http://pivx.com/Company/pr_patentapp_27july2006.html Press Release PivX Solutions Files for Patent Protection and Discloses New Inventions Newport Beach, CA July 27, 2006 PivX Solutions, Inc., a vendor of Windows intrusion prevention software, today announced the filing of a provisional patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in which the company discloses new inventions as well as seeks patent protection for key aspects of its PreEmpt 2.0 intrusion prevention security product for Windows computers. "Filing for patent protection is a necessary step in the growth of any business that owns intellectual property. said Jason Coombs, CEO of PivX Solutions. "Whenever we examine in forensic detail the actions and thoughts a creative person produces, be it in the realm of purely artistic creative expression or in a field of technological innovation, we find specific ways in which that person's creativity was driven by measurable units of tangible progress that further inspired more creative effort. The PivX creative staff was remarkably creative and innovative in the face of business difficulties. This provisional patent application reveals just how novel and rewarding the company's work has been." The title of the provisional patent application, filed on July 25, 2006 reads as follows: "A System or Method of Creating Cryptographic Command or Control Channels with Layers of Digital Signature Authentication or Verification of Digital Communications Enabling Remote Control Over, or Distribution of Arbitrary Reprogramming or Reconfiguration Instructions to, One or More General Purpose Programmable Electronic Devices" and its inventors are Oliver Lavery and Michael Bringle, et al. ... -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org 0xBD4A95BF "A nation's success or failure in achieving democracy is judged in part by how well it responds to those at the bottom and the margins of the social order... The very problems that democratic change brings -- social tension, heightened expectations, political unrest -- are also strengths. Discord is a sign of progress afoot; unease is an indication that a society has let go of what it knows and is working out something better and new." Sandra Day O'Connor