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Online Rich Media Patented
An anonymous reader writes "Balthasar has been awarded a patent on "Methods, systems, and processes for the design and creation of rich-media applications via the internet" ( USPO 7,000,180). In an article at news.com the company claims that "The patent covers all rich-media technology implementations including Flash, Flex, Java, AJAX and XAML and all device footprints which access rich-media Internet applications including desktops, mobile devices, set-top boxes and video game consoles". The patent was filed on 9 February 2001, five years after the original Flash application, FutureWave Splash, was introduced in May 1996."
Can someone trump them with prior art in "the ability to delvier anything whatsoiever over the internet"?
(1.21 gigawatts) / (88 miles per hour) = 30 757 874 newtons
Or will it be
Web 3.0. Back to the plaintext.
Maybe I should have the concept of 'awarding stupid patents' patented - it would make me filthy rich by collecting *lots* of royalties from the USPO.
Balthasar sues Everyone
Everyone fails to settle
Jury rules Everyone is infringing
Judge threatens to shut down Everyone
USPTO decides patent is invalid
Judge shuts Everyone down
Balthaser's own website is built using Flash, one of the technologies for which it claims a patent.
Man, I can't wait until this new technology is implemented. Just think; we'll have something to look forward to on the Internet besides all those cumbersome, hand-coded HTML pages. Hurrah!
In a world without walls, there is no need for Windows.
On second thought, insult to sharks. Sorry, guys.
Pining for the fjords
Don't try specifying your creation of pressure waves in a fluid medium by means of a diaphram, lungs and a larynx.
I already have those covered off with my 'method of enabling gas flow and gas-liquid interchange to enable oxygenation of cells in a suspended medium', (or 'breathing' to you).
I expect to license this concept world-wide, except for France and Iraq. I expect no problem with the Patent Office, since the military have already provided generous funding - they will be contracted to enforce the patent.
Of course we can talk about a joint venture, if you like. I suspect you also will have some market sectors which you will not expect to release licenses in initially - lawyers and politicians spring to mind....
First violation post!!!!!