According to documents filed in the case by Preston Gates & Ellis (yep, Bill G's dad!), Amazon is joined in the lawsuit by A9.com in demanding injunctive relief and unspecified triple damages for "irreparable injury and damages" as a result of Cendant's infringement of the following patents:
BTW, Bezos' '399 patent was the subject of a curious 2001 Prior Art contest run by the Bezos-funded BountyQuest - ties to Bezos were never disclosed and the contest results were never revealed.
From Gates turns over reins of his empire: Gates, 44, said he will remain as chairman and fill a new post created for himself: chief software architect.
Who says compassion is dead? That the system's broken? After all they're giving their fair share! Just because Social Security and Medicare are in crisis, why do they deserve a percentage of poor Sergey's, Larry's, and Eric's stock sales?
--> From The Register HP suffered one of its more embarrassing recent episodes when an internal SAP consolidation cost it $400m in third quarter revenue...But how forthright was HP? During its third quarter earnings call, the company was typically hesitant to say exactly what went wrong with its ordering system. Only later, did word leak out that a failed SAP consolidation was to blame....Many insiders knew the project - code-named Fusion - had every chance of going wrong, despite HP's supposed expertise in dealing with SAP migrations....High-ranking executives were being forced to spend their time approving rush orders of $50 parts to key customers. In total, a disaster - and not one that HP described in exacting detail to the public.
This probably is newsworthy, especially when one considers that in just the last 10 days, the USPTO's disclosed that Microsoft also wants new patents for the following:
PUB. APP. NO. Title 1 20040237083 System and method for progressively installing a software application 2 20040237074 Optimizing compiler transforms for a high level shader language 3 20040237064 Runtime hosting interfaces 4 20040237053 System and method for implementing an image ancillary to a cursor 5 20040237049 Undockable sub-windows 6 20040237046 Unicode transitional code point database 7 20040237028 Method and apparatus for displaying computer program errors as hypertext 8 20040236916 System and method for backing up and restoring data 9 20040236863 Systems and methods for peer-to-peer collaboration to enhance multimedia streaming 10 20040236850 Client proximity detection method and system 11 20040236781 Method and system for registering data formats for objects 12 20040236777 Method and system for client-side caching 13 20040236774 Bookmarking and placemarking a displayed document in a computer system 14 20040236769 System and method for representing content in a file system 15 20040236763 System and method for identifying and storing changes made to a table 16 20040236762 Method and apparatus for generating statistics on query expressions for optimization 17 20040236749 Addresses as objects for email messages 18 20040236746 Timestamping in databases 19 20040236735 Database aggregation query result estimator 20 20040236722 System and method for cardinality estimation based on query execution feedback 21 20040236719 Transmitting information given constrained resources 22 20040236581 Dynamic pronunciation support for Japanese and Chinese speech recognition training 23 20040236444 Extending digital rights management and authentication to audio speakers 24 20040236442 Remote controlled system with computer-based remote control facilitator 25 20040235532 Methods and systems for a portable, interactive display device for use with a computer 26 20040234938 System and method for providing instructional feedback to a user 27 20040234147 System and method for progressively transform coding digital data 28 20040234132 System and method to facilitate pattern recognition by deformable matching 29 20040234130 Implicit page breaks for digitally represented handwriting 30 20040234099 Robust and stealthy video watermarking 31 20040234051 Unified message system for accessing voice mail via email 32 20040233844 Bi-level and full-color video combination for video communication 33 20040233498 Microelectrical mechanical structure (MEMS) optical modulator and optical display system 34 20040233293 System and method for optically communicating information between a display and a camera 35 20040233274 Panoramic video 36 20040233235 Computer user interface architecture that saves a user's non-linear navigation history and intelligently maintains that history 37 20040233211 System and process for optimal texture map reconstruction from multiple views 38 20040233209 Theme aware management using fusion 39 20040233208 Efficient graphics pipeline with a pixel cache and data pre-fetching 40 20040233203 System and method for optimizing a graphics intensive software program for the user's graphics hardware 41 20040233202 Interpolation using redial basis functions with application to inverse kinematics 42 20040233201 System supporting animation of graphical display elements through animation object instances 43 20040233007 Electronic device having adjustable VCO 44 20040230991 Method and apparatus for retrieving data from a broadcast signal 45 20040230987 Reflection-based processing of input parameters for commands 46 20040230986 Server application components with control over state duration 47 20040230957 Methods for comparing versions of a program 48 20040230953 Methods and systems for planning and tracking software reliability an
Check out the testimony of Paul Misener, Amazon's VP of Global Public Policy, as he reminds Nevada legislators who questioned Amazon's failure to pay sales tax that Amazon solved its Washington and Georgia tax problems by closing fulfillment centers in the two states.
