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Re: US Patent 6,687,897

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  • Subject: Re: US Patent 6,687,897
  • From: bry@i...
  • Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 09:49:42 CET

us patent
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.
> 
> 
> 
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