I only clicked on the link to read the abstract of the patent. But, to me, it was about a patent on pc optimization over the internet. "A system, method, and computer program product for delivery and automatic execution of security, management, or optimization software over an Internet connection to a user computer responsive to a user request entered via a web browser on the user computer." -- That really sucks as a patent, though. Just change the d*mn wording to be A sytme, method or computer program product for delivery and automatic execution of (fill in the blank) (audio file downloads, word processing, et al).. I bet that patent will get challenged. The "inventors" listed will have to prove a lot, I bet. Remote system adminstration tools have been available for a long time..
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I only clicked on the link to read the abstract of the patent. But, to me, it was about a patent on pc optimization over the internet. "A system, method, and computer program product for delivery and automatic execution of security, management, or optimization software over an Internet connection to a user computer responsive to a user request entered via a web browser on the user computer." -- That really sucks as a patent, though. Just change the d*mn wording to be A sytme, method or computer program product for delivery and automatic execution of (fill in the blank) (audio file downloads, word processing, et al).. I bet that patent will get challenged. The "inventors" listed will have to prove a lot, I bet. Remote system adminstration tools have been available for a long time..