Microsoft trying to patent RSS feeds reader?
6 Comments Published December 22nd, 2006 00:47 Tags: Microsoft, Patents, RSS, Web-feedsI just saw the article "Microsoft seeks patent covering Web feed readers" at ZDNet.
Apparently Microsoft is seeking a patent covering:
»A content syndication platform, such as a web content syndication platform, manages, organizes and makes available for consumption content that is acquired from the Internet. In at least some embodiments, the platform can acquire and organize [...]
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Hej Lars
Nice post, I gave the patents a few words on my own blog (in danish sorry).
In relation to the use of patents for fast moving technologies you have to remember that even if they do get a patent (not likely) others can use the knowledge and improve the technology without infringing on the patent. So the competitors can take MS´s knowledge and do something even better.
Hey Kristian
Nice post you did on the subject, I'll add it to the post right away. I'm not that much into the patent world, so it's nice that someone who is, takes the time to explain it :-)
However, I still can't figure out why Microsoft want to patent an RSS reader?
// Lars
To Kristian:
But there is no new knowledge to be found in the patent application. It is filled with common practices, e.g:
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[0059] At the end of successfully synching a feed, the feed's LastUpdateTime is set to the current time and NextUpdateTime is set to LastUpdateTime plus an interval plus randomness ( 1/10th of the interval). Specifically: TABLE-US-00001 LastUpdateTime = currentTime NextUpdateTime = currentTime + Interval + Random(Interval * 0.1) ErrorInterval = 0
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Hi Niels (and others)
About the news: Well it would seem that there is no news in the application, even I with my limited abilities wondered what the new invention was. So hopefuly the application falls, or gets adjusted so it reveals some new technical feature. One other point is that the application does not disclose what the invention does and how…which also will lead either to correction or demise.