While Ozzie was apparently unaware of this, his (very detailed) weblog entry was part of the same PDF document that included the letters signed by Counsel from Microsoft (and their outside law firm), AOL, Macromedia, and Adobe.
--> From a 1987 Newsgroup Post: Sometime in late May or early June I was talking on the phone with TJ and the subject of networking the BBSs together came up. "Wouldn't it be neat if one Fido could automatically call another and send it messages and files -- automatic software updates!" That night TJ logged into Fido 10 and uploaded FIDO_DEC V6, a brand new program called FIDONET, and a new system file called "NODELIST.BBS." With that, FidoNet was born.
The Body Bus Tom Zimmerman has shown that the noncontact coupling between your body and weak electric fields can be used to create and sense tiny nano-amp currents in your body. Modulating these signals creates Body Net, a personal-area network that communicates through your skin.
Jakob's Clueless re:Pre-PC Centralized Computing
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Thirty Years in Computing
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· Score: 5, Interesting
People who started using computers after the PC revolution have no idea about the miserable user experience that centralised computers imposed.
Check out Plato. Pre-1975 bitmapped graphics, audio and photographic quality images, instant messaging, near zero latency multiplayer network gaming, distance learning, groupware, newsgroups, online newspapers, animated email, network delivery of music, client/server computing, touch screen interfaces, flat-panel displays, and multimedia that were delivered across a worldwide educational network with satellite and cable communications using CDC mainframes.
From http://us.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/04/media.r oyalties.reut/ Music industry attorney Bob Donnelly, whom Spitzer credited with bringing the issue to his attention, was more critical of the labels. "I think there was a lot more money than was disbursed today," said Donnelly, who has represented such artists as jazz giant Ornette Coleman and funk pioneer Bootsy Collins in such royalty disputes. "They've been making interest on this money for a long time."...Donnelly said he originally considered filing class action suits against the labels. "But what we discovered is that every time we found a good plaintiff, the record companies would offer to pay them."
Eolas is talking with members of the Linux and open-source community about the use of its Web browser patent, which is at the heart of its high-profile infringement case against Microsoft, the company's founder said on Wednesday. "We're in discussions with major players in Linux world and working on plan to resolve '906 patent issue with entire Linux community," Eolas Founder Michael Doyle told eWEEK.com, referring in short hand to the full patent's number. "The solution will be supportive of open-source community." Full story.
Slashdot Mirror
Look here. BTW, Amazon originally filed a non-disclosure request on this one with the USPTO, which has to be waived when filing internationally.
See the IMAGES section...
According to documents filed in the case by Preston Gates & Ellis (yep, Bill G's dad!), Amazon is joined in the lawsuit by A9.com in demanding injunctive relief and unspecified triple damages for "irreparable injury and damages" as a result of Cendant's infringement of the following patents:
Secure method and system for communicating a list of credit card numbers over a non-secure network (5,715,399), which is held by Bezos and covers displaying "the last N digits of the credit card number, where N is an integer,"
Internet-based customer referral system (6,029,141), which is also held by Bezos and covers Amazon's affiliate program,
Electronic commerce using multiple roles (6,629,079), which covers the use of "multiple electronic shopping carts," and
Navigating within a body of data using one of a number of alternative browse graphs (6,625,609), which describes how one might sell "a Pez candy dispenser in the shape of the Marvin the Martian."
