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US Patent 7406501 ... "Conversion of an instant message to an e-mail message" WTF...Is that it?
by barrynolan 15y ago
US Patent 7406501 ... "Conversion of an instant message to an e-mail message" WTF...Is that it?
- IgorPartola 15y agoGoogle does that! Quick Yahoo! sue them!
- Andrex 15y agoGoogle vs. Yahoo! would be even bloodier than Google vs. Oracle has been.
- klez 15y agoIMHO the linked article misunderstood what this is all about. I think it's more the "Reply to this thread by replying to this email" facebook does when you receive a message notification.
- bbrizzi 15y agoIf you consider that an e-mail is a type of instant message, it makes even less sense.
- pja 15y agoRead the claims. http://www.google.com/patents/US7406501?printsec=claims&dq=7406501#v=onepage&q=7406501&f=false http://www.google.com/patents/US7406501?printsec=claims&... The abstract doesn't define the patent. The claims are what defines the patent, in combination with the notes in the patent file which can often limit the claims even further. Yahoo is claiming a specific method of seamlessly converting an instant message communication into an email one, not the general concept. Claim 1 narrows the claims from that general case immediately.
- rplnt 15y agoSounds like something from Apple's portfolio.