On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 10:22:07AM -0600, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: > On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Neil Stevens wrote: > > > > Without seeing the actual patent application, I'll toss out the prior > > > art of using "finger" for presence notification, and the "talk" program > > > for instant messages. > > > > Finger is tied to a specific node on the network, though. The patent talks > > about not being tied to one computer on the network. > > Yes, this seems to be a possible trap in the patent, since it may even > trip up IRC (/whois reveals your network address) depending on which > lawyers are arguing the case...
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