FW: [JDEV] Slashdot article on IM Bots patent

[Ivan R. Judson]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jdev-admin at jabber.org [mailto:jdev-admin at jabber.org] On 
> Behalf Of James MacMillan
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 7:26 AM
> To: jdev at jabber.org
> Subject: [JDEV] Slashdot article on IM Bots patent
> 
> 
> Slashdot just put up a story that should be of interest to 
> everyone on 
> this list.
> 
> Apparently, the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted a 
> huge patent 
> to ActiveBuddy that
> covers every step of IM bot technology.
> 
> It is completely ludicris, but it does exist.
> 
http://slashdot.org/articles/02/08/15/1350230.shtml?tid=155

(links from the text of the article)
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/1446781
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=
/netahtml/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=ft00&s1=activebuddy&OS
=activebuddy&RS=activebuddy

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