On 9/27/07, Peter Saint-Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thomas Charron wrote: > > On 9/27/07, Peter Saint-Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Thomas Charron wrote: > >>> How a patent could be granted on basically transmitting an XPath > >>> query string is really beyond me. > >> Me too. > > > > Here's what's interesting. The patents issues where to France Telecom. > > > > The patents where issued, I believe, on exactly the same use we > > where looking at, specifically, distributing XML document changes over > > Jabber/XMPP. > > I haven't looked at the patent application itself. What's the number? > > > Ironic, isn't it.... > > Ironic or depressing, depending on how you look at it.
Heh, I just had to take a look. "Data signal for modifying a graphic scene, corresponding method and device" :) (US 6,911,982) Actually pretty educating, I could've never guessed that one can generalize patents this broadly outside their original scope... -janne
