Chat "XYZ is typing a message " - Public Deception & Shame 2004-03-04 - By Kofi Obiri-Yeboah
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For those of us who cut our teeth on UNIX systems, we find it sad and
deplorable that some company can "honestly" claim to have introduced
anything new to the "instant messaging environment". Most of these ideas or
features were part of standard UNIX utilities. hence without knowing the
academic or professional background of those awarding these patents, I can
only say "Shame upon you!" XYZ is typing is definitely OLDER THAN 10 YEARS!
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: "Jesse Warden" <warden@(protected)>
To: <flashcomm@(protected)>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 12:22 PM
Subject: RE: [FlashComm] Chat "XYZ is typing a message"
> I own the counterclockwise one; clockwise pending.
>
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: Simon Lord [mailto:slord@(protected)]
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 02:53 PM
> To: flashcomm@(protected)
> Subject: Re: [FlashComm] Chat "XYZ is typing a message"
>
>
> I haven't seen a clearer case for prior art in a long time. AOL has
> had this for quite some time now, Apple's iChat has it too (runs off
> the AOL network so I guess it'd have too).
>
> If I remember correctly, many many moons ago when I was on SGI systems
> for several years, the shell had a means for users to chat to one
> another and you could see what that person was typing in realtime. So
> that's two cases, I'm sure there are boatloads more.
>
> Anyone on this list building a chat tool that previewed the status of
> someone else *typing* would have to offer a service large enough to get
> MS's attention before getting even remotely concerned. I'm fairly
> confident that whatever their intentions are, it's directed towards AOL
> and ICQ, not FCS authors.
>
> Also, IM is going to be massive in the not too distant future. There
> are companies out there beta testing FINANCIAL software for CFO's so
> that they know *exactly* what the companies bottom line is. The way it
> works is the accounting dept enters data concerning PO's, payroll,
> utilities etc into an IM enabled accounting system that displays data
> in realtime in a tidy *easy to read* window on the CFO's desktop (like
> a Bloomberg device) - that way the CFO knows *exactly* what the
> corporate results are up to the minute (these companies very likely
> have already patented a system similar to what MS was just awarded, so
> look for a fight there).
>
> My bet is MS is simply trying to gobble up as many intellectual bits of
> paper they can, that way they can play the "sue me? sue you!" game in
> the future and hope their patents actually stick.
>
> BTW, anyone know who owns the patent on "a method or device whereby the
> user can turn a hoolahoop clockwise or counterclockwise to indicate a
> direction to proceed." I think I have an innovative idea to patent...
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 3, 2004, at 10:14 AM, Julian Dolce wrote:
>
> > Not that this should stop you but just so you know.
> >
> > http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3089321
> >
> > Blasted Microsoft.
> >
> > Julian Dolce
> > Creative Technologist
> > Fuel Industries Inc
> > Ottawa, ON
> > www.fuelindustries.com
> > 613.224.6738 x241
> >
> >
> > -- --Original Message-- --
> > From: Brook Davies [mailto:blists@(protected)]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 4:20 PM
> > To: flashcomm@(protected)
> > Subject: [FlashComm] Chat "XYZ is typing a message"
> >
> > Hi, quick question. What would I use to be able to display a message
> > "user XYZ is typing a message" while one user is typing (like MSN
> > Messenger).
> >
> > Would I use a shared object or just a call to the server to broadcast
> > the state of a user.
> >
> > My second question is when you call a method on the communication
> > server
> >
> > my.nc.sendMessage() and that 'calls' a method on the client, does the
> > client that originated the call not get called?
> >
> > Brook
> >
> >
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> Sincerely,
> Simon
>
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