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Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent)
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent) |
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Thu, 29 Apr 2004 19:57:52 -0400 |
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In article <c6rlbf$si0$1@blue.rahul.net>,
c.c.eiftj@1-ClickXXS.usenet.us.com (Rahul Dhesi) wrote:
> But unlike me, you seemd to imply, several times, that "open" and
> "application" had obvious common meanings -- which meanings you have yet
> to state with any prevision.
An application is a computer program that performs a distinct activity.
Opening it is starting it running.
These are common terms in the computer industry. Since a patent is
supposed to be understandable by an industry professional, how far does
it have to go in defining common terms?
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), (continued)
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Alun, 2004/04/29
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Rahul Dhesi, 2004/04/28
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Barry Margolin, 2004/04/28
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Rahul Dhesi, 2004/04/28
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Barry Margolin, 2004/04/28
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Rahul Dhesi, 2004/04/28
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Barry Margolin, 2004/04/28
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Ben Pfaff, 2004/04/29
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Barry Margolin, 2004/04/29
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Rahul Dhesi, 2004/04/29
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent),
Barry Margolin <=
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Rahul Dhesi, 2004/04/29
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Christopher C. Stacy, 2004/04/29
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Barry Margolin, 2004/04/29
Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Barry Margolin, 2004/04/27
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Matt, 2004/04/28
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Philip Callan, 2004/04/28
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), John W. Eaton, 2004/04/28
1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), derelict, 2004/04/27
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Gandalf Parker, 2004/04/27
- Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent), Barry Margolin, 2004/04/28