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Wireless Management Of A Computer System: Patented
from the our-wonderful-patent-system dept
The patent system is just getting out of control. The latest is that a company named Expand Beyond has patented a system for wireless monitoring and management of computer systems. The patent (6,772,169) sounds incredibly broad, covering any systems where someone is using a portable device with a wireless connection to monitor computer systems. Why is this patentable? The big difference here is the "wireless" aspect -- which isn't a new technology. All they're doing is taking something that existed over a wired network before and making it wireless. To say that's "non-obvious" (as a patent must be) is a joke.
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Not new
Now they're just replacing "on the internet" with "over a wireless connection"...
Anyone got a guess when these kind of patents will eventually get thrown out?
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The last gasp of a desperate company
It is a sad...
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