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October 09, 2003
Microsoft Granted IM Patent
Posted by Stowe Boyd
Microsoft has been granted a patent for what had seemed to be a basic feature of many IM products and services: an indicator that tells a user that another person is typing. AOL and Yahoo (to name only two) also support this feature.
Patent No. 6,631,412 could wind up as a bargaining chip in future patent negotiations with competitors like AOL and Yahoo, who are likewise holding or seeking basic patents for core IM functionality.
I will be meeting with various Microsoft folks next week at the Instant Messaging Planet conference, and will post more on these developments then.
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