Microsoft Frowned At For Smiley Patent
Talkback I hope everyone understands this is only for CUSTOM emoticons and does not effect the selection of standard emoticons, as we all know today. The first claim must be read as a whole. This MUST be in the first claim.
[July 26, 2005, 17:52]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog There are any number of services that can be sold on the back of this -- sending emoticons to your friends that accurately detect your state of mind and format themselves accordingly, remote lie-detectors to make sure your bird/bloke is really...
[August 27, 2004, 17:20]
Microsoft Frowned At For Smiley Patent
Talkback As it is, they are patenting the entire process - creation of custom emoticons, right through to their reconstruction remotely. The primary claim for the patent application (claim number 1 - the remaining claims expand on the detail in this claim...
[July 26, 2005, 10:05]
The Internet Celebrates Its Birthday - Again
News According to Brian Dear, who is writing a book on the PLATO system, which began life in 1960 as a solution to delivering individualised instruction to students in schools and universities across the US, emoticons were regularly used on that system...
[January 2, 2003, 12:17]
Trillian Users Upset Over Yahoo Block
News But that interface means Yahoo, AOL and MSN can't differentiate themselves via features such as emoticons. As the IM wars escalate again, consumers are claiming they're the casualties. Yahoo on Wednesday evening began blocking third-party instant...
[June 25, 2004, 8:55]
