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Microsoft Seeks Patent On Virtual Desktop Pager

Posted by timothy on from the enlightenment-anyone dept.

ihabawad writes "Microsoft has a patent on file for this really cool new technology called 'virtual desktops' where you see a 'pager' on the screen. Read all about it by searching under "Published Applications" for patent #20030189597 at the US Patent and Trademark Office. You know, I had a dream that I was using such a thing once; what was it called? -- yes, FvwmPager! Weird, eh?"

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  1. WINPOPUP by jhealy · · Score: 1, Troll

    Am I the only one that remembers winpopup.exe... the network pager that was released in Windows For Workgroups 3.11? This is prior art to all the nVidia and fvwmpager stuff you guys are talking about.

    Sometimes its hard to read these forums because people feel like they know they are right, but they only really do a Google search for "web pager" and check the first page for results.