Yeah, there's plenty of prior art on this. I don't think they have a leg to stand on. But then neither did Amazon. Hey, isn't ESR on the advisory committee to the Patent Office now?
Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre Jabber Software Foundation http://www.jabber.org/people/stpeter.html On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Gallo, Felix S. wrote: > The University of Illinois PLATO system had chatbots in at > least 1982 -- probably more like 1978. > > Felix > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ben Schumacher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 1:26 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [JDEV] Slashdot article on IM Bots patent > > > > > > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: > > > The scary thing is, these people were actively applying their > > > technology to use over Jabber at one point (not sure if they still > > > are) -- talk about bad faith. > > > > > > Peter > > > > /me is pretty sure that ChatBot would serve as prior art -- > > if it was built before August of 2000 (which I believe it was). > > > > Cheers, > > > > bs. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > jdev mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev > > > > > ********************************************************************** > E-mail sent through the Internet is not secure. Western Asset therefore > recommends that you do not send any confidential or sensitive information to > us via electronic mail, including social security numbers, account numbers, > or personal identification numbers. Delivery, and or timely delivery of > Internet mail is not guaranteed. Western Asset therefore recommends that > you do not send time sensitive or action-oriented messages to us via > electronic mail. > ********************************************************************** > > _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
