Sad. Just Plain Sad (Score 1)

The worst part is the fact that the US Patent Office is never going to be funded to get the staff and technology it deserves to weed out the fluff like this. This is because major corporations would be the ultimate losers in that setup. With a better staffed and trained USPTO, most the "business" patents (like that whole "1-Click shopping" thing) would have been shot dead in the water.

But, broken or not, a patent is a patent, but getting royalties on patents is another matter - just ask RAMBUS...