MS traži pravo za sledeće:
Citat:
One or more computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions therein that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to present a user interface in response to a task being prohibited based on a user's current account not having a right to permit the task, the user interface comprising:
information indicating the task and an entity that attempted the task;
a selectable help graphic wherein responsive to receiving selection of the selectable help graphic, the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to present the information;
identifiers, each of the identifiers identifying other accounts having a right to permit the task, wherein the identifiers presented are based on criteria comprising:
frequency of use;
association with the user;
and indication of sufficient but not unlimited rights;
one of the identifiers identifies a higher-rights account having a right to permit the task,
wherein the one of the identifiers comprises:
a graphic identifying the higher-rights accounts associated with the user;
and a name of the higher-rights account;
an authenticator region capable of receiving, from the user, an authenticator usable to authenticate the higher-rights account having the right to permit the task, wherein:
the authenticator comprises a password, and the authenticator region comprises a data-entry field configured to receive the password.
Znači moraju sve ove tačke da se uklope u nekom UAC-u da bi neko kršio patent MS-a, tj. i GUI i sama procedura. Nije li tako?
U principu, apsolutno se slažem da je imbecilno patentirati prilagođenu verziju UI-a za Windows UAC, ali mi se čini da je naslov teme (u stvari naslov navedenog bloga) u tom slučaju dosta obmanljiv. Na koji način se tu kompromituje sam sudo?