I think that's a reach on this patent. This one talks about facilitating
transactions, maybe like a paypal system. It has virtually nothing to do
with spam.
I can see where you might stretch it to be c/r but I don't think it
would be particularly helpful to this list.
Maybe if you can point out which part of their claims or processes use
C/R then it might make sense. I did a quick scan and did not see
anything.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Wyman [mailto:bob(_at_)wyman(_dot_)us]
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 9:54 AM
To: bob(_at_)wyman(_dot_)us; asrg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Cc: 'Yakov Shafranovich'
Subject: RE: [Asrg] US Spam patents: Partial list
Another patent should be added to the list of patents relevant to
spam.
This one may have implications for C/R related methods.
US Patent: 6,246,996 "Computerized system for facilitating
transactions
between parties on the internet using e-mail" Granted: June 12, 2001
Based on initial filing on Sep. 16, 1994.
See:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6246996
The inventors are: Lee Stein, Einar Stefferud, Nathaniel Borenstein,
and
Marshall Rose...
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