Q3W getting shut down... By Microsoft.

Post by **rep** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:27 am

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Par ... 0050156873

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Rest in peace.

Post by **Dave** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:35 am

They're talking about sendng icons over IM, not forums... Now if q3w decided to implement a system were you could upload your own icons and have them spawn automagically on everyone else's computer then maybe they'd have a case

Post by **SoM** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:46 am

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Post by **dnoyc** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:49 am

so like rep to be a fucking moron.

Post by **tnf** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:53 am

Dave wrote:They're talking about sendng icons over IM, not forums... Now if q3w decided to implement a system were you could upload your own icons and have them spawn automagically on everyone else's computer then maybe they'd have a case

You should also be a patent attorney along with being a politician.

Post by **rep** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:57 am

Dave wrote:They're talking about sendng icons over IM, not forums... Now if q3w decided to implement a system were you could upload your own icons and have them spawn automagically on everyone else's computer then maybe they'd have a case

So any forum with a file attachment feature, or AOL Instant Messenger which you can use AIM Expressions with? (Different sets of emoticons. I believe you can hack them and make your own.)

Post by **dnoyc** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:57 am

Post by **Dave** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:00 am

tnf wrote:
Dave wrote:They're talking about sendng icons over IM, not forums... Now if q3w decided to implement a system were you could upload your own icons and have them spawn automagically on everyone else's computer then maybe they'd have a case
You should also be a patent attorney along with being a politician.

i'm getting my PHD in commonsense and reading comprehension posting here :icon26:

Post by **tnf** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:02 am

Are you implying I lack both of those?

Post by **Dave** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:04 am

rep wrote:
Dave wrote:They're talking about sendng icons over IM, not forums... Now if q3w decided to implement a system were you could upload your own icons and have them spawn automagically on everyone else's computer then maybe they'd have a case
So any forum with a file attachment feature, or AOL Instant Messenger which you can use AIM Expressions with? (Different sets of emoticons. I believe you can hack them and make your own.)

the patent is also confined to real-time communications. I don't consider a forum real-time.

telephone : IM :: postal mail : forum

You know about analogies, right?

Post by **Dave** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:04 am

tnf wrote:Are you implying I lack both of those?

no....

Post by **tnf** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:09 am

Oh. You would have been correct in doing so.

i kant reed vere gud.

Post by **Scourge** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:21 am

Rep, you have entirely too much free time on your hands.

Post by **bitWISE** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:31 am

Software patents are fucking lame...especially trivial ones like these.

Post by **Canis** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:16 am

I think this is for a biometric-like technology that will use a camera to record the emotional state of your face as you sit in front of your computer and then represent it in an avatar of some sort that changes dynamically with your emotions.

Post by **Dave** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:24 am

"character sequences representing the custom emoticons" -> ;) :) :up: :etc: - not quote body recognition.

Maybe you should patent body actions for generating icons... it could be your cash cow someday.

The first "implementation" is about pumping image data over the connection along with the message and redrawing on the other side.

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:37 am

wait, did they patent "emoticons" or smileys? i mean those "emoticunts" are those annoying little yellow fuckfaces in msn they made right, while smileys are just character sequences used for over 20 years

Post by **Denz** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:40 am

I knew better to click on one of rep's threads, I don't know why I did it. Now I regret it as usual.

Post by **Chupacabra** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:50 am

hooray for the overly dramatic topic title

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:02 am

Denz wrote:I knew better to click on one of rep's threads, I don't know why I did it. Now I regret it as usual.

just means you're weak

Post by **Ryoki** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:46 pm

MKJ wrote:"emoticunts" are those annoying little yellow fuckfaces

I agree with this discription wholeheartedly!

Post by **plained** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:00 pm

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Post by **Doombrain** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:15 pm

Post by **plained** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:17 pm

ey doen worri i got some for you pally :dbspank:

Post by **seremtan** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:45 pm

ha ha adblocked :lub: