American Public Radio reported yesterday that some company was granted a broad patent on remote cash transactions--they mentioned an article in the NYTimes recently (NYT does patent reporting on Saturday typically, but sometimes they do it in the business section on other days; I don't get NYT anymore...); anyone here more about this? Is this yet another example of bozo software patents? If anyone finds out more, please post.
I read the NYT article, which was on the second page of the business section in Monday's edition. Apparently the patent was granted to a Virginia company (don't recall the name, and that may be the wrong state... <sigh>) and covers virtually anything that provides ATM-like functionality from a home computer. The exact boundaries of the patent weren't discussed in the article, but I seriously doubt it would affect a digital cash system. -- Jonathan R. Guy | The opinions expressed above are not E-Mail: guy@theporch.raider.net | those of my employer. Nor are Snail: P.O. Box 158325 | they my own. Actually, I copied them Nashville, TN 37215 | from the encyclopedia.