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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: Nemesis on July 23, 2005, 09:01:43 am

Title: Do you have a license for that smiley?
Post by: Nemesis on July 23, 2005, 09:01:43 am

Link to full story (http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39210396,00.htm)

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Microsoft frowned at for smiley patent
Ingrid Marson
ZDNet UK
July 22, 2005, 17:15 BST
   
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A software patent filed by Microsoft in the US has been described as 'very dangerous'

Various organisations have criticised Microsoft for attempting to patent the creation of custom emoticons.

The patent, which was published by the US patent office on Thursday, covers selecting pixels to create an emoticon image, assigning a character sequence to these pixels and reconstructing the emoticon after transmission.

Title: Re: Do you have a license for that smiley?
Post by: Bonk on July 23, 2005, 09:11:21 am

Holy "Engulf and Devour Inc." Batman!  :o

This is consistent with Microsoft's history of absorbing pre-proven technology, but a little over the top this time.

I'm confident the application will be rejected.

Title: Re: Do you have a license for that smiley?
Post by: toasty0 on July 23, 2005, 09:24:08 am

Too many lawyers with too little to do.

Title: Re: Do you have a license for that smiley?
Post by: toasty0 on July 23, 2005, 09:50:23 am

Here is the Full Patent Application (http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220050156873%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20050156873&RS=DN/20050156873)

Title: Re: Do you have a license for that smiley?
Post by: Nemesis on July 23, 2005, 12:01:21 pm

Quote from: std::toasty0 on July 23, 2005, 09:50:23 am

Here is the Full Patent Application ([url]http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220050156873%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20050156873&RS=DN/20050156873[/url])

Fixed your link.  Your 2nd ] was a [ instead.

Title: Re: Do you have a license for that smiley?
Post by: toasty0 on July 23, 2005, 09:40:41 pm

Thanks...fixed it in my post too.