Those aren't analogies, they're examples, and software patents are almost exactly patents on ideas, not inventions. "Although the invention has been described

Those aren't analogies, they're examples, and software patents are almost exactly patents on ideas, not inventions. "Although the invention has been described by way of examples of preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that various other adaptations and modifications can be made within the spirit and scope of the invention." Good luck with that when the only invention actually described is a "system" that embodies the ideas described in the claims.