GraphOn patent.

[Stefaan A Eeckels]

On 16-Nov-99 Lars Nilsson wrote:
>  or whatever it's worth, the patent was award back in 1993. On the other
>  hand, they're describing encoding something using byte values between 32 and
>  127 to avoid control characters. I'm assuing VNC doesn't bother with such
>  silliness being sent over TCP/IP, and if this is the case, I can't really
>  see much of an infringement.
In addition, it specifically mentions (in claim #1), that a
single number needs to be used to transfer X,Y coordinates, and
that the number should be computed using a specific formula.
I guess that using a different formula would be enough to get
VNC "off the patent hook".

At least, this patent seems more specific and less silly than the
Y2K windowing patent that some crank is pursuing.

IMHO, obviously.  

Stefaan
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