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Article #1732Re: Microsoft Patents Saving The Name Of A Game
From: Kadaitcha Man
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 08:01
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 08:01
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"theodp" <theodp@aol.com> wrote in message news:e7946e7b.0404062252.28ffe0bb@posting.google.com... > --> From http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20040406/1349225.shtml > > Microsoft Patents Saving The Name Of A Game > Contributed by Mike on Tuesday, April 6th, 2004 @ 01:49PM > from the yeah,-that's-non-obvious dept. > > theodp writes "As if there weren't enough dodgy patents, here's an > excerpt from one granted to Microsoft Tuesday for a 'Method and > apparatus for displaying information regarding stored data in a gaming > system': 'When saving a game, the saved game data may include a > descriptive name of the saved game, a graphic representation of the > state of the game when the game was saved, a description of the game > state when the game was saved, and a date and time that the game was > saved.'" I'm trying to figure out if there's more to this patent, but > the more I read, the worse it seems. How is this possibly > "non-obvious"? > > --> Link to Patent > > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6,716,102 > > --> Link to Patent File History (Shows Two Earlier Rejections) > > http://pair.uspto.gov/cgi-bin/final/pairsearch.pl?searchtype=patent&patentnumber=6,716,102 If you actually bothered to read and understand it, you total fucktard, it relates to XBox games over broadband. All it means is that developers will have to agree to a license in order to save extensive game data in XBox format. You stupid, pillocking linuxfuck. -- http://kadaitcha.cx Windows XP Problem and Troubleshooting Resources <a href="http://kadaitcha.cx"></a>
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