[OT] browser plugin patents - warning!

[Mark Brownell]

On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 06:02  PM, Dar Scott wrote:

> I don't think this patent requires TCP/IP.

from:
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The Internet provides a uniform and open standard for allowing various  
computers and networks to communicate with each other. For example, the  
Internet uses Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol ("TCP/IP")  
that defines a uniform packet-switched communication standard which is  
ultimately used in every transfer of information that takes place over  
the Internet.

and

FIG. 7A is a flowchart describing some of the functionality within the  
HTMLparse.c file of routines. The routines in HTMLparse.c perform the  
task of parsing a hypermedia document and detecting the EMBED tag. In a  
preferred embodiment, the enhancements to include the EMBED tag are  
made to an HTML library included in public domain NCSA Mosaic version  
2.4. Note that much of the source code in is pre-existing NCSA Mosaic  
code. Only those portions of the source code that relate to the new  
functionality discussed in this specification should be considered as  
part of the invention. The new functionality is identifiable as being  
set off from the main body of source code by conditional compilation  
macros such as "#ifdef . . . #endif" as will be readily apparent to one  
of skill in the art.