17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Robert Hettinga wrote:
Novadigm sues Marimba and threatens W3C.
http://www.novadigm.com/aB5.htm
About The Patent Novadigm's Patent (Number 5,581,764) "Distributed Computer Network Including Hierarchical Resource Information Structure and Related Method of Distributing Resources" describes the processes needed to generate from a common reference model a unique content configuration for each target end user, and to "difference" the "desired state" configuration with the actual-state of the target, yielding highly granular and very specific updates to distributed content automatically. The patent covers two central areas:
I have just two words... Prior Art