[JDEV] Slashdot article on IM Bots patent

[Ben Schumacher]

Yes, but this patent is specifically directed towards instant messaging
bots. I guess it just a question of how you define instant messaging.

>From the patent:
A method and system for interactively responding to queries from a
remotely located user includes a computer server system configured to
receiving an instant message query or request from the user over the
Internet. The query or request is interpreted and appropriate action is
taken, such as accessing a local or remote data resource and formulating
an answer to the user's query. The answer is formatted as appropriate and
returned to the user as an instant message or via another route specified
by the user. A method and system of providing authenticated access to a
given web page via instant messaging is also disclosed.

That description does specifically point to instant messaging, but whether
other bots apply is up to a judge to decide.

Cheers,

bs.

On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Gallo, Felix S. wrote:
> The University of Illinois PLATO system had chatbots in at
> least 1982 -- probably more like 1978.
>
> Felix
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ben Schumacher [mailto:ben at blahr.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 1:26 PM
> > To: jdev at jabber.org
> > Subject: Re: [JDEV] Slashdot article on IM Bots patent
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> > > The scary thing is, these people were actively applying their
> > > technology to use over Jabber at one point (not sure if they still
> > > are) -- talk about bad faith.
> > >
> > > Peter
> >
> > /me is pretty sure that ChatBot would serve as prior art --
> > if it was built before August of 2000 (which I believe it was).
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > bs.
> >
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