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ago..) The Here to There Patent of the Day goes to
Ameritech Corporation of Illinois for a Method and system for providing quick
directions
The Content Protection Patent of the Day goes to
International Business Machines Corporation of New York for a Restricting deep hyperlinking on the World Wide Web
Index ================================================== NEWS F5 Networks files cookie patent suit http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2132347,00.html The
networking company is claiming ownership of cookie technology that allows Web
browsers to resume after interruption, and is suing several rivals for
infringement. The patent, number 6,473,802, covers "cookie persistence", which
makes it easier for a Web browser to resume an interrupted session on a Web
site.
Index DirecTV Loses Bid to Dismiss NDS Patent
Infringement Claims http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?mnu=news&ptitle=Technology%20UK&tp=ad_uknews& T=news_storypage99.ht&ad=uktechnology&s=APn9upxT1RGlyZWNU DirecTV,
the largest U.S. satellite-television service, lost its bid to dismiss News
Corp. unit NDS Group Plc's claims that DirecTV infringed patents related to
technology that controls programming access. NDS, a maker of technology for TV
set-top boxes, last year traded lawsuits with Hughes Electronics Corp.'s
DirecTV, its largest client. The dispute concerns the conditional access card,
made by NDS for DirecTV, which allows customers to receive programming from the
satellite-TV service.
Index Microtune claims victory against Broadcom
http://www.e4engineering.com/item.asp?id=48269&type=news Microtune
has said that a jury in US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas,
Sherman Division, has found in favour of Microtune in its patent infringement
dispute against Broadcom. The jury found that Microtune's patent, US Patent No.
5,737,035, was valid and that Broadcom is willfully infringing the patent.
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,539,080
Method and system for providing
quick directions
Abstract: A method and system
for providing a telephone caller information assistance such as driving
directions from a starting location to a destination location. To obtain
information assistance, the caller places a telephone call to access the system.
If the geographical location of the caller can be determined by an automatic
location identification system it is displayed on an operator console where the
caller's request is transferred to be handled by a live operator. The operator
receives the caller's destination request and queries the system for the street
route driving instructions to the requested destination. After obtaining the
street route driving instructions, the call can be transferred to an audio box
having an interactive user interface capable of replaying the desired
information to the caller. In an illustrative embodiment, the interactive user
interface is capable providing functions to stop, start, pause, and replay the
information to the caller.
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6,539,424
Restricting deep hyperlinking on
the World Wide Web
Background: Legal
controversies over deep linking have developed. On the one side, some believe
that deep linking should be illegal. For example, intellectual property owners
of content rich information, such as movie studios, believe that they have the
right to protect their rights to their Web page content by not permitting others
to link to their sites that contain copyrighted material without their specific
authorization. They believe that property owners who create content should have
a right to determine how others experience their Web site. Also, if
advertising-rich home pages are bypassed, then the owner of those sites may
suffer diminished revenue. On the other hand, since linking is what the Web is
all about, others believe that if links are banned or restrictions are put on
linking, then the whole Internet would have to undergo a transformation. The
whole point of the Web is for everything to be linked to everything else. The
belief by some is that deep linking should be permissible because anyone who
creates a Web page in effect grants the cyberspace community at large an implied
license to link to it.
Abstract: The system, method and
program of the invention enables a content provider to maintain control over the
way in which a user may view the content provider's information. If the content
provider receives a request for a Web page that is a deep hyperlink into the
content provider's Web site, the content provider reroutes the request to the
content provider's Home page. In addition, the content provider explicitly
displays to the user, in an attached note, the next link or sequence of links
that the user should follow in order for the user to get to the desired deep
link. As such, users are restricted from entering deeply into Web sites and
bypassing a Web site's home page.
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Excerpt
from OG Notices
Removal from Patent Register
Increase in PCT Fees
Index ================================================== PATENTS AVAILABLE FOR
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Implantable fuel cell This
invention makes use of an electrostrictive material to increase the
efficiency of a fuel cell as used for the production of power within a
human.
Laptop Display The invention includes a computer
projector in a portable computer or PDA device. The lightweight, relatively low
power display, only adds a few ounces of weight to the computer. It can project
a large image display on a screen or wall. In several configurations taught by
the patent, the LCD and active matrix displays, a considerable component of the
cost of any computer or laptop, are eliminated. The projection device images
onto the laptop cover panel, saving hundreds of dollars in manufacturing cost.
Put the display cover in the projector position and you can project an image
onto a large wall for group viewing.
Other Patents CONCRETE
FINISHING TOOL CHEMBLOX EDUCATIONAL MOLECULAR MODELS BOAT LOADING GUIDANCE
DEVICE
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