Reporting the state of an apparatus to a remote computer patented
Thought this was relevent to nanog readership.. Abstract The state of an apparatus is reported to a remote computer using an embedded device in the apparatus. The embedded device detects the state, generates an electronic mail message that reports the state using a self-describing computer language, and sends the electronic mail message to the remote computer. The remote computer receives the electronic mail message and extracts the state of the embedded device from the message. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,757,714.WKU.&OS=PN/6,757,714&RS=PN/6,757,714 Further, "Axeda has 11 additional patents pending in the United States and 10 international patents pending covering other aspects of the remote management of intelligent devices." http://www.axeda.com/products/drm-technology/patented-technology.html
On Wed, 4 Aug 2004, Scott Whyte wrote:
Would avoiding use of XML be enough to circumvent this? -Dan
SW> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 16:18:29 -0700 SW> From: Scott Whyte [snip] I think I'll patent SNMP traps as "low-bandwidth extensible DRM technology". Redirected cron output, EDI, RSS, too, while I'm at it. Looking at archive.org, it seems adventnet.com had XML-based notification before Axeda even existed. Also interesting is http://www.xml.com/pub/a/1999/08/bluestone/ and search for "notification". Some additional quick Google searching turns up tidbits such as http://www.voiceshot.com/public/casestudyid57702.asp http://devresource.hp.com/drc/specifications/wsrf/ http://www.opensec.org/articles/000001.html Then we have various registrars and payment gateways and their XML-based interfaces, which include notifications and state. So why are Axeda and USPTO oblivious to all this? Eddy -- EverQuick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses: davidc@brics.com -*- jfconmaapaq@intc.net -*- sam@everquick.net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked.
* eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net (Edward B. Dreger) [Thu 05 Aug 2004, 19:28 CEST]: [prior art]
So why are Axeda and USPTO oblivious to all this?
The USPTO doesn't do due diligence research. This is only a small part of the reasons for the current patent mess, however. Axeda has no interest in finding prior art, they have an interest in people paying them money, preferably without having to go to court and possibly face defeat when their emperor turns out to have not been in full dress uniform after all. That won't get the defending party back the money they were forced to spend on the process of pointing that out, however. http://kwiki.ffii.org/SwpatcninoEn -- Niels. -- Today's subliminal thought is:
NB> Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 21:44:11 +0200 NB> From: Niels Bakker NB> Axeda has no interest in finding prior art, they have an NB> interest in people paying them money, preferably without NB> having to go to court and possibly face defeat when their NB> emperor turns out to have not been in full dress uniform NB> after all. IANAL, but if http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/matters/matters-9707.html is correct, it would seem that they should have an interest in proper research. NB> http://kwiki.ffii.org/SwpatcninoEn Eddy -- EverQuick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses: davidc@brics.com -*- jfconmaapaq@intc.net -*- sam@everquick.net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked.
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