thanks for highlighting, Carl! Should be interesting for the community
discussing here to know, what you mention below might turn out good material
also for OSGeo when it comes to a discussion about the state of the art.
(Ya know, back in the 90s I stumbled over a patent by Microsoft about multiple
B-Trees - exactly something I had been asked in my oral diploma exam a decade
back :) ).
best,
Peter
On 01/02/2014 07:28 PM, Carl Reed wrote:
Peter -
The OGC has already compiled an extensive list of potential prior art related
to web mapping. This information was compiled in 2001-2002 in response to
MultiMap lawyers sending cease and desist orders to OGC members who were
implementing WMS. Our compiled list of possible prior art was enough to stop
that particular set of legal actions. This information was published but is
also maintained on the OGC website.
The Apple patent application is very broad. On reading the patent, apparently
Apple has never heard of the GIS industry :-) There is a group of GIS
professionals collecting possible prior art to submit to the US Patent Office
to support the community assertion that this patent should not be granted.
Cheers
Carl
-----Original Message----- From: Peter Baumann
Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 2:39 AM
To: Carl Reed OGC ; George Percivall
Cc: Venkatesh Raghavan ; OSGeo Discussions ; OSGeo-Board
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] About "Interactive Map" patent application by
Apple Inc.
Hi Carl, George,
this should be of interest to OGC as well IMHO. It might be that they patent WMS
facets.
best,
Peter
On 12/21/2013 07:05 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:
Dear All,
I think the OSGeo should express strong objection to the "Interactive Map"
patent filed by Apple on 17 Dec 2012 [1]. The contents of the patent [1]
describe features that OSGeo software already provides for over a decade.
Best
Venka
[1]
http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=2&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=%28715%2F771.CCLS.+AND+20131219.PD.%29&OS=ccl/715/771+and+pd/12/19/2013&RS=%28CCL/715/771+AND+PD/20131219%29
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