Extremely vague accelerometer patent was filed back in 2006

If this super vague accelerometer patent which was filed by Durham Logistics back in 2006 was pursued by the company to sue a slew of other manufacturers who have an accelerometer in their device, then they could probably end up as very rich since this patent applies just about to the use of any accelerometer in virtually all computing devices. Its “Method and apparatus for controlling a computer system” basically means the use of a motion detection sensor in changing the state or implementing functionality in a device, which would cover just about all smartphones worldwide with a handful of laptops as well. We wonder what Apple has to say about this concerning their lawsuit with HTC – a case of hypocrisy?

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