Center feature in iOS, complete with a handy pull-down bar. Many Android fans screamed from the rooftops, Why hasnt Google applied for a patent on the notification bar!? Why dont they even care!? Well, they do and they did.
What youre looking at above you is Googles application for a patent on their notification bar system, filed back in January of 2009. Yeah, things move slow over at the USTPO. Application number 12/363,325 which is still pending is described as,
A computer-implemented user notification method includes displaying, in a status area near a perimeter of a graphical interface, a notification of a recent alert event for a mobile device, receiving a user selection in the status area, and in response to the receipt of the user selection, displaying, in a central zone of the graphical interface, detail regarding a plurality of recent messaging events for the mobile device.
Guess all we can do now is play the waiting game because, ohhhhh man, once/if this patent is granted, Apple is so for lack of better word screwed.
Source: Google Patents
Via: GoAndroid
› See More: Google Files another Patent For Notification's Pull Down Bar(In 2009)
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