Software Installation/Update via Internet Patented

RKBA writes "My wife just handed me an article from the Wednesday, October 22, 2003 issue of the Wall Street Journal about a tiny Austin, TX company called Bluecurrent that has been awarded patent No. 6,636,857 covering the Internet installation of any software or settings on new computers. The patent was granted by the USPTO on October 21, 2003. It will be interesting to see if it can be enforced. I think it's time for someone to file a patent on Earth, Fire, and Water. ;-)"

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Re:It Gets Worse

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false. prior art means that the idea has been in common use for a while.

Apt has been around for a long time. since the mid 90's

this is mot going to be enforceable. I doubt the Patent officer looked farther than his windows machine.