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Title: Is this a valid patent?
Post by: Thorin on January 02, 2009, 01:37:32 PM

System and method for enabling users to interact in a virtual space: http://www.google.com/patents?id=wv5-AAAAEBAJ&dq=7,181,690

This is a patent apparently filed in 2000. I'm pretty sure there is both prior art in William Gibson's Neuromancer series and in apps/games that were around in 1998...

Title: Re: Is this a valid patent?
Post by: Mr. Analog on January 04, 2009, 01:05:08 PM

Is this a patent for a MUD because those have been around since the dawn of Usenet...

I'm-a confused.

Title: Re: Is this a valid patent?
Post by: Thorin on January 04, 2009, 04:19:20 PM

Sorta like a MUD, but with a "3-D" interface...

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