[mythtv-users] Is this gonna be a problem for Myth?

[Aaron Stewart]

It might.. Although, based on TiVO's website (which I am assuming is
directly related to this patent in some way or another), they had the
concept ironed out in mid-97 (all I can get there is a flash-based
timeline with no landing pages), so if anyone wanted to dispute the
patent, it would have to be them.

Motorola might have a claim as well for the interactive program guide
portion of the patent.

Aaron

On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 15:01, Isaac F. wrote:
> I probably wouldn't worry too much just yet.  Many corporations get
> these types of patents for defensive reasons, even when there is a ton
> of prior art.  Now, it would be darned hard to sue MS for using this
> technology.
> 
> Now, if they start going sue happy...
> 
> The important thing would be to find any written descriptions or
> examples of these types of systems that existed prior to October 26,
> 1998 (the filing date).
> 
> Some might argue that hotels that have been offering video on demand for
> years via a room full of VCRs wired to the hotel rooms may constitute
> prior art as far as the "Video-on-Demand" claim goes.
> 
> IF
> 
> In our last episode entitled '[mythtv-users] Is this gonna be a problem for Myth?', Justin Hunt wrote:
> > http://www.embeddedwatch.com/wolfemicrosoftexclusivemay31.htm
> > 
> > Microsoft jsut got a patent for something that sounds VERY similar to this
> > project.
> > 
> > anyone know if it will have an affect on it or not?
> 
> -- 
> Isaac W. Foraker, Software Engineer
> http://tazthecat.net/~isaac/
> Stupidity got us into this mess -- why can't it get us out?
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