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Re: Boingo awarded patent for hotspot access
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:17:17 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Tony Lauck <tlauck () madriver com> Date: June 24, 2009 11:38:54 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] Re: Boingo awarded patent for hotspot accessI don't pay much attention to news articles when the relevant facts are available on-line -- in this case in the U.S. patent database.
A *very cursory* examination of the 7,483,984 patent shows that the claims are fairly narrow. It would be fairly easy to design around them. (Narrow claims only pose a serious problem when they get written into standards that products are expected to follow. I don't believe this is the case here.)
Tony Lauck https://www.aglauck.com David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: "William Stucke" <William () zanet co za> Date: June 24, 2009 3:24:22 AM EDT To: <dave () farber net> Subject: RE: [IP] Boingo awarded patent for hotspot access Hi David,Unless the patent is for something other than indicated in the article, this patent rather highlights the stupidity of the US Patent Office, which hasThis patent highlights our commitment.issued patents for many other things that are by no means original inventions, including the children's swing, recently.Of the many things claimed in this patent, only interchanging data between an access point database on the client device and on a central server seemsvaguely original.http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1 &u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO %2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,483,984.PN.&OS=PN/7,483 ,984&RS=PN/ 7,483,984
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