On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Neil Stevens wrote: > > Without seeing the actual patent application, I'll toss out the prior > > art of using "finger" for presence notification, and the "talk" program > > for instant messages. > > Finger is tied to a specific node on the network, though. The patent talks > about not being tied to one computer on the network.
Yes, this seems to be a possible trap in the patent, since it may even trip up IRC (/whois reveals your network address) depending on which lawyers are arguing the case... Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre Jabber Software Foundation http://www.jabber.org/people/stpeter.php _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
