Ok, so of course this was all in the works years ago. I'm surprised Microsoft could hold them off as long as they did.
Eolas > US Patent 5,838,906 http://www.w3.org/2003/09/public-faq The Really Funny thing is... This a patent and then we all saw on the message lists the following NEW Patent which if I look at the types of applications if effects end up being the same set as those in the Eolas Patent... Isn't this the same thing??? U.S. Grants Patent For Broad Range Of Internet Rich Applications ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The patent--issued on Valentine's Day--covers all rich-media technology implementations, including Flash, Flex, Java, Ajax, and XAML, when the rich-media application is accessed on any device over the Internet, according to the patent holders. http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:233310 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:236641 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
