I look at this patent as a good thing. It means that the "Put a GPS
in your cell-phone" just became more expensive. It means that the
WAP-consortium can't sell your privacy without paying royalties to
cel-loc. So cheap phones won't have the feature. Cool.
Adam
On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 01:01:13AM -0700, Bill Stewart wrote:
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| This was on Dave Farber's list.
| If the press release is to be believed, it's a patent on
| using a wireless handset to deliver information that's
| dependent on where you are, such as telling you the nearest MacDonald's.
| - handset-based services granted now, network-based pending.
| I'm not sure how broad their patent claims are,
| as opposed to their marketing PR (:-), but it sounds like it's
| way over-broad, steps on lots of things that should be obvious enough
| to anyone skilled in the trade, and sounds like Yet Another
| Stupid Patent Office Trick.
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