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Another Hotspot Redirect Patent Collection Attempt

Posted by timothy on from the skilled-in-the-art-of-fleecing dept.

Glenn Fleishman writes "Acacia Technologies is turning its sights from collecting streaming media patent fees to Wi-Fi hotspot gateway redirection, we report at Wi-Fi Networking News. The company acquired a patent that they say covers the use of technology that redirects a login attempt by an unauthenticated user to a login gateway page. They want a minimum of $1,000 per quarter in royalties. Nomadix already claims a patent on this, while we quote an early Wayport executive who says that Wayport has prior art on it. Will community hotspots using NoCatAuth fall under this patent-enforcement attempt? Too early to tell."

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  1. Re:Wow...Just wow. by powerpuffgirls · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe Microsoft will patent its Blue Screen Of Death interface, so nobody else can display an error on screen without a license. I'm sure MS has prior art to that :)