Re: Faceted Search Patent Lawsuit

2011-08-17 Thread Gora Mohanty
Hi, Sorry for the top-quote: On a mobile. A discussion on the evils of patents aside, shirley library catalogues are prior art. I remember such systems giving lists of matches by category, if maybe not counts. Will look at the patent applications, but sheesh, what a waste of time and resources.

Re: Faceted Search Patent Lawsuit

2011-08-17 Thread Darren Govoni
patent rights only last 17 years then it is public domain. On 08/17/2011 11:05 AM, Walter Underwood wrote: I have no plan to look at the patents, but there is some serious prior art in faceted search. First, faceted classification for libraries was invented by S. R. Ranganathan in 1933. Comput

Re: Faceted Search Patent Lawsuit

2011-08-17 Thread Walter Underwood
I have no plan to look at the patents, but there is some serious prior art in faceted search. First, faceted classification for libraries was invented by S. R. Ranganathan in 1933. Computer search for libraries dates from the 1960's, probably. Combining the two is obvious, even back then. wunde

Re: Faceted Search Patent Lawsuit

2011-08-17 Thread Matt Shields
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 8:51 AM, LaMaze Johnson wrote: > > Paul Libbrecht-4 wrote: > > > > Robert, > > > > I believe, precisely, the objective of such a thread is to be helped by > > knowledgeable techies into being able to do what you say. > > > > If Johnson gave only 3 lines of details, such as

Re: Faceted Search Patent Lawsuit

2011-08-17 Thread LaMaze Johnson
Paul Libbrecht-4 wrote: > > Robert, > > I believe, precisely, the objective of such a thread is to be helped by > knowledgeable techies into being able to do what you say. > > If Johnson gave only 3 lines of details, such as claimed patent URLs or > dates, we might easily be able to tell him th

Re: Faceted Search Patent Lawsuit

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Libbrecht
Le 17 août 2011 à 13:01, Robert Muir a écrit : >> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 03:58:29PM -0400, Grant Ingersoll wrote: >>> I know you mean well and are probably wondering what to do next [...] >> >> Still, a short heads-up like Johnson's would seem OK? >> After all, this is of concern to us all. >

Re: Faceted Search Patent Lawsuit - Please Read

2011-08-17 Thread Robert Muir
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 3:12 AM, Tomas Zerolo wrote: > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 03:58:29PM -0400, Grant Ingersoll wrote: >> I know you mean well and are probably wondering what to do next [...] > > Still, a short heads-up like Johnson's would seem OK? > > After all, this is of concern to us all. >

Re: Faceted Search Patent Lawsuit - Please Read

2011-08-17 Thread Tomas Zerolo
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 03:58:29PM -0400, Grant Ingersoll wrote: > I know you mean well and are probably wondering what to do next [...] Still, a short heads-up like Johnson's would seem OK? After all, this is of concern to us all. Regards -- tomás

Re: Faceted Search Patent Lawsuit - Please Read

2011-08-16 Thread Paul Libbrecht
While I agree with Grant we shouldn't engage on a legal discussion, it may be worth that this thread shares a few dates of when faceted search was used "in the old times"... paul Le 16 août 2011 à 22:02, LaMaze Johnson a écrit : > > Grant Ingersoll-2 wrote: >> >> I know you mean well and ar

Re: Faceted Search Patent Lawsuit - Please Read

2011-08-16 Thread LaMaze Johnson
Grant Ingersoll-2 wrote: > > I know you mean well and are probably wondering what to do next, but such > a discussion is really beyond the scope of this mailing list. Most of us > aren't lawyers (I wonder if anyone here is?) and if we were, we wouldn't > likely speculate in public on something t

Re: Faceted Search Patent Lawsuit - Please Read

2011-08-16 Thread Grant Ingersoll
I know you mean well and are probably wondering what to do next, but such a discussion is really beyond the scope of this mailing list. Most of us aren't lawyers (I wonder if anyone here is?) and if we were, we wouldn't likely speculate in public on something that can only be decided in the cou

Re: Faceted Search Patent Lawsuit - Please Read

2011-08-16 Thread LaMaze Johnson
Gora Mohanty-3 wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:03 AM, LaMaze Johnson > wrote: > [...] >> Just thought I would make others aware of this.  I'd appreciate any >> insight >> others might have regarding the issue. > [...] > > If you will permit me a moment of levity, from th

Re: Faceted Search Patent Lawsuit - Please Read

2011-08-16 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:03 AM, LaMaze Johnson wrote: [...] > Just thought I would make others aware of this.  I'd appreciate any insight > others might have regarding the issue. [...] If you will permit me a moment of levity, from the perspective of someone in India, I would say, move to a non