BTW, Bezos' '399 patent was the subject of a curious 2001 Prior Art contest run by the Bezos-funded BountyQuest - ties to Bezos were never disclosed and the contest results were never revealed.
From Gates turns over reins of his empire:
Gates, 44, said he will remain as chairman and fill a new post created for himself: chief software architect.
Who says compassion is dead? That the system's broken? After all they're giving their fair share! Just because Social Security and Medicare are in crisis, why do they deserve a percentage of poor Sergey's, Larry's, and Eric's stock sales?
Perhaps you'd prefer I upgrade to his latest schtick? No? Nyet? Marco PoNo? CEnO?
:-)
To paraphrase David Spade:
I liked OpenSearch better the first time, when it was called...OpenSearch!
USPTO: 06-21-2004 Rescind Nonpublication Request for Pre Grant Publication
Right you are!
Google may best a9.com in the search department, but not when it comes to the patent department. Helped out by parent Amazon, a9.com boasts twenty four patent assignments (17 issued, 7 pending), while Google falls short with twenty one (8 issued, 13 pending).
--> From The Register
HP suffered one of its more embarrassing recent episodes when an internal SAP consolidation cost it $400m in third quarter revenue...But how forthright was HP? During its third quarter earnings call, the company was typically hesitant to say exactly what went wrong with its ordering system. Only later, did word leak out that a failed SAP consolidation was to blame....Many insiders knew the project - code-named Fusion - had every chance of going wrong, despite HP's supposed expertise in dealing with SAP migrations....High-ranking executives were being forced to spend their time approving rush orders of $50 parts to key customers. In total, a disaster - and not one that HP described in exacting detail to the public.
Perhaps it should be mentioned that this 'outspoken supporter of the digital rights the Slashdot community holds so dear' is also the expert witness for Eolas, who has been awarded $565M for its web plug-in patent, which even Microsoft-loathing /.'ers have trouble stomaching.
This probably is newsworthy, especially when one considers that in just the last 10 days, the USPTO's disclosed that Microsoft also wants new patents for the following:
PUB. APP. NO. Title
1 20040237083 System and method for progressively installing a software application
2 20040237074 Optimizing compiler transforms for a high level shader language
3 20040237064 Runtime hosting interfaces
4 20040237053 System and method for implementing an image ancillary to a cursor
5 20040237049 Undockable sub-windows
6 20040237046 Unicode transitional code point database
7 20040237028 Method and apparatus for displaying computer program errors as hypertext
8 20040236916 System and method for backing up and restoring data
9 20040236863 Systems and methods for peer-to-peer collaboration to enhance multimedia streaming
10 20040236850 Client proximity detection method and system
11 20040236781 Method and system for registering data formats for objects
12 20040236777 Method and system for client-side caching
13 20040236774 Bookmarking and placemarking a displayed document in a computer system
14 20040236769 System and method for representing content in a file system
15 20040236763 System and method for identifying and storing changes made to a table
16 20040236762 Method and apparatus for generating statistics on query expressions for optimization
17 20040236749 Addresses as objects for email messages
18 20040236746 Timestamping in databases
19 20040236735 Database aggregation query result estimator
20 20040236722 System and method for cardinality estimation based on query execution feedback
21 20040236719 Transmitting information given constrained resources
22 20040236581 Dynamic pronunciation support for Japanese and Chinese speech recognition training
23 20040236444 Extending digital rights management and authentication to audio speakers
24 20040236442 Remote controlled system with computer-based remote control facilitator
25 20040235532 Methods and systems for a portable, interactive display device for use with a computer
26 20040234938 System and method for providing instructional feedback to a user
27 20040234147 System and method for progressively transform coding digital data
28 20040234132 System and method to facilitate pattern recognition by deformable matching
29 20040234130 Implicit page breaks for digitally represented handwriting
30 20040234099 Robust and stealthy video watermarking
31 20040234051 Unified message system for accessing voice mail via email
32 20040233844 Bi-level and full-color video combination for video communication
33 20040233498 Microelectrical mechanical structure (MEMS) optical modulator and optical display system
34 20040233293 System and method for optically communicating information between a display and a camera
