Re: IBM patents tunneling HTTP through another protocal

On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Jim Gettys wrote:

> The idea, as I understand it, has been around for a long time.  Examples
> 1 and 3 above apply most closely, that occur to me without much thought,
> and long predate the patent application.

But isn't it the building and describing of a 'machine' which receives the
patent and not the concept or idea? 

Dave