Cisco Patents the Triple Play

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Cisco Patents the Triple Play

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday October 13, 2006 @02:46PM from the there-goes-the-old-ball-game dept.

Aditi.Tuteja writes, "Cisco was recently granted a patent on a 'system and method for providing integrated voice, video and data to customer premises over a single network.' Sound a lot like 'triple play?' Yes it is. The patent, which was filed back in 2000, describes a system that would allow consumers to receive all of their home services through one service provider instead of two or three. The patent's wording seems broad enough to cover nearly all existing implementations of triple play, and some are worried that Cisco will try to wield the newly granted patent against such providers as AT&T and Comcast. If such a thing were to happen, progress on AT&T's Project Lightspeed could slow even more."

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Gillette Mach3 meet Schick Quattro!! by bughouse26 · 2006-10-13 15:07 · Score: 3, Funny

I call dibbs on creating a patent for opening 4 simultaneous TCP/IP sockets!
1. Re:Gillette Mach3 meet Schick Quattro!! by KillerCow · 2006-10-13 16:49 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I call dibbs on creating a patent for opening 4 simultaneous TCP/IP sockets!
  
  Sure thing dude, but I just filed for doing it with one click.
  
  Ohhhhhh. You got served!
I patented prior art! by vlad_petric · 2006-10-13 15:15 · Score: 2, Funny

So quick, gimme 10$

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From a non-American by BSDevil · 2006-10-13 15:18 · Score: 2, Funny

What the fuck is triple-play?

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1. Re:From a non-American by SpecialAgentXXX · 2006-10-13 15:36 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  It's a baseball term. There are 3 outs in an inning. Let's say there are 2 men on base and 1 batter. Well, the batter then hits a long pop fly ball that's caught, but since the other 2 guys are leading off, they have to tag up first before stealing the bases. If the team can tag the bases before the runners can get back to them, you'll have a "triple-play" off of one pitch. Don't you cricket folks have something like that?
Triple play? by JFMulder · 2006-10-13 15:42 · Score: 5, Funny

I prefer to call it "Ménage à trois". :)
Re:Not in a million years by wish+bot · 2006-10-13 16:00 · Score: 4, Funny

HTTP, FTP, and SMTP down one wire?!
Jesus - no one told me I didn't need to get all these tubes.

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Ehh by otacon · 2006-10-13 16:17 · Score: 2, Funny

I for one welcome our new triple play overlords

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Add smell and you win!!! by Maximum+Prophet · 2006-10-13 16:34 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm going to patent the process of providing voice, video, data, and scents. Bingo!, I trump your patent.

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Cisco has the highest markup in the business by viking80 · 2006-10-13 21:59 · Score: 2, Funny

Cisco already has the highest markup in the business, to the envy of everyone else.

Overheard in a pricing discussion on a new router at Cisco:

Mgr. of marketing: "Well, the overall manufacturing costs of this box is $3250. What should we sell it for?. 10x or $32,500 as usual?"
V.P: "Well, that number looks a little constructed. Let's say $36,847"
All: "Done"

This patent will allow them to keep it that way.

If you work for a company like Dell, or Gateway, start to cry now, or maybe look for a new job...

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