35 20040233274 Panoramic video
36 20040233235 Computer user interface architecture that saves a user's non-linear navigation history and intelligently maintains that history
37 20040233211 System and process for optimal texture map reconstruction from multiple views
38 20040233209 Theme aware management using fusion
39 20040233208 Efficient graphics pipeline with a pixel cache and data pre-fetching
40 20040233203 System and method for optimizing a graphics intensive software program for the user's graphics hardware
41 20040233202 Interpolation using redial basis functions with application to inverse kinematics
42 20040233201 System supporting animation of graphical display elements through animation object instances
43 20040233007 Electronic device having adjustable VCO
44 20040230991 Method and apparatus for retrieving data from a broadcast signal
45 20040230987 Reflection-based processing of input parameters for commands
46 20040230986 Server application components with control over state duration
47 20040230957 Methods for comparing versions of a program
48 20040230953 Methods and systems for planning and tracking software reliability an
Check out the first PLATO patent, issued in 1968 for a Versatile Display Teaching System. BTW, PLATO was conceived in 1959.
Check out the testimony of Paul Misener, Amazon's VP of Global Public Policy, as he reminds Nevada legislators who questioned Amazon's failure to pay sales tax that Amazon solved its Washington and Georgia tax problems by closing fulfillment centers in the two states.
Seems like both were on the same page, eh?
While Ozzie was apparently unaware of this, his (very detailed) weblog entry was part of the same PDF document that included the letters signed by Counsel from Microsoft (and their outside law firm), AOL, Macromedia, and Adobe.
--> From a 1987 Newsgroup Post:
Sometime in late May or early June I was talking on the phone with TJ and the subject of networking the BBSs together came up. "Wouldn't it be neat if one Fido could automatically call another and send it messages and files -- automatic software updates!" That night TJ logged into Fido 10 and uploaded FIDO_DEC V6, a brand new program called FIDONET, and a new system file called "NODELIST.BBS." With that, FidoNet was born.
The Body Bus
Tom Zimmerman has shown that the noncontact coupling between your body and weak electric fields can be used to create and sense tiny nano-amp currents in your body. Modulating these signals creates Body Net, a personal-area network that communicates through your skin.
People who started using computers after the PC revolution have no idea about the miserable user experience that centralised computers imposed.
Check out Plato. Pre-1975 bitmapped graphics, audio and photographic quality images, instant messaging, near zero latency multiplayer network gaming, distance learning, groupware, newsgroups, online newspapers, animated email, network delivery of music, client/server computing, touch screen interfaces, flat-panel displays, and multimedia that were delivered across a worldwide educational network with satellite and cable communications using CDC mainframes.
From http://us.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/04/media.r oyalties.reut/
Music industry attorney Bob Donnelly, whom Spitzer credited with bringing the issue to his attention, was more critical of the labels. "I think there was a lot more money than was disbursed today," said Donnelly, who has represented such artists as jazz giant Ornette Coleman and funk pioneer Bootsy Collins in such royalty disputes. "They've been making interest on this money for a long time."...Donnelly said he originally considered filing class action suits against the labels. "But what we discovered is that every time we found a good plaintiff, the record companies would offer to pay them."
Trees v2.0
by Joyce Kilmer
I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a patented tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks to God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of Adams Apples [TM] in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only inventors can make a tree.
Amazon Releases 1-Click Patent Sequel. NY Post link is broken, but 'Bezos Patent May Be Gift To Amazon' story can be found here.
Eolas is talking with members of the Linux and open-source community about the use of its Web browser patent, which is at the heart of its high-profile infringement case against Microsoft, the company's founder said on Wednesday. "We're in discussions with major players in Linux world and working on plan to resolve '906 patent issue with entire Linux community," Eolas Founder Michael Doyle told eWEEK.com, referring in short hand to the full patent's number. "The solution will be supportive of open-source community." Full story.