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AvantGo Gets a Patent

Posted by michael on from the slashdot.org/palm/ dept.

AnElder writes: "Yahoo's Daily News Technology section is carrying a story reporting that AvantGo has received a patent for its synchronization technology. And here's an excerpt: "In legal jargon, AvantGo said the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had issued it patent No. 6,341,316 covering the system, method and computer program product for synchronizing content between a server and a client." Why didn't I think of this?" In all fairness, the patent doesn't seem to be as bad as many that have been issued. It cites many other patents as references (which helps ensure that AvantGo is doing something *different*), and is rather specific about the process - I would expect that there are many ways to "synchronize" data that wouldn't run into this patent.

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  1. Prior Art? by 7608 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    rdist, wget, assimilator, mirror, cp, nfs, tape, backup, restore, comp...

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  2. Requisite Stupid Post about Patents by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant


    just to get it out of the way, since every story about patents compels every retard who thinks they are funny to post something like:

    "Ha! I'm going to patent [insert name of commonly used idea/substance/technology, such as 'air' or 'first posts']."

    and

    [insert an idiotic Al Gore/internet comment that we've all heard a billion times.]

    It wasn't funny then, it's just painfully stupid now. Thank you.

  3. A long, long time ago... by El_Smack · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...In _this_ galxay, I created a batch file for DOS that used comp, attrib and xcopy to sync files. Wonder if I can patent that? Sheesh.

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  4. Well, by amitv · · Score: 1, Redundant

    So does this make CVS and rsync subject to patent royalties now?

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