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Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: emh on 25 December 2002, 22:52

Title: AOL granted patent for instant messaging technology
Post by: emh on 25 December 2002, 22:52
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,73435,00.html (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,73435,00.html)

This could be potentially troublesome.

Although this could mean that all the crap that Microsoft is doing to free software could finally come back to bite them in the ass with this patent.
Title: AOL granted patent for instant messaging technology
Post by: choasforages on 26 December 2002, 00:11
they call it a free country, but hey can own a way of thinking??? and my parents are still under the illusione that it is a free country. and good articles not aimed at the technical type? im going to print out the article on the pregnant women getting abused at the airport
Title: AOL granted patent for instant messaging technology
Post by: lazygamer on 26 December 2002, 01:34
AOL? Taken from my MES profile:

AIM ID:AOLSUXWHYWOULDUUSEAAOLSERVICE?

Hmmm just for fun...

ICQ ID: Allies only...fuckin n00b  :D
Title: AOL granted patent for instant messaging technology
Post by: TheQuirk on 26 December 2002, 04:29
quote:
Originally posted by lazygamer:
AOL? Taken from my MES profile:

AIM ID:AOLSUXWHYWOULDUUSEAAOLSERVICE?

Hmmm just for fun...

ICQ ID: Allies only...fuckin n00b   :D  



uh?
Title: AOL granted patent for instant messaging technology
Post by: DC on 27 December 2002, 23:05
We should hold a contest who can think of the most instances of prior art that this patent covers.
Title: AOL granted patent for instant messaging technology
Post by: TheQuirk on 28 December 2002, 00:42
Well, there was an old unix command...
Title: AOL granted patent for instant messaging technology
Post by: DC on 28 December 2002, 03:39
One point for quirk  (http://smile.gif)

When was IRC thought up?
Title: AOL granted patent for instant messaging technology
Post by: choasforages on 28 December 2002, 05:47
irc?

well, did'nt icq exist bfore this patent was filled
Title: AOL granted patent for instant messaging technology
Post by: Kintaro on 28 December 2002, 06:05
I have the whole rfc on my computer for IRC, let me check...

May 1993

Its RFC1459
Title: AOL granted patent for instant messaging technology
Post by: Fett101 on 28 December 2002, 08:47
AOL bought ICQ.
Title: AOL granted patent for instant messaging technology
Post by: emh on 28 December 2002, 21:19
Technically, the patent is for ICQ.  However, as Fett1011 has already stated, AOL bought ICQ, so the patent is theirs, as far as I can tell.
Title: AOL granted patent for instant messaging technology
Post by: cahult on 28 December 2002, 11:44
Maybe we should start a fuckaol.com forum?  :D
Title: AOL granted patent for instant messaging technology
Post by: Kintaro on 28 December 2002, 17:07
www.fuckfuckssites.com (http://www.fuckfuckssites.com)

NOW THERES IRONY (lets do it)
Title: AOL granted patent for instant messaging technology
Post by: Kintaro on 28 December 2002, 17:11
quote:
Originally posted by choasforages:
they call it a free country, but hey can own a way of thinking??? and my parents are still under the illusione that it is a free country. and good articles not aimed at the technical type? im going to print out the article on the pregnant women getting abused at the airport


you have no context, say sexually abused.
Title: AOL granted patent for instant messaging technology
Post by: DC on 28 December 2002, 18:24
quote:
Originally posted by choasforages:
irc?

well, did'nt icq exist bfore this patent was filled


Well, ICQ existed prior to 1993, and apparently that means that their patent goes back to that time (I'm not sure, I'm not a lawyer).