I just read your post that Geoworks was jsut granted teh Flexible User interface patent. You are factually incorrect. Geoworks applied for this patent and it was granted in 1994 by the Patent and Trademark Office. This patent specifies a method in which one application is able to run on a variety of devices. The WAP Forum is employing this same patented method in the current WAp specification, so Geoworks, as a member of the WAP Forum, created a licensing program so that the company could receive royalties for the use of its patent (this is an extremely common practice in technology industries). At no point did Geoworks claim that it owned the WAP specification -- only that the specification was using same patented method. If you wish to learn the actual facts about this patent, please consult the Geoworks Web site at www.geoworks.com.
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I just read your post that Geoworks was jsut granted teh Flexible User interface patent. You are factually incorrect. Geoworks applied for this patent and it was granted in 1994 by the Patent and Trademark Office. This patent specifies a method in which one application is able to run on a variety of devices. The WAP Forum is employing this same patented method in the current WAp specification, so Geoworks, as a member of the WAP Forum, created a licensing program so that the company could receive royalties for the use of its patent (this is an extremely common practice in technology industries). At no point did Geoworks claim that it owned the WAP specification -- only that the specification was using same patented method. If you wish to learn the actual facts about this patent, please consult the Geoworks Web site at www.geoworks.com.