PATENT NO: US 6,389,458 by a company called
Idea Flood has been approved! This patent covers the exit console idea that has been used and developed on the internet for years. We need to ban together and be strong against the threats that patents like this bring!
And guess what.. they are puting the patent up for sell! This is reality.. this is not scare tactics
What other patents do they have pending? See a partial list below or goto their
website :
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Method and apparatus for conducting domain name service
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Distributed computing by carrier-hosted agent
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Method and apparatus for verifying the identity of individuals
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20020089960
Method for verifying geographical location of wide area network users
20020087429
Method and apparatus for securing delivery of goods
20020083070
Method and system for operating a network server to discourage inappropriate use
20020082926
Method and system for transacting with network traffic
20020073335
System and method for serving content over a wide area network
20020059370
Method and apparatus for delivering content via information retrieval devices