Kane Kramer, the inventor of the iPod
For Digital Future | September 17, 2008
The real inspiration for the iPod comes from Kane Kramer in 1979 that created a device called IXI, capable of playing 3.5 minutes of music. In 1988, not achieved the necessary funding to renovate its patent and its device was forgotten. Now Apple has gone to him to overcome the lawsuit maintains with Burst.com patent on the iPod. IXI will serve to demonstrate that Apple does not stole the invention to Burst.com, but to Kramer.
Kane Kramer, 52, invented the technology that would boost the digital music player for almost 30 years, but has not yet seen a penny for his invention. The truth is that a year ago had to sell his home by economic problems to close his business selling furniture.
Now the documents filed by Apple in court show that the company is recognized as the father of the iPod. This is due to litigation with Apple disputándose Burst.com patents for the technology of the iPod, so Burst claiming a share of the 112,000 million euros that Apple has gained profits with the iPod.
Two years ago, Mr. Kramer told the newspaper DailyMail how he had invented and built the device in 1979, when he was only 23 years. His invention, called the IXI, stored only 3.5 minutes of music on a chip. His sketches at the time showed a rectangular player the size of a credit card with a central screen and a menu button to scroll through a selection of music tracks - much like the iPod.
Kramer confessed to the Daily Mail: "I was painting at the top of a staircase when a woman called me from Apple with American accent saying that he was the head of the legal department and wanted to acknowledge the work I had done. I must admit that at first I thought that my friends took me for a ride. But we talked for a while, me on top of the ladder and a little Shocked by all, and she told me that Apple wanted to go to California to talk to me. I had to make a statement before a stenographer and a camera at the offices of lawyers. The interview with the lawyer for Burst was hard, ten hours. But I was happy to do so. "
Now he is negotiating with Apple to get some compensation for the copyright to be the owner of the conceptual design that is based on the iPod. But so far only received a fee for a consultant to explain their experience in the legal case.
163 million iPods have been sold since 2001. Every minute, 100 iPods are sold throughout the world, and Apple gained about 69,000 million the last Christmas only with the iPod. But Kramer said that now that you have closed your business can not be paid an iPod. Apple gave him an 8 months but it broke.
Mr. Kramer, who organizes the British Invention Show, is now working on the patent for an invention that is larger than the iPod according to him. This invention is called Monicall and allow people to record telephone calls and send the audio file by e-mail. to third parties. This will accelerate business and provide a low cost to third talks and agreements. With this system, the treatment may be closed by telephone.
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