o_O microsoft gets patent on cookies?
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o_O microsoft gets patent on cookies?
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Pars ... /6,632,248
Is it just me or is this bizzare?
This is not a rant againt ms only but some patents of the last few years are really strange, aren't they?
Is it just me or is this bizzare?
This is not a rant againt ms only but some patents of the last few years are really strange, aren't they?
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Stoneguard
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I _think_ their intent is to patent the concept of sessions, not cookies. I cannot really tell (only briefly looked at the document). But if they can patent the process, it may cause issues with other servers maintaining sessions, although I cannot see how they can patent every single potential method of achieving this state.
I know I was personally using cookies as early as 1997 to establish a session state without using any built-in server side sessions. It was very complex code I wrote in C++ at the time, but was a lot of fun to learn.
I know I was personally using cookies as early as 1997 to establish a session state without using any built-in server side sessions. It was very complex code I wrote in C++ at the time, but was a lot of fun to learn.
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fractalvibes
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