Re: Interesting patent

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From: Frank Peters
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 1991 01:27

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: On 3 Feb 91 19:25:02 GMT, sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) said:

SC> I saw this regarding Procomm plus 2.0, a new version of an MSDOS based
SC> modem communications program.

SC>      There's also an enhanced Dialing Directory with sorting, and the 
SC>      ability to attach notes, as well as a Filename Clipboard, for 
SC>      which a patent has been applied, allowing filenames to be cut 
SC>      from the screen to an "electronic clipboard" while online. 
SC>      Current owners of Procomm Plus can upgrade for just $39. The full 
SC>      retail price is $119. 
SC>      
SC> Does anyone know about this Filename Clipboard thingie? If it does
SC> what it sounds like, I'd swear I've seen something like it before. If
SC> so, I'd love to help fight another software patent.

Ummm...well, I hate to bring it up in this group and all but my old
128k Mac (*before* lawsuits people...take your hands off the flame
throwers :-) had the concept of a clipboard with which you could cut,
copy and paste just about any text or graphics (including, I suppose,
file names) between two applications.  It doesn't sound like this
offers anything above that.

In fact, I expect most windowing systems have such a concept (I know X
does.  I'm pretty sure SunView did.  Never used MS Windows) though
they may not explicitly call it a clipboard.

Is there some special magic being done that I'm not aware of?

FWP
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