That's who they secured the patent through. It wasn't aol who received the patent it was ICQ whom they had purchased.
Robert Everland III Web Developer Extraordinaire Dixon Ticonderoga Company http://www.dixonusa.com -----Original Message----- From: jon hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 10:05 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: AOL patents instant messaging Whatever...I remember using irc way before ICQ ever came out. Hell, how has the unix talk command been around? -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, December 18, 2002, 9:12:49 AM, you wrote: HH> In other news...Time Warner has submitted a patent for air.... HH> ================================================== HH> Dec. 17 - America Online has quietly secured a patent that could HH> potentially shake up the competitive landscape for instant messaging HH> software. The patent, filed in September this year, grants AOL HH> instant messaging subsidiary ICQ rights as the inventor of the HH> popular IM Internet application. The patent covers anything HH> resembling a network that allows multiple users to see when other HH> users are present and then to communicate with them. HH> http://www.msnbc.com/news/848770.asp?0dm=C14KT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
