[WEB4LIB] RE: British Telecom asserting 1989 patent claiming HTML?

Tue Jun 20 18:43:47 EDT 2000

Michael Sauers wrote:
> 
> > method of
> > sending out information in two blocks - the first block has the text of
> > the current page, and the second block has display formatting information
> > for the text in the first block plus links to other pages of text and
> > formatting information.
> >     As I implied in 1997, with a little legal gymnastics, these claims can
> > be interpreted to read on HTML coding and HTML links,
> 
> But HTML is a single file that includes the links. Not one file with the
> text and one with the formatting and links. Or am I not reading this
> properly?
> 
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What the patent asserts is "blocks" but does not indicate that
the blocks comprise separate files.  This does fit HTML which has
the <HEAD> and <BODY> blocks, so the test works there.

This will be interesting to follow, particularly as it involves
international law.

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Debbie

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