If we need something tangible (perhaps to hit over the USPTO's head) then how about Andrew Leonard's book "Bots, The Origin Of New Species", which I have here in front of me.
It talks about all kinds of bots, on systems including instant messaging systems such as IRC, and the book itself is classified thus:
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If we need something tangible (perhaps to hit over the USPTO's head) then how about Andrew Leonard's book "Bots, The Origin Of New Species", which I have here in front of me.
It talks about all kinds of bots, on systems including instant messaging systems such as IRC, and the book itself is classified thus:
1.Intelligent Agents (Computer software)
2.Human-computer Interaction
First Edition 1997.
ISBN 1-888869-05-4
At Amazon.