> -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 4:02 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: No so good news > > > Again - if it were also a stand alone application (as it probably needs > > to be) then the situation is murkier - how is it "integrated". A DLL > > on > > the machine (as long as it launched by a hyper text command and > > controlled by the hyper-text browser) IS a "plug-in" - despite the fact > > that there is no "generic" plug-in architecture in place. > > > Integrating a DLL into an application means that it is part of the same > memory space and thus does not use IPC to communicate.
I don't think that's correct. ActiveX (and this Flash and all of the ActiveX plug-ins) uses COM - which launches the "external" application in the same memory space. In fact most ActiveX controls are simply DLLs. It seems to me that if ActiveX is covered (which is really just a generic method for launching DLLs in process) that a non-generic method may also be covered. (Actually it's an application choice whether to run a COM component in-or-out of process, but in the case of ActiveX I believe that the controls are run in process.) > > IE opening Word (for example) via OLE mode is also (seemingly) covered > > as is Encarta (which launches media and other applications via it's > > hyper text interface). > > > In the case of OLE, there is IPC going on between two distinct > applications with one being clearly controlled by another. Which, it seems to me, is covered by the patent. > > Of course this IS legalese and thus completely obtuse - but I still the > > patent paints with a much larger stroke than many people think. > > > No doubt about that, but the fact that IPC is specifically mentioned > means that any integration that doesn't use IPC is not covered. I was reading "Inter-process communication" to be a generic term for pretty much any communication across processes. Is that a technology name? If so then my platform is getting shakier. ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
