Re: Another IM patent for AOL #6539421
"Lawrence D. Rogers" <[email protected]> Sat, 05 Apr 2003 21:12:17 -0800
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--------------050005080201020803090809 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This is patently ridiculous. I think it is time that there was a larger discussion about patents in the software community. This has happened in the past but nothing much has ever happened. Perhaps the IEEE or ACM might be a place to get it going again. Lawrence Rogers Iain Shigeoka wrote: >Even worse. > >-iain > >On 4/5/03 13:10, "Bob Wyman" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>Iain Shigeoka wrote: >> >> >>>I feel a bit overwhelmed by these patent applications. >>> >>> >>That wasn't an application. It was a patent. This application >>*has* been granted... >> >>bob wyman >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>On Behalf Of Iain Shigeoka >>Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 2:39 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [IM-patents] Another IM patent for AOL #6539421 >> >> >>Geez. This is pretty ridiculous. Are they going to try to patent dialog >>boxes for setting options next? I feel a bit overwhelmed by these patent >>applications. How many are being approved? Can we trust the USPTO to >>throw out stupid patents or do we have to actively fight all of them? >> >>-iain >> >>On 4/5/03 10:50, "Bob Wyman" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>>http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6539421 >>> >>>Abstract >>>A messaging application user interface has an input element for >>>receiving electronic messages and an output element for displaying >>>electronic messages. The messaging application user interface can be >>>implemented so as to maintain a subset of the plurality of potential >>>message recipients, the subset being determined using a predetermined >>>criterion. The messaging application user interface also can be >>>implemented so as to auto-complete a partially entered address based >>>on the subset of potential message recipients. A set of >>>user-selectable signals that modify auto-completion behavior also can >>>be used with the messaging application user interface. The messaging >>>application user interface can be used in an instant messaging system >>>to allow a user to send instant messages to and exchange comments with >>> >>> >>>a plurality of other users without having to switch among several >>>instant message windows. >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>IM-patents mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://jabber.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/im-patents >> >>_______________________________________________ >>IM-patents mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://jabber.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/im-patents >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >IM-patents mailing list >[email protected] >http://jabber.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/im-patents > > > --------------050005080201020803090809 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> This is patently ridiculous. I think it is time that there was a larger discussion about patents in the software community. This has happened in the past but nothing much has ever happened. Perhaps the IEEE or ACM might be a place to get it going again.<br> <br> Lawrence Rogers<br> <br> Iain Shigeoka wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="midBAB4A915.1765D%[email protected]"> <pre wrap="">Even worse. -iain On 4/5/03 13:10, "Bob Wyman" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]"><[email protected]></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Iain Shigeoka wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I feel a bit overwhelmed by these patent applications. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">That wasn't an application. It was a patent. This application *has* been granted... bob wyman -----Original Message----- From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:[email protected]">mailto:[email protected]</a>] On Behalf Of Iain Shigeoka Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 2:39 PM To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> Subject: Re: [IM-patents] Another IM patent for AOL #6539421 Geez. This is pretty ridiculous. Are they going to try to patent dialog boxes for setting options next? I feel a bit overwhelmed by these patent applications. How many are being approved? Can we trust the USPTO to throw out stupid patents or do we have to actively fight all of them? -iain On 4/5/03 10:50, "Bob Wyman" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]"><[email protected]></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6539421">http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6539421</a> Abstract A messaging application user interface has an input element for receiving electronic messages and an output element for displaying electronic messages. The messaging application user interface can be implemented so as to maintain a subset of the plurality of potential message recipients, the subset being determined using a predetermined criterion. The messaging application user interface also can be implemented so as to auto-complete a partially entered address based on the subset of potential message recipients. A set of user-selectable signals that modify auto-completion behavior also can be used with the messaging application user interface. The messaging application user interface can be used in an instant messaging system to allow a user to send instant messages to and exchange comments with </pre> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">a plurality of other users without having to switch among several instant message windows. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">_______________________________________________ IM-patents mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://jabber.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/im-patents">http://jabber.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/im-patents</a> _______________________________________________ IM-patents mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://jabber.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/im-patents">http://jabber.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/im-patents</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----> _______________________________________________ IM-patents mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://jabber.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/im-patents">http://jabber.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/im-patents</a> </pre> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html> --------------050005080201020803090809--