[8479] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Multimedia has been patented
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dick St.Peters)
Sat Nov 20 11:51:56 1993
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 93 11:45:04 EST
From: stpeters@spare-parts.crd.ge.com (Dick St.Peters)
To: 0005066432@mcimail.com, sugarman@panix.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Reply-To: <stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com>
> If there is a patent attorney who reads this, I would appreciate his/her
> comments plus any futher information on the patent application.
I have asked a friend who is a patent attorney and used to be a patent
examiner at the Patent Office to obtain the patent and render an
opinion. He's developed an interest in the topic since I got him
hooked on Mosaic.
Pending his response, I would note that multimedia is not exactly a
small matter to GE. Our NBC unit has been broadcasting combined video,
audio (stereo even), and text (subtitles for the hearing impaired) for
awhile now. I suspect they began before this patent's application was
filed ...
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Dick St.Peters
GE Corporate R&D, Schenectady, NY stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com
