David schrieb: > Hello, > > Us users of SMS Shortcodes are getting hit in the US for violating a > patent by TCS Inc. The patent claims to cover: > "A gateway, comprising: a first communication path to accept a short > message from a mobile device; a translation module to insert said short > message into an Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) message; a second > communication path to push said HTTP message to at least one Universal > Resource Locator (URL); and a return communication path to receive a > return message relating to said HTTP message." > > The patent goes on to mention a whole bunch of stuff, ie, using HTTP > POST to send the http message, etc. > > I just got out of a meeting with my lawyer. He says, the only way to > get around this is to NOT use HTTP. > > Over the weekend, I tried to use the sms-service using EXEC instead of > GET-URL, which worked fine... and then the server crashed... i'm > guessing too many spawned processes? > > My question to you all is: how can we NOT use HTTP but have the same > end result? ideally, it would use a command-line exec, but push it into > a waiting server, instead of spawning a new thread. Does anybody have > any ideas on how to do this?
Hi David, there seems to be a HUGE buzz here in the list regarding this patent issue. Can you please reference the patent with patent no./ID, so we can have access to it and READ what it actually claims to be "an invention"? In any modern country, an invention has a precondition: the "invention" has to be done FIRST by the claimer. If the pure concept is KNOWN to the public, even without patent pending registration, a patenting IS NOT possible, and can't be legally prosecuted. Therefore, please state the exact patenting country, no., ID and name of claimer. Stipe -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Kölner Landstrasse 419 40589 Düsseldorf, NRW, Germany tolj.org system architecture Kannel Software Foundation (KSF) http://www.tolj.org/ http://www.kannel.org/ mailto:st_{at}_tolj.org mailto:stolj_{at}_kannel.org -------------------------------------------------------------------
