Check out this patent. It appears to be for storing web page state in the web page itself and transmitting that state using HTTP POST. I'm not even kidding.

Check out this patent. It appears to be for storing web page state in the web page itself and transmitting that state using HTTP POST. I'm not even kidding. http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=wIEoAAAAEBAJ&dq=5623656 http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=wIEoAAAAEBAJ&dq=5... It's especially interesting to read the "referenced by" list on that page. "Incorporating state information into a URL" ... "Method for transmitting images over a network" ... "System for tracking the purchase of a product over the internet." Seriously, what are we going to do about this?