On 9/27/07, Janne Savukoski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/27/07, Peter Saint-Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thomas Charron wrote: > > > On 9/27/07, Peter Saint-Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Thomas Charron wrote: > > >>> How a patent could be granted on basically transmitting an XPath > > >>> query string is really beyond me. > > >> Me too. > > > Here's what's interesting. The patents issues where to France Telecom. > > > The patents where issued, I believe, on exactly the same use we > > > where looking at, specifically, distributing XML document changes over > > > Jabber/XMPP. > > I haven't looked at the patent application itself. What's the number? > Heh, I just had to take a look. "Data signal for modifying a graphic > scene, corresponding method and device" :) (US 6,911,982) > Actually pretty educating, I could've never guessed that one can > generalize patents this broadly outside their original scope...
They probrably did it that way intentionally. Otherwise, someone else could use a similar technique but make it unique by adding 'other ways' of say, transporting the data. France Telecom has a whole slew of patents for things that personally, I disagree with. Take a gander at this page: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/result.html?query_txt=France%20Telecom%20XML Or even better! http://www.freepatentsonline.com/result.html?query_txt=france%20telecom%20instant%20message -- -- Thomas
