It's a ridiculous patent because it basically talks about the only possible implementation of on screen display functionality. Seeing as most of us hadn't even heard of this patent until recently, it seems like it was the "obvious" implementation, hardly an innovative idea.
Every paper based TV listing I've seen uses a grid like this. On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 12:02:29PM -0600, Krister Lagerstrom wrote: > Aubin Paul said: > > You're probably right that this patent is uneforceable, but for the > > sake of being careful, maybe we should avoid putting into Freevo CVS > > at least until it's been looked into further. > > Reading the patent text in the previous email, we're not even allowed to > put up program information on top of the TV screen. > > I should move back to Sweden where the patent law explicitly states that > patents does not restrict private use. > > / Krister > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. > Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with > a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Freevo-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel
