On the face of it, it seems that one of iPhone OS 4’s Enterprise features offers the same ability that a patent filed by (not granted to) Microsoft for mobile phones(?). I had posted some time back that Microsoft had filed for a patent that allowed remote management of mobile phones from a central location, at least that’s what the patent states implies in simple terms. Today, when Apple unveiled the iPhone OS 4, they mentioned a feature for the Enterprises – Mobile Device Management. According to Apple:
Mobile Device Management
Deploying and managing large iPhone fleets will be even easier with iPhone OS 4. New Mobile Device Management APIs can be integrated with third-party solutions to wirelessly configure and update settings, monitor compliance with corporate policies, and even wipe or lock managed iPhone devices.
My interpretation of this is that iPhone OS 4 will allow enterprises to remotely configure iPhones and that’s what the Microsoft patent is about. Here’s an image from the patent:

Again, I’m not sure about this in lawyer terms, I stand to any correction.
MS even has its System Center Mobile Device Manager product based on its patented technology. But couldn’t Apple have come up with this idea on their own? Software patents are meaningless IMO.
That’s what you have. You’re a fucking tool.
Apple has to face this problem now, apart from the other one ,where ” andriod ” now was made to run on iPhone