[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Re: US Patent 6,687,897
hmm, I recently implemented something almost 100% like this using xsl-t as the scripting environment, running through msxml using extension functions to evaluate scripts. not particularly useful, but fun. > If the mere use of XML as a file format renders an old idea newly > patentable and Microsoft decided to exploit this three years ago, the > only choice seems to be to flee to YML (Your ML) and get those patent > applications in before the crowd. ;-} > > Bob Foster > http://xmlbuddy.com/ > > Michael Champion wrote: > > http://www.internetnews.com/dev- news/article.php/3312091 > > > > Details at > > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph- Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/ > > netahtml/search- > > adv.htm&r=9&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=ptxt&S1=Microsoft. ASNM.&OS=AN/ > > Microsoft&RS=AN/Microsoft > > > > " > > Systems, methods and data structures for encompassing scripts written > > in one or more scripting languages in a single file. The scripts of a > > computer system are organized into a single file using Extensible > > Language Markup (XML). Each script is delimited by a file element and > > the script's instructions are delimited by a code element within each > > file element. Other information, such as a name of the script and a > > functional description of the script may also be included in the file > > using other XML elements to delimit that information. The language in > > which a particular script is written is also included within the XML > > format. When a particular script is executed, the file is parsed to > > create a list of the script names or of the functional descriptions of > > the scripts. One or more scripts are selected and the code for those > > scripts is extracted from the file and executed by the appropriate > > scripting process. The scripting process that executes a particular > > script is identified from the scripting extension attribute that is > > included in the XML format of the file." > > > > At very first glance, it appears to be another case of "wrapping common > > practice in XML tags makes it patentable". Of course, there could be > > subtleties here that are more innovative than are apparent at first > > glance, but needless to say it's hard to have any faith that the USPTO > > would be able to tell the difference. > > > > ------------------------------------------- ---------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis- open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> > >
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