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Understanding RSS Patents And Meta Data
here are some issues large companies use claims of
regarding patent patent infringement to fend-off
applications of RSS and smaller competitors. It further
different aspects of Meta Data claims that small businesses can
and what its overall effects actually use patents to their
would be. When companies are able advantage even in an industry
to patent obvious technical that has seen an explosion of new
innovations and successfully patents in the past decades.
prevent other companies from
moving forward, an unhealthy The experts' advice to small
situation occurs. So how do companies is to come up with a
patents really work in the patent strategy before starting
software industry? operation. Research data would
show that there is a significant
Are Patents Important? correlation between the pursuit
of patents and the future success
Some say that the US Patent of start-ups. It has been found
System has become a murky swamp out that start-ups with patents
for the tech industry where only are four times more likely to go
corporations with deep pockets public than those without. Only
are considered safe. The long half of this number is expected
standing resistance to patents is to fail especially as they
based on the belief that it has receive much more in financing.
become a barrier to innovation. The people that excel in this
The idea that a small firm’s area are those that recognize
freedom to innovate is curtailed threats to their developed
by the existence of so many technology as a serious problem.
patents in the software industry Those that do not bother to take
persists. At least one research steps for intellectual property
contradicts this premise that protection consistently fared
worse. is to be displayed. Another
embodiment provides modification
Newly published patent regarding how a displayed feed is
applications can be searched at stored so that it can be used
the US Patent and Trademark again at a later time.
Office. It can be done online by
browsing through industry There is also a filed patent that
category or by doing keyword deals directly with
search. The site provides auto-discovery. Disclosure of
searches by keyword and lists of technique for detecting, managing
patents applications by location, and presenting syndication XML
agent and law firm name, city of feeds is done. An embodiment
the agent and inventor name. allows a web browser to
automatically determine when a
RSS Patents and the Different web site is publishing feeds and
Aspects of Meta Data notifies the user for easy
access. One other embodiment
When Apple Computer filed for facilitates browser capability to
patents on some uses of RSS as determine whether a web page or
well as patents covering Meta feed is advertising relationship
Data management, it gave rise to XML while displaying information
a prolonged and extended about the people identified with
discussion about its probable such.
effects. One applied patent deals
with variable length posts. A A series of Apple related patent
user can modify how a feed is applications include one that
displayed, in what order and how makes some broad claims for a web
it is formatted in one browser user interface that
embodiment. This also includes enables a user to switch between
how much of a particular content displaying a file and displaying
a feed related to the file. There created by several different
are also applications that make software applications are
claims on managing Meta Data and captured which is then searched.
indices. These claims are The type of information in Meta
considered incredibly broad as Data from one type of file
one application basically claim differs from the type of
that Apple owns the ability to information in Meta Data for
aggregate Meta Data from two or another type of file. Other
more programs for searching. methods are described as well as
data processing systems and
There is a fear that if such machine-readable media.
application with a very broad
coverage is approved, it could A patent application for the
effectively lock out all methods and apparatuses for
newcomers from the field. It processing Meta Data is as
could easily impact other follows: One embodiment provides
player’s ability to implement its that when a file having Meta Data
search techniques as well. is received, the Meta Data or at
Whether or not such a scenario is least a portion of the content of
possible, one thing remains the file is extracted from the
clear: users will not appreciate file to generate a first set of
anything that gets in the way of Meta Data. An analysis is
improving the feed-reading performed on the extracted Meta
experience. Data and the content to be able
to generate a second set of Meta
An abstract of a patent Data. This may include Meta Data
application for methods and in addition to the first set. The
systems for managing data such as second set may then be stored in
Meta Data appears this way. In a database suitable to be
one method, Meta Data from files searched for identification or
location of the file. Other performed. This is done when a
methods and applications are selection of at least one file
likewise described. having Meta Data stored in a Meta
Data database is received and a
For methods and systems for selection of a command to search
managing an index database, the using at least a portion of the
patent application is as follows: Meta Data is also received. This
An index database is stored on a particular application likewise
machine readable volume with an describes other methods, data
operating system and the files processing systems and machine
which have been indexed. After readable media.
storing, the volume is made
available for distribution to It would be very interesting to
licensees or customers. The see if claims such as those
volume will include a previously mentioned above will survive. The
created index database which approval of patent applications
allows the user to begin use of largely depends on the claim
the index database without having having precedence over the
to perform an indexing operation. practices of others.
Non-obviousness is another
Another patent application for consideration which can be used
systems and methods for managing as a main argument against most
Meta Data provides that a search patent applications.
through the Meta Data database is
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