Download Facebook For Blackberry 2
Brie Hoffler
On March 6th, Canadian intellectual property owner BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:BB) filed a suit alleging patent infringement claims against Menlo Park, CA-based social media giant Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) in the Central District of California. BlackBerry alleges that Facebook, along with its subsidiaries WhatsApp and Instagram, violate patents held by BlackBerry in the field of mobile messaging communications.
Each count of infringement which BlackBerry brings in the suit also includes arguments as to why each of the inventions covered by the asserted patents were not well-understood, routine or conventional at the time that they were patented. BlackBerry alleges that the patents-in-suit disclose unconventional solutions to issues specifically arising in the context of mobile communications devices. Persons having ordinary skill in the art at the time of the inventions would not have understood that the inventions could have been performed in either the human mind or by pen and paper. Such arguments would seem to designed to head off any invalidity challenges under 35 U.S.C. 101, the basic statute governing the patentability of inventions. In cases like Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank International, patents covering software inventions have been invalidated on the argument that the underlying software is merely an abstract idea. This style of getting ahead of a Section 101 invalidity argument was also recently seen in a case filed by Portal Communications that alleged Apple willfully infringed on patents covering natural language processing with its Siri digital personal assistant.
Along with a judgment declaring that the defendants have infringed the patents-in-suit, BlackBerry is also seeking an injunction preventing the use of Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Facebook Messenger Lite, Facebook Workplace Chat, Facebook Pages Manager, WhatsApp Messenger and Instagram applications. BlackBerry is also seeking enhanced damages under 35 U.S.C. 284 for willful infringement.
I know exactly how your company operates
You constantly browse uspto website (from anonymous ip addresses) and industry publications for anything new you can use
Once you come across patent app you size up patent holder
If its Interdigital then you have second thoughts
If its some schmuck in the middle of nowhere then you dont have second thoughts
Thats all to it
Generating a key for use in a cryptographic function? Abstract
Having a conversation on a mobile phone? Abstract
Multiplayer games on a mobile device? Abstract
Providing notifications of unread messages? Abstract
CAFC panel will either be forced to declare above-mentioned cases b.s. and hold for Blackberry, re-affirm said cases and hold against blackberry, or hold for Blackberry citing meaningless distinctions
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I've been trying to add the facebook features (Facebook for Blackberry API) to a Blackberry Application but once I add all the files, I get errors from missing libraries in version 4.6.0 (which is the one that I must use as a base and, seems these libraries are only in versions 5.0 and onwards).
That's because Facebook SDK uses BrowserField class that is available from 5.0 OS only. I think it can be rewritten with using RenderingApplication that will allow to use it on lower OSs. But I remember there was performance issue with it on 6+ devices. So it will add more complexity to support two versions.So probably there are more hidden issues. But it's better to ask authors of FB SDK.
This native application goes way beyond the standard browser-based access previously available to mobile Facebookers. With the new Facebook app, all of the benefits of BlackBerry "push" technology are utilized - notificiations (emails, new wall posts, pokes) made on the site will immediately appear on the BlackBerry. Furthermore, the application also allows users to take a photo (assuming you're on a Pearl or Curve), upload it to the site with captions and tags, invite friends, manage events, manage albums, and even update status while on the go. The app is available for download by all BlackBerry users for free (go to www.blackberry.com/facebook/mobiledownload), and will also ship already installed on new BlackBerrys. T-Mobile will be the first carrier to deliver the goods.
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