ccarlin
join:2000-12-28
Deerfield, IL | I had the last one long before the patent application My Microsoft UltimateTV which according to wikipedia was released in 2000, already had the overshoot correction built in.
Would that constitute prior art? I know I can fast forward at 300x normal speed and when I stop it jumps back. Pretty much exactly the same. So how does stuff like this get thru the patent system and by all the lawyers as well? | |
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  ILpt4UPremium
join:2006-11-12
Lisle, IL
kudos:4
1 edit | Re: I had the last one long before the patent application Why is not Microsoft a named party? | |
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 | | | Re: I had the last one long before the patent application because if MSFT had it before it was even a patent it would give MSFT the right to use it. Also how do you know MSFT doesn't have some agreement with TiVO? | |
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join:2006-11-12
Lisle, IL
kudos:4 | Re: I had the last one long before the patent application I bring up MSFT because MSFT's MediaRoom software is what runs on AT&T U-Verse's DVR... | |
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| | | | | | Re: I had the last one long before the patent application ATT is the end-user though, which you go after them. If it wasn't for ATT, MSFT WOULD NOT make the product since they wouldn't have a buyer for the product. DCMA would apply here. | |
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join:2006-11-12
Lisle, IL
kudos:4 | Re: I had the last one long before the patent application There are other customers of MSFT MediaRoom | |
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| | | said by ILpt4U:Why is not Microsoft a named party? Assuming that ATT isn't stupid, MS will be on the hook for any damages because it is their software that implements the DVR functionality... | |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | because MSFT could lawyerstomp Tivo into the dirt. or just revoke all of Tivo's licenses accidently.
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KenAF
join:2006-01-23
Arlington, VA
2 edits | TiVo shipped its first DVR with that feature in March, 1999.
A TiVo patent on an earlier method of overshoot protection was filed in March, 2000 and granted in February, 2005.
You really have to be careful about making conclusions from a patent title or description. TiVo (and hundreds of other companies) have multiple patents with the same name and description that address different methods and/or refined versions of their method. The patent applies to the method described, not the name or description. | |
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