Submission + - AI - Playing Score4 (functional/imperative style) (ece.ntua.gr)
She smiled and said "I'd like to see that, uncle!"... and that's when this story started..."
The "extra" stuff that the patent proposes, is a BOOLEAN flag, that HeapCheck functions would check upon entry (at runtime) - therefore allowing the developer to control (ON/OFF) the machinery at runtime. For example, the substitute allocation function can check a registry setting, to decide whether the functionality is on or off, and a separate utility GUI can toggle this registry setting on/off (I believe Microsoft's PageHeap has something exactly like that).
So tell me, do you REALLY consider this addendum - a boolean flag, for pitty's sake - enough "innovation", to warrant the term "invention"? Patentable "invention"?
You are actually arguing... that adding a boolean flag, controlled at runtime - a BOOLEAN flag! - constitutes enough... innovation, to make this... a completely new invention, worthy of patenting?
That is, if the allocation function checks e.g. a registry setting upon entry, and a GUI application simply sets this registry entry to True/False.... then suddenly the contribution is so enormous, to warrant the label of "new invention"?
Really? Are you serious?
It's just plain math and a "plotpixel" function... so I'd be happy to know what to change to make it run faster in other browsers - any suggestions?
(the good thing about Javascript - the code is open-source by nature)
On my aging PentiumD/2.8GHz:
It's a naive, domestic operating system without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.