- From: Daniel Weitzner <djweitzner@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 11:28:05 -0500
- To: "Richard M. Smith" <rms@computerbytesman.com>
- Cc: "W3C Public Web Plugins List" <public-web-plugins@w3.org>
And the question is: is it still possible to comply with the cookie RFCs without infringing this patent... On Apr 1, 2004, at 11:11 AM, Richard M. Smith wrote: > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser? > Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/ > srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,714,926.WKU.&OS=PN/6,714,926&RS=PN/ > 6,714,926 > > > Inventors: > Benson; Eric A. (Seattle, WA) > > Assignee: > Amazon.com, Inc. (Seattle, WA) > > Appl. No.: > 494712 > > Filed: > January 31, 2000 > > Use of browser cookies to store structured data > > Abstract > > A web site system implements a process for storing selected data > structures within browser cookies. The data structures may contain a > variety of different types of data elements, including N-bit integers > and other non-character elements. A version tracking scheme provides > forward and backward compatibility between client and server software. > The process is implemented without the need for any browser > extensions, and without the need for users to download any special > code to their computers. > > .... > >
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