User: __art_medlar__

Hey, I did this almost six years ago!

On: Microsoft Patenting IM Translation?

There's a reference to the hack here:
http://www.tbtf.com/archive/1998-01-12.html
(search for "babelchat")

The chat room is long gone, but I've still got the source code around.
Seems to be identical to at least claims 1, 13, 26, 32, and 36 in the MS patent.