Sony trademarks 'PS Cloud'

[xtop]

http://kotaku.com/5190494/playstatio...into-the-cloud

http://www.qj.net/Sony-trademarks-PS.../49/aid/129888

Sony may be the latest company to explore the hot topic of cloud computing, the off-loading of software and services to remote servers, based on recent trademark filings with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Taking from the patent description (icky jargon ahead!):

CLOUD COMPUTING DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE; COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE FOR CONNECTING INTERNET RADIO; COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE FOR CONNECTING INTERNET RADIO FOR HAND-HELD GAMES WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; COMPUTER GAME PROGRAMS; COMPUTERS; CONSUMER VIDEO GAME CONSOLES FOR USE WITH AN EXTERNAL DISPLAY SCREEN OR MONITOR; DOWNLOADABLE ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION IN THE NATURE OF MAGAZINES, BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS IN THE FIELD OF MUSIC, VIDEO AND VIDEO GAME; DOWNLOADABLE IMAGE FILES VIA THE INTERNET; DOWNLOADABLE MUSIC FILES VIA THE INTERNET; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS AND CD-ROMS, ALL ENCODED AUTOMATIC PLAYING PROGRAMS FOR ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; GAME PROGRAMS FOR HAND-HELD GAMES WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; GAME PROGRAMS FOR MOBILE PHONE; GAME PROGRAMS FOR CONSUMER VIDEO GAME MACHINES; HAND-HELD DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYERS; METRONOMES; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; PHONOGRAPH RECORDS FEATURING MUSIC; PRE-RECORDED VIDEO DISCS AND VIDEO TAPES FEATURING MUSIC, COMEDY, DRAMA, ACTION, ADVENTURE OR ANIMATION

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?r...entry=77697735

i hope this is the big annoucement. this will rule

[Nerdkiller likes BD]

Originally Posted by xtop

http://kotaku.com/5190494/playstatio...into-the-cloud

http://www.qj.net/Sony-trademarks-PS.../49/aid/129888





http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?r...entry=77697735

i hope this is the big annoucement. this will rule

Huh. I didn't expect Sony to jump into the cloud computing bandwagon so soon. Still, I just hope this, along with OnLive, doesn't suffer from input lag and hopfully, doesn't eat up your monthly bandwidth (if they decide to put game streaming on this).

[BlackMamba]

I think they're just experimenting with it just in case it does become a viable option sometime in the future (PSN games could benefit immediately perhaps?)

[caliblue15]

Originally Posted by xtop

http://kotaku.com/5190494/playstatio...into-the-cloud

http://www.qj.net/Sony-trademarks-PS.../49/aid/129888





http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?r...entry=77697735

i hope this is the big annoucement. this will rule

I saw this, but had no idea what the hell it was, so i didn't post it.. i'm usually know alot about techie stuff, but i need to read more about this, didn't think it would affect sony users in anyway, maybe i was wrong.

[xtop]

Originally Posted by caliblue15

I saw this, but had no idea what the hell it was, so i didn't post it.. i'm usually know alot about techie stuff, but i need to read more about this, didn't think it would affect sony users in anyway, maybe i was wrong.

cloud computing ftw. look it up for sure

[caliblue15]

Originally Posted by xtop

cloud computing ftw. look it up for sure

still confused, maybe cause i'm studying for a test and filled with information, but it sounds like folding@home.

[Nerdkiller likes BD]

Originally Posted by caliblue15

still confused, maybe cause i'm studying for a test and filled with information, but it sounds like folding@home.

I think cloud has something to do with information stored on the internet.

[xtop]

Originally Posted by caliblue15

still confused, maybe cause i'm studying for a test and filled with information, but it sounds like folding@home.

i've got it on my smartphone right now. basically i can back my phone up to a server (cloud) and pull down anything i want wherever i am

[dk3dknight]

Originally Posted by xtop

cloud computing ftw. look it up for sure

Its marketing jargon, they bring it around every so many years it fails every time yet it gets repackaged and tried again, and it fails again, renamed and repackaged..

Perhaps one day it will die..

Perhaps the marketers will be able to figure it out one day.

But what I see is them building infastructure, perhaps even setting a standard for content and radio and how its treated and how others may treat and use it.

Or maybe everyone trusts all there sensitive data to Sony and step 3 profit.

[xtop]

Originally Posted by dk3dknight

Its marketing jargon, they bring it around every so many years it fails every time yet it gets repackaged and tried again, and it fails again, renamed and repackaged..

Perhaps one day it will die..

Perhaps the marketers will be able to figure it out one day.

But what I see is then building infastructure, perhaps even setting a standard for content and radio and how its trated and how others may treat and use it.

Or maybe everyone trusts all there sensitive data to Sony and step 3 profit.

apple is already charging for a cloud service and microsoft has a free beta service going.

when did they try this before? i don't remember that lol

[jamclaur]

Originally Posted by caliblue15

still confused, maybe cause i'm studying for a test and filled with information, but it sounds like folding@home.

if you know anything about MobileMe it's just like that. It's so you can sync your iPhone, and computers together.

An email goes to the "cloud" then goes to all the products at once. Also if you add contacts to your computer and send them to the cloud they are sent to the other computers and phone automatically... so you don't have to do the work more than once.

[pBLU-RAYs3]

That's it for me. Playstation is officially done. No more playstation 4 or 5 & beyond. I called it first.

I will now plan to stock up on a couple ps3s & get other consoles. I don't see a light at the end of the tunnel. No consoles means no more fun times.

[jamclaur]

Originally Posted by pBLU-RAYs3

That's it for me. Playstation is officially done. No more playstation 4 or 5 & beyond. I called it first.

I will now plan to stock up on a couple ps3s & get other consoles. I don't see a light at the end of the tunnel. No consoles means no more fun times.

WTF are you talking about? Just because sony got a trademark doesn't mean they're using it for the PS3... They do make computers. Even if they make it for the PS system I seriously doubt they'll be stopping system production with the PS3.

[xtop]

Originally Posted by pBLU-RAYs3

That's it for me. Playstation is officially done. No more playstation 4 or 5 & beyond. I called it first.

I will now plan to stock up on a couple ps3s & get other consoles. I don't see a light at the end of the tunnel. No consoles means no more fun times.

care to explain?

[pBLU-RAYs3]

Isn't this PS Cloud same as Onlive?

If it's similar then I'm done. Ps3 will live on.

[Nerdkiller likes BD]

Originally Posted by pBLU-RAYs3

That's it for me. Playstation is officially done. No more playstation 4 or 5 & beyond. I called it first.

I will now plan to stock up on a couple ps3s & get other consoles. I don't see a light at the end of the tunnel. No consoles means no more fun times.

I don't think the PS brand is going to go away so soon. Its pretty much Sony's most profitable division. I don't think that they are gonna implement PS Cloud in the same way as OnLive, i.e. no game streaming.

[jamclaur]

Originally Posted by pBLU-RAYs3

Isn't this PS Cloud same as Onlive?

If it's similar then I'm done. Ps3 will live on.

so you basically read nothing and jumped to conclusions?

[pBLU-RAYs3]

okay, my mistake.

[blu-rayfan101]

If this is done right this could be really good for Sony! They could allow you to put your save data on their online accounts. Or some streaming of games and files, etc. This could also help them make ground on OnLive if it is successful because they will have everything in place to expand it if needed.

[xtop]

cloud computing is perfect for the psp. don't think its well suited for stuff like the ps3, which is why onlive will die a terrible and fast death