[JDEV] OT: AOL Patents IM (Patent creates IM wrinkle )

[David Waite]

Well, the cmopany was founded in June 1996, and the patent was filed in 
1997.

-David Waite

Van Gale wrote:

>A lot of the messages I've seen here mention systems in use after 1990.  I
>do believe ICQ was available by at least 1990, maybe sooner.  I have a
>6-digit ICQ number because I started using it then, and I believe it had
>been available for at least 6 months before.
>
>Hopefully someone can come up with something earlier for prior art.
>
>Van
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