Microsoft Patents Chatting While Watching TV

petteram · 2006-04-28, 13:10

Read all about it:
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-...-tv-170198.php
And:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060426-6682.html

How will this affect Mediaportal?
Lawsuite from Microsoft?

smnnekho · 2006-04-28, 13:40

unbelievable. trust me, microsoft is defintly going to patent oxygen, so noone will be allowed to breathe without paying for it....

i'm out of words for the 2nd time (the first time was when microsoft did the same with the "dubbleclick"

mzemina · 2006-04-28, 13:43

I talked about it in this thread: http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/vi...?p=88106#88106

Efros · 2006-04-28, 14:37

When did the MSN messenger plugin come about for MP, could be a case of prior art in which case MS's patent is bogus legally not just bogus. Used to be that a patent had to encompass a concept that was not obvious to an expert in the area, nowadays seems you can patent just about anything as proven by MS!

MacsRock · 2006-04-28, 17:02

Quote from the article in the first link:

"Itâ€™s not great, and it covers up a good portion of the bottom of the screen, which is usually where cleavage shows up. You better move that chat box, Microsoft, if you want this thing to catch on."

I don't think it will catch on either. And not just for the reason cited above. :wink:

aasmund Nordal · 2006-04-28, 17:47

I have no words,, it`s just,,, madnes.
Whats next? Patents on msn and radio at the same time?

SteveV · 2006-04-28, 19:39

Dibs on the drinking beer and watching TV patent. :roll:

mzemina · 2006-04-28, 19:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveV

Dibs on the drinking beer and watching TV patent. :roll:

Or would that be drinking beer and coding MP plugins patent :wink: ?

Paranoid Delusion · 2006-04-28, 22:08

SteveV

Sorry steve already at the british patents office on that one.

Quote:

Dibs on the drinking beer and watching TV patent.

8)

2006-04-28, 13:10	#1 (permalink)
petteram Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norway Age: 44 Posts: 191 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Microsoft Patents Chatting While Watching TV Read all about it: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-...-tv-170198.php And: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060426-6682.html How will this affect Mediaportal? Lawsuite from Microsoft?

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aasmund Nordal Portal Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 199 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I have no words,, it`s just,,, madnes. Whats next? Patents on msn and radio at the same time? __________________ htpc- all in one.

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smnnekho Retired Team Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany Age: 24 Posts: 482 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My System	unbelievable. trust me, microsoft is defintly going to patent oxygen, so noone will be allowed to breathe without paying for it.... i'm out of words for the 2nd time (the first time was when microsoft did the same with the "dubbleclick"

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mzemina Retired Team Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ft Smith, AR Posts: 2,045 Thanks: 36 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts Country:	I talked about it in this thread: http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/vi...?p=88106#88106

2006-04-28, 14:37	#4 (permalink)
Efros Portal Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Maine Posts: 464 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	When did the MSN messenger plugin come about for MP, could be a case of prior art in which case MS's patent is bogus legally not just bogus. Used to be that a patent had to encompass a concept that was not obvious to an expert in the area, nowadays seems you can patent just about anything as proven by MS!

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MacsRock Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote from the article in the first link: "Itâ€™s not great, and it covers up a good portion of the bottom of the screen, which is usually where cleavage shows up. You better move that chat box, Microsoft, if you want this thing to catch on." I don't think it will catch on either. And not just for the reason cited above. :wink:

2006-04-28, 19:39	#7 (permalink)
SteveV Retired Team Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Boston, Massachusetts USA Posts: 341 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Dibs on the drinking beer and watching TV patent. :roll: