{"id":4978,"date":"2003-11-21T10:22:37","date_gmt":"2003-11-21T17:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4978"},"modified":"2003-11-21T10:22:37","modified_gmt":"2003-11-21T17:22:37","slug":"all_your_e_comm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/11\/21\/all_your_e_comm.html","title":{"rendered":"All your e-commerce are belong to us!"},"content":{"rendered":"

AT&T has a patent on e-commerce<\/a>. That seems to be the gist of its law suit yesterday against PayPal and eBay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

AT&T alleges that, through the use of their online payment systems, PayPal and eBay have infringed AT&T’s U.S. patent <\/a>that covers transactions in which a trusted intermediary securely processes payments over a communications system such as the Internet. The use of a trusted intermediary ensures that one party will not have to disclose sensitive information, such as a credit card number or bank account number, to the other party to the transaction. AT&T’s lawsuit seeks compensation for PayPal’s and eBay’s unauthorized use of the patented technology.<\/p>\n

The patent, if you read down the conclusions, claims that it also therefore covers an “essentially unlimited” number of electronic intermediary\/transaction types through “communications,” including voting, wish lists, gift registries, professional referral services, and auctions.<\/p>\n

Next up — Micro$oft claims to have a patent on using money, and IBM claims to have a patent on the use of all “computerized thinking machines.”<\/p>\n

(via InstaPundit<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AT&T has a patent on e-commerce. That seems to be the gist of its law suit yesterday against PayPal and eBay. 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