Re: SBC has patented persistent-frame-based navigation?

[Amalyah Keshet]

Further reading:   SBC's patent claim on Web navigation is way off course By Dan Gillmor Mercury News Technology Columnist http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gillmor/5056768.htm and http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/000762.shtml     Wired http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,57344,00.html     SBC Claims Patent Covers Frame-Like Browsing Company is asking sites using certain frames to pay licensing fees, but some are calling the request unreasonable. March 12. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,108903,00.asp     Evidence torpedoes SBC web patent The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/29123.html   ----- Original Message ----- From: Leslie Johnston To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:48 PM Subject: Fwd: SBC has patented ICON-based navigation All, This is very amusing/frightening if it's a real cease-and-desist order!  Read the museumtour link first, then the other.  Looking at the patent, it seems to have been granted to the Dynatext application, and this company is trying to claim that the patent is infringed upon by any web page interface that has similarities ... >From: "Smith, Denise (Hewitt)" <denise.sm...@idea.com> >To: SIGIA-L <sigi...@asis.org> >Subject: [Sigia-l] SBC has patented ICON-based navigation >Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:20:25 -0600 > >Does anyone know more about this? > >http://www2.museumtour.com/sbc.html > >http://playbacktime.com/archives/000260.html > >Best regards, > >Denise Smith >Information    --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com