Comment Patent actually not as broad as advertised (Score 1) 237
Hey Slashdotters,
If you actually go to the patent and get passed the extremely lawyered up claims section and read the description of the invention you'll realize that things aren't as bad as they seem. The patent is for a method for allowing lay users to create rich media applications through a web interface. It doesn't cover the rich media applications themselves, so the l337 AJAX or Flex jockeys out there can go on coding in bbedit with no worries at all, their sites won't be in violation of this patent.
You can read the patent yourself here
If you actually go to the patent and get passed the extremely lawyered up claims section and read the description of the invention you'll realize that things aren't as bad as they seem. The patent is for a method for allowing lay users to create rich media applications through a web interface. It doesn't cover the rich media applications themselves, so the l337 AJAX or Flex jockeys out there can go on coding in bbedit with no worries at all, their sites won't be in violation of this patent.
You can read the patent yourself here
