<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>RE: [JDEV] Slashdot article on IM Bots patent</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> The University of Illinois PLATO system had chatbots in at least 1982 -- probably more like 1978. Felix > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Schumacher [<A HREF="mailto:ben@blahr.com">mailto:ben@blahr.com</A>] > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 1:26 PM > To: jdev@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. > > _______________________________________________ > jdev mailing list > jdev@jabber.org > <A HREF="http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev" TARGET="_blank">http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev</A> > <CODE> ********************************************************************** E-mail sent through the Internet is not secure. Western Asset therefore recommends that you do not send any confidential or sensitive information to us via electronic mail, including social security numbers, account numbers, or personal identification numbers. Delivery, and or timely delivery of Internet mail is not guaranteed. Western Asset therefore recommends that you do not send time sensitive or action-oriented messages to us via electronic mail. ********************************************************************** </CODE> </BODY> </HTML>