[uf-discuss] copy-and-paste metadata prior art?

[Charles Iliya Krempeaux]

Hello,

My (custom written) blog software does that too.  Look near the bottom
of the page to see an example...

http://changelog.ca/log/2006/07/09/goodbye_phonebook

(Highlight some text in the article, and then click the "Get Quote" button.)


See ya


On 9/30/06, Chris Messina <chris.messina at gmail.com> wrote:
> BlogAssist (http://www.dejal.com/blogassist/) does something
> similar... and in fact, I had designed Flock's quotation system to
> work this way, using the <blockquote cite=""> tag/attribute combo to
> retain the original data's source.
>
> In fact, if you drag content onto Flock's Web Snippets bar (which used
> to be called "Shelf"), it'll correctly cite the original URL that you
> dragged the content from.
>
> Not exactly copy paste, but I think that this patent definitely ought
> be challenged (or else the future of mF is indeed imperiled if Apple
> chooses to enforce this -- as it surely will).
>
> Chris
>
> On 9/30/06, Bruce D'Arcus <bdarcus.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone know of any prior art that might be used to contest this patent?
> >
> > <http://www.macnn.com/blogs/?p=110>
> >
> > >From what I can tell, Apple is trying to patent the ability to
> > copy-and-paste metadata to the clipboard, which would I think have far
> > reacing impacts (doesn't stuff like LiveClipboard cover this ground?).
> >
> > Bruce
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